Unit 70 cow elk, rifle

Hunt code
EF070O3R
Unit
70
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 0 points: the report shows 43 of 69 drew at that level.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 1 points: the report shows 10 of 18 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 30%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
1511100%
511100%
322100%
299100%
1373697%
0694362%
All1199277%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
611100%
344100%
21414100%
1181056%
03100%
All682943%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
202614011992068291
202512514379098262
20241008462075221
202310010351078341
20221008250059330
20211009552077330
012202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
20251203630%

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 70

Units listed next to it

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