Unit 21 cow elk, rifle
- Hunt code
- EF021O4R
- Unit
- 21
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 23 of 23 residents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 3: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
In 2026, 3 of 3 nonresidents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 3: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
Harvest success in 2025 was 28.7%.
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 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 0 | 16 | 16 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| All | 23 | 23 | 100% | 3 | 3 | 100% |
Residents: Drawn out on choice 3: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
Nonresidents: Drawn out on choice 3: 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 | 23 | 23 | Choice 3 | 3 | 3 | Choice 3 |
| 2025 | 100 | 42 | 42 | Choice 2 | 15 | 15 | Choice 2 |
| 2024 | 100 | 13 | 13 | Choice 2 | 9 | 9 | Choice 2 |
| 2023 | 100 | 11 | 11 | Choice 2 | 9 | 9 | Choice 2 |
| 2022 | 175 | 17 | 17 | Leftover | 1 | 1 | Leftover |
| 2021 | 175 | 22 | 22 | Leftover | 2 | 2 | Leftover |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | 27 | 28.7% |
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 EF021O3R)
- 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)