Unit 1 bull elk, muzzleloader

Hunt code
EM001O1M
Unit
1
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 17 points: the report shows 2 of 3 drew at that level. Another 1 resident with fewer points drew in the hybrid draw.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 26 points: the report shows 1 of 1 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 100%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
1811100%
173267%
16100%
1511100%
13200%
12300%
11200%
10100%
9100%
8200%
7200%
6100%
4200%
3400%
2200%
1200%
0500%
All35411%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
2611100%
9100%
8100%
5100%
3300%
2200%
1100%
0200%
All1218%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
202653541712126
2025428415320None Drawn
2024430417210None Drawn
2023429416220None Drawn
2022420413360None Drawn
2021422412280None Drawn
01326202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
202544100%

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 1

Units listed next to it

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