Unit 21 cow elk, rifle
- Hunt code
- EF021O3R
- Unit
- 21
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 0 points: the report shows 1 of 62 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 2 points: the report shows 14 of 28 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 19.8%.
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 | |
| 27 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 100% | 28 | 14 | 50% |
| 1 | 53 | 53 | 100% | 32 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 62 | 1 | 2% | 47 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 127 | 66 | 52% | 110 | 17 | 15% |
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 | 127 | 66 | 0 | 110 | 17 | 2 |
| 2025 | 100 | 136 | 67 | 0 | 98 | 17 | 2 |
| 2024 | 100 | 126 | 71 | 0 | 64 | 14 | 1 |
| 2023 | 100 | 105 | 62 | 0 | 76 | 23 | 1 |
| 2022 | 275 | 44 | 44 | Leftover | 30 | 30 | Leftover |
| 2021 | 275 | 44 | 44 | Leftover | 25 | 25 | Leftover |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81 | 16 | 19.8% |
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 21
- Unit 21 buck deer, archery (hunt code DM021O1A)(deer)
- Unit 21 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM021O1M)(deer)
- Unit 21 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM021O2R)(deer)
- Unit 21 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM021O3R)(deer)
- Unit 21 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM021O1R)
- Unit 21 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM021O4R)
- Unit 21 cow elk, archery (hunt code EF021V1A)
- Unit 21 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF021O1M)
- Unit 21 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF021O1R)
- Unit 21 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF021O2R)
- Unit 21 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF021O4R)
- Unit 21 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE021P1A)
- Unit 21 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE021V1A)
- Unit 21 either-sex elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EE021O1M)
- Unit 21 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE021O1R)
- Unit 21 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE021O4R)
- Unit 21 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE021P1R)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- 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)
- Unit 22 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF022L1R)
- Unit 22 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF022O2R)
- Unit 23 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE023W1R)
- Unit 23 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF023P5R)