Unit 85 cow elk, rifle
- Hunt code
- EF085P6R
- Unit
- 85
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 175 of 175 residents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
In 2026, 11 of 11 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 47.9%.
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 | |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 2 | 8 | 8 | 100% | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 1 | 55 | 55 | 100% | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| 0 | 108 | 108 | 100% | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| All | 175 | 175 | 100% | 11 | 11 | 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 | 225 | 175 | 175 | Choice 2 | 11 | 11 | Choice 2 |
| 2025 | 175 | 196 | 137 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 0 |
| 2024 | 175 | 205 | 139 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| 2023 | 175 | 184 | 137 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 2022 | 190 | 217 | 157 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 0 |
| 2021 | 190 | 232 | 148 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 0 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 142 | 68 | 47.9% |
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 85
- Unit 85 buck deer, archery (hunt code DM085O1A)(deer)
- Unit 85 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM085O1M)(deer)
- Unit 85 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM085O2R)(deer)
- Unit 85 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM085O3R)(deer)
- Unit 85 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM085O4R)(deer)
- Unit 85 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM085W1R)(deer)
- Unit 85 cow elk, archery (hunt code EF085V1A)
- Unit 85 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF085O1M)
- Unit 85 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF085L1R)
- Unit 85 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF085O2R)
- Unit 85 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF085O3R)
- Unit 85 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF085O4R)
- Unit 85 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF085P5R)
- Unit 85 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF085W1R)
- Unit 85 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF085W2R)
- Unit 85 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF085P5R)(deer)
- Unit 85 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE085V1A)
- Unit 85 either-sex elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EE085O1M)
- Unit 85 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE085O1R)
- Unit 85 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE085O4R)
- Unit 85 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE085P1R)
- Unit 85 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE085W1R)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 83 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE083O1R)
- Unit 83 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE083O2R)
- Unit 84 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE084W1R)
- Unit 84 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE084W2R)
- Unit 86 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE086O1R)
- Unit 86 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE086O4R)
- Unit 104 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE104W1R)
- Unit 104 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF104P5R)