Unit 12 cow elk, muzzleloader
- Hunt code
- EF012O1M
- Unit
- 12
- Weapon
- Muzzleloader
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 33 of 33 residents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
In 2026, 24 of 24 nonresidents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
Harvest success in 2025 was 8.1%.
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 | |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 4 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 3 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 0 | 30 | 30 | 100% | 17 | 17 | 100% |
| All | 33 | 33 | 100% | 24 | 24 | 100% |
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 | 100 | 33 | 33 | Choice 2 | 24 | 24 | Choice 2 |
| 2025 | 100 | 31 | 31 | Choice 2 | 24 | 24 | Choice 2 |
| 2024 | 100 | 42 | 42 | Choice 2 | 18 | 18 | Choice 2 |
| 2023 | 100 | 70 | 70 | Choice 2 | 24 | 24 | 0 |
| 2022 | 100 | 76 | 57 | 0 | 45 | 29 | 0 |
| 2021 | 100 | 76 | 57 | 0 | 50 | 34 | 0 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 99 | 8 | 8.1% |
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 12
- Unit 12 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM012O1M)(deer)
- Unit 12 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM012E1R)(deer)
- Unit 12 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM012O2R)(deer)
- Unit 12 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM012O3R)(deer)
- Unit 12 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM012O4R)(deer)
- Unit 12 buck pronghorn, archery (hunt code AM012O1A)(pronghorn)
- Unit 12 buck pronghorn, muzzleloader (hunt code AM012O1M)(pronghorn)
- Unit 12 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM012O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 12 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM012P5R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 12 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM012O4R)
- Unit 12 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM012O1X)(moose)
- Unit 12 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF012P1M)
- Unit 12 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF012O2R)
- Unit 12 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF012O3R)
- Unit 12 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF012W1R)
- Unit 12 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF012W2R)
- Unit 12 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF012W3R)
- Unit 12 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF012O1A)(moose)
- Unit 12 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF012O1M)(moose)
- Unit 12 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF012L1R)(moose)
- Unit 12 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF012O1R)(moose)
- Unit 12 doe deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DF012O1M)(deer)
- Unit 12 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF012O2R)(deer)
- Unit 12 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF012O3R)(deer)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 10 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF010O1M)
- Unit 10 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM010O1M)
- Unit 11 either-sex elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EE011O1M)
- Unit 11 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF011O1M)
- Unit 13 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF013L1R)
- Unit 14 either-sex elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EE014O1M)
- Unit 14 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF014O1M)