Unit 55 cow elk, rifle

Hunt code
EF055O4R
Unit
55
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 1 points: the report shows 10 of 10 drew at that level.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 1 points: the report shows 1 of 3 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 0%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
411100%
333100%
21010100%
11010100%
02400%
All482450%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
2711100%
322100%
244100%
13133%
All10880%

Year by year

Permits are the hunt's total; CPW doesn't split them by residency in this report.

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
202635482411081
202510378290None Drawn
2024104162522
2023103793413
20221044731013
20211068721222
023202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
20251000%

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

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Other hunts in unit 55

Units listed next to it

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