Unit 20 bull elk, rifle
- Hunt code
- EM020O3R
- Unit
- 20
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 5 points: the report shows 5 of 12 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 10 points: the report shows 2 of 2 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 68%.
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 | |
| 17 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 15 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 12 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 8 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 5 | 12 | 5 | 42% | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | 12 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 3 | 10 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 19 | 0 | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 15 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 18 | 0 | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 97 | 16 | 16% | 39 | 5 | 13% |
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 | 25 | 97 | 16 | 5 | 39 | 5 | 10 |
| 2025 | 25 | 90 | 16 | 4 | 49 | 5 | 8 |
| 2024 | 25 | 92 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 25 | 85 | 14 | 5 | 25 | 7 | 7 |
| 2022 | 20 | 73 | 11 | 4 | 28 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 20 | 80 | 10 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 6 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | 17 | 68% |
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 20
- Unit 20 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM020O1M)(deer)
- Unit 20 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM020O2R)(deer)
- Unit 20 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM020O3R)(deer)
- Unit 20 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM020O4R)(deer)
- Unit 20 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM020P5R)(deer)
- Unit 20 bull elk, archery (hunt code EM020O1A)
- Unit 20 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM020O1M)
- Unit 20 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM020L1R)
- Unit 20 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM020L2R)
- Unit 20 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM020O1R)
- Unit 20 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM020O2R)
- Unit 20 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM020O4R)
- Unit 20 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM020O1X)(moose)
- Unit 20 cow elk, archery (hunt code EF020O1A)
- Unit 20 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF020O1M)
- Unit 20 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF020L1R)
- Unit 20 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF020L3R)
- Unit 20 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF020O2R)
- Unit 20 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF020O3R)
- Unit 20 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF020O4R)
- Unit 20 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF020P5R)
- Unit 20 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF020O1A)(moose)
- Unit 20 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF020O1M)(moose)
- Unit 20 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF020O1R)(moose)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 18 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE018O1R)
- Unit 18 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE018O4R)
- Unit 19 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF019L1R)
- Unit 19 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF019O2R)
- Unit 21 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE021O1R)
- Unit 21 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE021O4R)
- Unit 22 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF022L1R)
- Unit 22 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF022O2R)