Unit 44 cow elk, rifle

Hunt code
EF044O4R
Unit
44
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, 16 of 16 residents drew (100%). CPW listed this hunt as “Leftover”.

In 2026, 2 of 2 nonresidents drew (100%). CPW listed this hunt as “Leftover”.

Harvest success in 2025 was 9.5%.

2026 draw by point level

First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew.

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
122100%
01414100%
All1616100%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
111100%
011100%
All22100%

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.

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026401616Leftover22Leftover
2025301010Leftover00Leftover
2024301111Leftover00Leftover
20231077Choice 200No Apps
2022253391745444
202110433648229
059202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
20252129.5%

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.

  • 2022CPW drew this hunt together with EF044O1R, EF044O2R, EF044O3R from one shared pool of 25 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 0 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.
  • 2021CPW drew this hunt together with EF044O1R, EF044O2R, EF044O3R from one shared pool of 10 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 2 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.

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Other hunts in unit 44

Units listed next to it

In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.