Unit 18 cow elk, rifle
- Hunt code
- EF018O3R
- Unit
- 18
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 154 of 154 residents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
In 2026, 16 of 16 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 9.2%.
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 | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 1 | 11 | 11 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 0 | 135 | 135 | 100% | 15 | 15 | 100% |
| All | 154 | 154 | 100% | 16 | 16 | 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 | 200 | 154 | 154 | Choice 2 | 16 | 16 | Choice 2 |
| 2025 | 395 | 154 | 154 | Choice 3 | 13 | 13 | Choice 2 |
| 2024 | 495 | 110 | 110 | Leftover | 7 | 7 | Leftover |
| 2023 | 550 | 105 | 105 | Leftover | 8 | 8 | Leftover |
| 2022 | 610 | 118 | 118 | Leftover | 14 | 14 | Leftover |
| 2021 | 610 | 87 | 87 | Leftover | 27 | 27 | Leftover |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 348 | 32 | 9.2% |
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 18
- Unit 18 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM018O1M)(deer)
- Unit 18 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM018O2R)(deer)
- Unit 18 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM018O3R)(deer)
- Unit 18 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM018O4R)(deer)
- Unit 18 buck pronghorn, archery (hunt code AM018O1A)(pronghorn)
- Unit 18 buck pronghorn, muzzleloader (hunt code AM018O1M)(pronghorn)
- Unit 18 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM018O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 18 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM018P5R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 18 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM018O1X)(moose)
- Unit 18 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM018S1X)(moose)
- Unit 18 cow elk, archery (hunt code EF018V1A)
- Unit 18 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF018O1M)
- Unit 18 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF018L1R)
- Unit 18 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF018O1R)
- Unit 18 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF018O2R)
- Unit 18 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF018O4R)
- Unit 18 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF018P5R)
- Unit 18 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF018O1A)(moose)
- Unit 18 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF018O1M)(moose)
- Unit 18 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF018L1R)(moose)
- Unit 18 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF018O1R)(moose)
- Unit 18 doe deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DF018O1M)(deer)
- Unit 18 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF018O2R)(deer)
- Unit 18 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF018O3R)(deer)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- 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)
- Unit 19 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF019L1R)
- Unit 19 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF019O2R)
- Unit 20 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF020L1R)
- Unit 20 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF020L3R)