Unit 20 cow elk, rifle

Hunt code
EF020L3R
Unit
20
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, 37 of 37 residents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.

No nonresidents applied in 2026.

Harvest success in 2025 was 39.5%.

2026 draw by point level

First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew.

PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
211100%
177100%
02929100%
All3737100%

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.

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
20261003737Choice 200Choice 2
20251503636Choice 211Choice 2
20242005252Choice 300Choice 2
20232005959Choice 233Choice 2
20223008080Choice 333Choice 2
2021400115115Choice 422Choice 2

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2025813239.5%

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

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Other hunts in unit 20

Units listed next to it

In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.