Unit 29 bull elk, muzzleloader
- Hunt code
- EM029O1M
- Unit
- 29
- Weapon
- Muzzleloader
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 3 points: the report shows 16 of 18 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 3 points: the report shows 5 of 9 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 37.9%.
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 | |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 75% | – | – | – |
| 3 | 18 | 16 | 89% | 9 | 5 | 56% |
| 2 | 8 | 0 | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 7 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 0 | 15 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 55 | 22 | 40% | 20 | 7 | 35% |
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 | 30 | 55 | 22 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | 30 | 54 | 20 | 2 | 28 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 30 | 54 | 21 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 2 |
| 2023 | 30 | 59 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 1 |
| 2022 | 30 | 40 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 |
| 2021 | 30 | 44 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | 11 | 37.9% |
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 29
- Unit 29 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM029O1M)(deer)
- Unit 29 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM029O2R)(deer)
- Unit 29 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM029O3R)(deer)
- Unit 29 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM029O4R)(deer)
- Unit 29 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM029P5R)(deer)
- Unit 29 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM029O1R)
- Unit 29 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM029O2R)
- Unit 29 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM029O3R)
- Unit 29 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM029O4R)
- Unit 29 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF029O1M)
- Unit 29 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF029O1R)
- Unit 29 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF029O2R)
- Unit 29 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF029O3R)
- Unit 29 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF029O4R)
- Unit 29 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF029P5R)
- Unit 29 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF029O1A)(moose)
- Unit 29 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF029O1M)(moose)
- Unit 29 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF029O1R)(moose)
- Unit 29 doe deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DF029O1M)(deer)
- Unit 29 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF029O2R)(deer)
- Unit 29 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF029O3R)(deer)
- Unit 29 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF029O4R)(deer)
- Unit 29 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF029P5R)(deer)
- Unit 29 either-sex deer, archery (hunt code DE029O1A)(deer)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 27 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE027O1R)
- Unit 27 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE027O4R)
- Unit 28 either-sex elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EE028O1M)
- Unit 28 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF028O1M)
- Unit 30 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF030L1R)
- Unit 30 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF030O3R)
- Unit 31 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF031L1R)
- Unit 31 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF031O2R)