Unit 42 cow elk, rifle
- Hunt code
- EF042O2R
- Unit
- 42
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 62 of 62 residents drew (100%). CPW listed this hunt as “Leftover”.
In 2026, 42 of 42 nonresidents drew (100%). CPW listed this hunt as “Leftover”.
Harvest success in 2025 was 15.9%.
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 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 100% | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| 0 | 57 | 57 | 100% | 37 | 37 | 100% |
| All | 62 | 62 | 100% | 42 | 42 | 100% |
Residents: CPW listed this hunt as “Leftover”.
Nonresidents: CPW listed this hunt as “Leftover”.
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 | 300 | 62 | 62 | Leftover | 42 | 42 | Leftover |
| 2025 | 300 | 100 | 100 | Leftover | 56 | 56 | Leftover |
| 2024 | 300 | 107 | 107 | Choice 4 | 52 | 52 | Choice 4 |
| 2023 | 300 | 110 | 110 | Leftover | 50 | 50 | Leftover |
| 2022 | 300 | 110 | 110 | Leftover | 61 | 61 | Leftover |
| 2021 | 300 | 111 | 111 | Choice 2 | 75 | 75 | Choice 2 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 277 | 44 | 15.9% |
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 42
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 40 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE040O1R)
- Unit 40 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE040O2R)
- Unit 41 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE041P1R)
- Unit 41 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE041P4R)
- Unit 43 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE043O1R)
- Unit 43 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE043O4R)
- Unit 44 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF044O1R)
- Unit 44 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF044O2R)