Unit 57 cow elk, muzzleloader
- Hunt code
- EF057O1M
- Unit
- 57
- Weapon
- Muzzleloader
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 41 of 45 residents drew (91%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
In 2026, 7 of 7 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 22%.
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 | |
| 4 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 1 | 11 | 8 | 73% | – | – | – |
| 0 | 32 | 31 | 97% | 6 | 6 | 100% |
| All | 45 | 41 | 91% | 7 | 7 | 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 | 90 | 45 | 41 | Choice 2 | 7 | 7 | Choice 2 |
| 2025 | 90 | 65 | 56 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| 2024 | 90 | 56 | 51 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 0 |
| 2023 | 90 | 56 | 51 | Choice 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 90 | 66 | 60 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 90 | 60 | 57 | Choice 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82 | 18 | 22% |
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 57
- Unit 57 buck pronghorn, archery (hunt code AM057O1A)(pronghorn)
- Unit 57 buck pronghorn, muzzleloader (hunt code AM057O1M)(pronghorn)
- Unit 57 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM057O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 57 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM057O1M)
- Unit 57 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM057O1R)
- Unit 57 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM057O2R)
- Unit 57 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM057O3R)
- Unit 57 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM057O4R)
- Unit 57 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF057O1R)
- Unit 57 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF057O2R)
- Unit 57 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF057O3R)
- Unit 57 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF057O4R)
- Unit 57 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF057P5R)
- Unit 57 doe pronghorn, archery (hunt code AF057O1A)(pronghorn)
- Unit 57 doe pronghorn, muzzleloader (hunt code AF057O1M)(pronghorn)
- Unit 57 doe pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AF057O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 57 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE057O1A)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 55 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF055O1M)
- Unit 55 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM055O1M)
- Unit 56 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF056O1M)
- Unit 56 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM056O1M)
- Unit 59 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF059O1M)
- Unit 59 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM059O1M)
- Unit 60 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF060O1M)
- Unit 60 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM060O1M)