Unit 81 cow elk, rifle
- Hunt code
- EF081O4R
- Unit
- 81
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 57 of 57 residents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
In 2026, 5 of 5 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 26.5%.
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 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 1 | 12 | 12 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 0 | 42 | 42 | 100% | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| All | 57 | 57 | 100% | 5 | 5 | 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 | 80 | 57 | 57 | Choice 2 | 5 | 5 | Choice 2 |
| 2025 | 80 | 69 | 64 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 80 | 43 | 43 | Choice 2 | 4 | 4 | Choice 2 |
| 2023 | 80 | 35 | 35 | Choice 3 | 3 | 3 | Choice 2 |
| 2022 | 50 | 41 | 41 | Choice 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 50 | 31 | 31 | Choice 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68 | 18 | 26.5% |
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 81
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 79 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF079O1R)
- Unit 79 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF079O2R)
- Unit 80 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF080O2R)
- Unit 80 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF080O3R)
- Unit 82 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE082O1R)
- Unit 82 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE082O4R)
- Unit 83 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE083O1R)
- Unit 83 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE083O2R)