Unit 35 bull elk, muzzleloader
- Hunt code
- EM035O1M
- Unit
- 35
- Weapon
- Muzzleloader
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 45 of 45 residents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
In 2026, 54 of 54 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 15%.
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 | |
| 8 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 6 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 4 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 100% | 11 | 11 | 100% |
| 0 | 35 | 35 | 100% | 38 | 38 | 100% |
| All | 45 | 45 | 100% | 54 | 54 | 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 | 185 | 45 | 45 | Choice 2 | 54 | 54 | Choice 2 |
| 2025 | 185 | 51 | 51 | Choice 2 | 54 | 54 | Choice 2 |
| 2024 | 185 | 60 | 60 | Choice 2 | 61 | 61 | Choice 2 |
| 2023 | 185 | 62 | 62 | Choice 3 | 40 | 40 | Choice 2 |
| 2022 | 185 | 64 | 64 | Choice 2 | 57 | 57 | Choice 2 |
| 2021 | 185 | 71 | 71 | Choice 2 | 52 | 52 | Choice 2 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 173 | 26 | 15% |
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 35
- Unit 35 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM035O1M)(deer)
- Unit 35 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM035O2R)(deer)
- Unit 35 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM035O3R)(deer)
- Unit 35 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM035O4R)(deer)
- Unit 35 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF035O1M)
- Unit 35 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF035L1R)
- Unit 35 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF035O1R)
- Unit 35 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF035O2R)
- Unit 35 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF035O3R)
- Unit 35 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF035O4R)
- Unit 35 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF035P5R)
- Unit 35 doe deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DF035O1M)(deer)
- Unit 35 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF035O2R)(deer)
- Unit 35 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF035O3R)(deer)
- Unit 35 either-sex deer, archery (hunt code DE035O1A)(deer)
- Unit 35 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE035P2R)(deer)
- Unit 35 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE035P3R)(deer)
- Unit 35 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE035V1A)
- Unit 35 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE035O1R)
- Unit 35 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE035O4R)
- Unit 35 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE035P1R)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 33 either-sex elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EE033O1M)
- Unit 33 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF033O1M)
- Unit 34 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF034O2R)
- Unit 34 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF034O3R)
- Unit 36 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE036O4R)
- Unit 36 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF036O2R)
- Unit 38 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF038O1M)
- Unit 38 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM038O1M)