Unit 28 cow elk, rifle
- Hunt code
- EF028O3R
- Unit
- 28
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 1 points: the report shows 6 of 7 drew at that level.
In 2026, 0 of 4 nonresidents drew (0%). None drawn.
Harvest success in 2025 was 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 | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 1 | 7 | 6 | 86% | – | – | – |
| 0 | 89 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 98 | 8 | 8% | 4 | 0 | 0% |
Nonresidents: None drawn.
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 | 10 | 98 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | None Drawn |
| 2025 | 230 | 127 | 127 | Choice 3 | 14 | 14 | Choice 2 |
| 2024 | 305 | 116 | 116 | Choice 3 | 8 | 8 | Choice 2 |
| 2023 | 460 | 131 | 131 | Leftover | 11 | 11 | Leftover |
| 2022 | 510 | 201 | 201 | Leftover | 30 | 30 | Leftover |
| 2021 | 565 | 231 | 231 | Leftover | 21 | 21 | Leftover |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 228 | 16 | 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 28
- Unit 28 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM028G1X)(moose)
- Unit 28 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM028O1X)(moose)
- Unit 28 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF028O1M)
- Unit 28 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF028L1R)
- Unit 28 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF028O1R)
- Unit 28 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF028O2R)
- Unit 28 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF028O4R)
- Unit 28 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF028P5R)
- Unit 28 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF028G1A)(moose)
- Unit 28 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF028O1A)(moose)
- Unit 28 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF028G1M)(moose)
- Unit 28 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF028O1M)(moose)
- Unit 28 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF028G1R)(moose)
- Unit 28 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF028L1R)(moose)
- Unit 28 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF028O1R)(moose)
- Unit 28 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE028P1A)
- Unit 28 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE028V1A)
- Unit 28 either-sex elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EE028O1M)
- Unit 28 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE028O1R)
- Unit 28 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE028O4R)
- Unit 28 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE028P1R)
- Unit 28 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE028P4R)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 26 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF026L1R)
- Unit 26 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM026O4R)
- Unit 27 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE027O1R)
- Unit 27 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE027O4R)
- Unit 29 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF029O1R)
- Unit 29 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF029O2R)
- Unit 30 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF030L1R)
- Unit 30 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF030O3R)