Unit 56 cow elk, muzzleloader
- Hunt code
- EF056O1M
- Unit
- 56
- Weapon
- Muzzleloader
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 9 of 9 residents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
In 2026, 8 of 8 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 24.3%.
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 | |
| 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 0 | 9 | 9 | 100% | 7 | 7 | 100% |
| All | 9 | 9 | 100% | 8 | 8 | 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 | 40 | 9 | 9 | Choice 2 | 8 | 8 | Choice 2 |
| 2025 | 40 | 7 | 7 | Leftover | 7 | 7 | Leftover |
| 2024 | 35 | 9 | 9 | Leftover | 4 | 4 | Leftover |
| 2023 | 35 | 15 | 15 | Choice 2 | 4 | 4 | Choice 2 |
| 2022 | 35 | 13 | 13 | Choice 3 | 4 | 4 | Choice 2 |
| 2021 | 35 | 15 | 13 | Choice 2 | 5 | 5 | Choice 2 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | 9 | 24.3% |
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 56
- Unit 56 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM056O1M)
- Unit 56 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM056O1R)
- Unit 56 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM056O2R)
- Unit 56 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM056O3R)
- Unit 56 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM056O4R)
- Unit 56 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM056O1X)(moose)
- Unit 56 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF056O2R)
- Unit 56 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF056O3R)
- Unit 56 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF056O4R)
- Unit 56 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF056P5R)
- Unit 56 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF056L1R)(deer)
- Unit 56 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF056P2R)(deer)
- Unit 56 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF056P3R)(deer)
- Unit 56 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE056O1A)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 54 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF054O1M)
- Unit 54 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM054O1M)
- Unit 55 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF055O1M)
- Unit 55 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM055O1M)
- Unit 57 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF057O1M)
- Unit 57 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM057O1M)
- Unit 59 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF059O1M)
- Unit 59 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM059O1M)