Unit 444 cow elk, rifle
- Hunt code
- EF444O2R
- Unit
- 444
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2023–2026
In 2026, 60 of 60 residents drew (100%). CPW listed this hunt as “Leftover”.
In 2026, 23 of 23 nonresidents drew (100%). CPW listed this hunt as “Leftover”.
Harvest success in 2025 was 19%.
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 | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 100% | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| 0 | 55 | 55 | 100% | 18 | 18 | 100% |
| All | 60 | 60 | 100% | 23 | 23 | 100% |
Residents: CPW listed this hunt as “Leftover”.
Nonresidents: CPW listed this hunt as “Leftover”.
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 | 215 | 60 | 60 | Leftover | 23 | 23 | Leftover |
| 2025 | 170 | 75 | 75 | Leftover | 18 | 18 | Leftover |
| 2024 | 170 | 60 | 60 | Leftover | 17 | 17 | Leftover |
| 2023 | 10 | 64 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 7 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 147 | 28 | 19% |
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)
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Other hunts in unit 444
- Unit 444 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM444O1M)(deer)
- Unit 444 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM444O2R)(deer)
- Unit 444 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM444O3R)(deer)
- Unit 444 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM444O4R)(deer)
- Unit 444 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM444O4R)
- Unit 444 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF444O3R)
- Unit 444 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF444O4R)
- Unit 444 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF444P5R)
- Unit 444 doe deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DF444O1M)(deer)
- Unit 444 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF444O2R)(deer)
- Unit 444 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF444O3R)(deer)
- Unit 444 either-sex deer, archery (hunt code DE444O1A)(deer)
- Unit 444 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE444P2R)(deer)
- Unit 444 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE444P3R)(deer)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 421 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF421O2R)
- Unit 421 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF421O3R)
- Unit 441 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE441W1R)
- Unit 441 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE441W2R)
- Unit 461 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF461O1R)
- Unit 461 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF461O2R)
- Unit 471 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE471O4R)
- Unit 471 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF471O2R)