Unit 54 cow elk, rifle
- Hunt code
- EF054O4R
- Unit
- 54
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 33 of 33 residents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
In 2026, 6 of 6 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 10.3%.
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 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 1 | 13 | 13 | 100% | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 0 | 16 | 16 | 100% | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| All | 33 | 33 | 100% | 6 | 6 | 100% |
Residents: Drawn out on choice 2: 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 | 60 | 33 | 33 | Choice 2 | 6 | 6 | Choice 2 |
| 2025 | 30 | 40 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 30 | 41 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 30 | 37 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022 | 30 | 36 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | 3 | 10.3% |
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 54
- Unit 54 buck deer, archery (hunt code DM054O1A)(deer)
- Unit 54 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM054O1M)(deer)
- Unit 54 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM054O2R)(deer)
- Unit 54 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM054O3R)(deer)
- Unit 54 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM054O4R)(deer)
- Unit 54 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM054O1M)
- Unit 54 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM054O1R)
- Unit 54 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM054O2R)
- Unit 54 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM054O3R)
- Unit 54 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM054O4R)
- Unit 54 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF054O1M)
- Unit 54 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF054O1R)
- Unit 54 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF054O2R)
- Unit 54 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF054O3R)
- Unit 54 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF054P5R)
- Unit 54 doe deer, archery (hunt code DF054O1A)(deer)
- Unit 54 doe deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DF054O1M)(deer)
- Unit 54 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF054O1R)(deer)
- Unit 54 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF054O2R)(deer)
- Unit 54 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF054O3R)(deer)
- Unit 54 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF054P5R)(deer)
- Unit 54 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE054O1A)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 52 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF052O2R)
- Unit 52 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF052O3R)
- Unit 53 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE053P1R)
- Unit 53 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE053P4R)
- Unit 55 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF055O1R)
- Unit 55 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF055O2R)
- Unit 56 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF056O2R)
- Unit 56 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF056O3R)