Unit 31 cow elk, rifle
- Hunt code
- EF031L1R
- Unit
- 31
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 96 of 96 residents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 3: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
In 2026, 12 of 12 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 28%.
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 | |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 1 | 10 | 10 | 100% | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 0 | 80 | 80 | 100% | 8 | 8 | 100% |
| All | 96 | 96 | 100% | 12 | 12 | 100% |
Residents: Drawn out on choice 3: 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 | 500 | 96 | 96 | Choice 3 | 12 | 12 | Choice 2 |
| 2025 | 500 | 121 | 121 | Choice 3 | 10 | 10 | Choice 2 |
| 2024 | 400 | 94 | 94 | Choice 2 | 4 | 4 | Choice 2 |
| 2023 | 400 | 102 | 102 | Choice 3 | 7 | 7 | Choice 2 |
| 2022 | 400 | 78 | 78 | Leftover | 5 | 5 | Leftover |
| 2021 | 300 | 46 | 46 | Leftover | 2 | 2 | Leftover |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 389 | 109 | 28% |
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 31
- Unit 31 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM031O1M)(deer)
- Unit 31 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM031O2R)(deer)
- Unit 31 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM031O3R)(deer)
- Unit 31 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM031O4R)(deer)
- Unit 31 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM031P2R)(deer)
- Unit 31 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM031P3R)(deer)
- Unit 31 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF031O2R)
- Unit 31 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF031O3R)
- Unit 31 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF031O4R)
- Unit 31 either-sex deer, archery (hunt code DE031O1A)(deer)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- 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)
- Unit 32 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF032O2R)
- Unit 32 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF032O3R)
- Unit 33 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE033P4R)
- Unit 33 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF033O2R)