Unit 7 cow elk, muzzleloader
- Hunt code
- EF007O1M
- Unit
- 7
- Weapon
- Muzzleloader
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 169 of 173 residents drew (98%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
In 2026, 26 of 27 nonresidents drew (96%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
Harvest success in 2025 was 8.6%.
2026 draw by point level
First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew.
| Points | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Rate | Applied | Drew | Rate | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 3 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| 1 | 29 | 29 | 100% | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| 0 | 136 | 133 | 98% | 17 | 17 | 100% |
| All | 173 | 169 | 98% | 27 | 26 | 96% |
Residents: Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
Nonresidents: Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
Year by year
Permits are the hunt's total; CPW doesn't split them by residency in this report.
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Pts needed | Applied | Drew | Pts needed | ||
| 2026 | 375 | 173 | 169 | Choice 2 | 27 | 26 | Choice 2 |
| 2025 | 375 | 142 | 142 | Choice 2 | 10 | 9 | Choice 2 |
| 2024 | 375 | 148 | 140 | Choice 2 | 17 | 14 | Choice 2 |
| 2023 | 375 | 147 | 143 | Choice 2 | 18 | 16 | Choice 2 |
| 2022 | 375 | 135 | 133 | Choice 3 | 22 | 18 | Choice 3 |
| 2021 | 375 | 151 | 145 | Choice 2 | 24 | 21 | Choice 2 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 370 | 32 | 8.6% |
Reading these numbers
Colorado ranks first-choice applicants by preference points (one point for each year you miss your first choice), with nonresidents capped at a share of each hunt's licenses. Hunts that took 10+ resident points the year before and have 5+ licenses also run a hybrid draw: up to 20% of licenses go at random to applicants with at least 5 points. For moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat, each miss after 3 preference points adds a weighted point that improves a random draw instead; for those species the point level shown is preference plus weighted points. Numbers are adult first-choice applicants; youth and landowner (LPP) applicants are reported separately by CPW and left out.
Sources
- 2026PostDrawRecapReport_ELK-26_05142026_1426(draw)
- 2025PostDrawRecapReport_ELK-25_05172025_0612(draw)
- 20252025 Elk Statewide Harvest Final(harvest)
- 20242024-Primary-ELK-Post-Draw-Report(draw)
- 20232023ElkDrawRecap(draw)
- 20222022ElkDrawRecap(draw)
- 20212021ElkDrawRecap(draw)
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Other hunts in unit 7
- Unit 7 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM007O1M)(deer)
- Unit 7 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM007O2R)(deer)
- Unit 7 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM007O3R)(deer)
- Unit 7 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM007O4R)(deer)
- Unit 7 buck pronghorn, muzzleloader (hunt code AM007O1M)(pronghorn)
- Unit 7 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM007O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 7 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM007P1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 7 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM007O1M)
- Unit 7 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM007O1R)
- Unit 7 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM007O2R)
- Unit 7 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM007O3R)
- Unit 7 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM007O4R)
- Unit 7 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM007G1X)(moose)
- Unit 7 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM007O1X)(moose)
- Unit 7 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM007S1X)(moose)
- Unit 7 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF007L1R)
- Unit 7 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF007O2R)
- Unit 7 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF007O3R)
- Unit 7 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF007O4R)
- Unit 7 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF007P5R)
- Unit 7 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF007G1A)(moose)
- Unit 7 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF007O1A)(moose)
- Unit 7 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF007S1A)(moose)
- Unit 7 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF007G1M)(moose)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 5 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE005O4R)
- Unit 5 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE005W1R)
- Unit 6 either-sex elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EE006O1M)
- Unit 6 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF006O1M)
- Unit 9 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF009L1R)
- Unit 9 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF009P5R)
- Unit 10 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF010O1M)
- Unit 10 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM010O1M)