Unit 15 cow elk, rifle
- Hunt code
- EF015P5R
- Unit
- 15
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 0 points: the report shows 27 of 46 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 0 points: the report shows 4 of 4 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 40.5%.
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 | |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 0 | 46 | 27 | 59% | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| All | 55 | 36 | 65% | 4 | 4 | 100% |
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 | 50 | 55 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 50 | 28 | 28 | Choice 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 200 | 17 | 17 | Leftover | 3 | 3 | Leftover |
| 2023 | 300 | 17 | 17 | Leftover | 1 | 1 | Leftover |
| 2022 | 300 | 28 | 28 | Leftover | 4 | 4 | Leftover |
| 2021 | 300 | 32 | 32 | Leftover | 8 | 8 | Leftover |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | 17 | 40.5% |
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 15
- Unit 15 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM015O1M)(deer)
- Unit 15 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM015O2R)(deer)
- Unit 15 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM015O3R)(deer)
- Unit 15 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM015O4R)(deer)
- Unit 15 buck pronghorn, muzzleloader (hunt code AM015O1M)(pronghorn)
- Unit 15 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM015O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 15 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM015O1X)(moose)
- Unit 15 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF015O1M)
- Unit 15 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF015O1R)
- Unit 15 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF015O2R)
- Unit 15 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF015O3R)
- Unit 15 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF015O4R)
- Unit 15 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF015O1A)(moose)
- Unit 15 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF015O1M)(moose)
- Unit 15 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF015L1R)(moose)
- Unit 15 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF015O1R)(moose)
- Unit 15 doe deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DF015O1M)(deer)
- Unit 15 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF015O2R)(deer)
- Unit 15 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF015O3R)(deer)
- Unit 15 doe pronghorn, muzzleloader (hunt code AF015O1M)(pronghorn)
- Unit 15 doe pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AF015O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 15 doe pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AF015P5R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 15 either-sex deer, archery (hunt code DE015O1A)(deer)
- Unit 15 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE015P2R)(deer)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 13 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF013L1R)
- Unit 14 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF014O1R)
- Unit 14 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF014O2R)
- Unit 16 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE016O4R)
- Unit 16 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF016O3R)
- Unit 17 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE017O4R)
- Unit 17 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF017O3R)