Unit 55 cow elk, muzzleloader
- Hunt code
- EF055O1M
- Unit
- 55
- Weapon
- Muzzleloader
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 70 of 75 residents drew (93%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
In 2026, 36 of 41 nonresidents drew (88%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
Harvest success in 2025 was 19.4%.
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 | |
| 5 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| 1 | 7 | 7 | 100% | 6 | 6 | 100% |
| 0 | 66 | 61 | 92% | 29 | 25 | 86% |
| All | 75 | 70 | 93% | 41 | 36 | 88% |
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 | 125 | 75 | 70 | Choice 2 | 41 | 36 | Choice 2 |
| 2025 | 125 | 84 | 81 | Choice 2 | 22 | 22 | Choice 2 |
| 2024 | 125 | 65 | 60 | Choice 2 | 27 | 23 | Choice 2 |
| 2023 | 125 | 66 | 66 | Choice 2 | 35 | 33 | Choice 2 |
| 2022 | 125 | 65 | 62 | Choice 2 | 30 | 30 | Choice 2 |
| 2021 | 125 | 62 | 60 | Choice 2 | 25 | 22 | Choice 2 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 | 21 | 19.4% |
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 55
- Unit 55 buck deer, archery (hunt code DM055O1A)(deer)
- Unit 55 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM055O1M)(deer)
- Unit 55 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM055O2R)(deer)
- Unit 55 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM055O3R)(deer)
- Unit 55 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM055O4R)(deer)
- Unit 55 buck pronghorn, archery (hunt code AM055O1A)(pronghorn)
- Unit 55 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM055O1M)
- Unit 55 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM055O1R)
- Unit 55 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM055O2R)
- Unit 55 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM055O3R)
- Unit 55 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM055O4R)
- Unit 55 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM055O1X)(moose)
- Unit 55 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM055S1X)(moose)
- Unit 55 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF055O1R)
- Unit 55 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF055O2R)
- Unit 55 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF055O3R)
- Unit 55 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF055O4R)
- Unit 55 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF055O1A)(moose)
- Unit 55 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF055S1A)(moose)
- Unit 55 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF055O1M)(moose)
- Unit 55 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF055S1M)(moose)
- Unit 55 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF055O1R)(moose)
- Unit 55 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF055S1R)(moose)
- Unit 55 doe deer, archery (hunt code DF055O1A)(deer)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 53 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF053O1M)
- Unit 53 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM053O1M)
- Unit 54 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF054O1M)
- Unit 54 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM054O1M)
- Unit 56 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF056O1M)
- Unit 56 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM056O1M)
- Unit 57 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF057O1M)
- Unit 57 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM057O1M)