Unit 43 bull elk, muzzleloader
- Hunt code
- EM043O1M
- Unit
- 43
- Weapon
- Muzzleloader
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 37 of 37 residents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
In 2026, 88 of 92 nonresidents drew (96%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
Harvest success in 2025 was 10.6%.
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 | |
| 10 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 5 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 4 | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 100% | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 100% | 21 | 21 | 100% |
| 0 | 29 | 29 | 100% | 57 | 53 | 93% |
| All | 37 | 37 | 100% | 92 | 88 | 96% |
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 | 175 | 37 | 37 | Choice 2 | 92 | 88 | Choice 2 |
| 2025 | 175 | 39 | 39 | Choice 2 | 88 | 88 | Choice 2 |
| 2024 | 175 | 40 | 40 | Choice 2 | 77 | 77 | Choice 2 |
| 2023 | 175 | 43 | 42 | Choice 2 | 100 | 96 | Choice 2 |
| 2022 | 175 | 49 | 49 | Choice 2 | 92 | 92 | Choice 2 |
| 2021 | 175 | 65 | 65 | Choice 2 | 101 | 101 | Choice 2 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 170 | 18 | 10.6% |
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 43
- Unit 43 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM043O1M)(deer)
- Unit 43 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM043E1R)(deer)
- Unit 43 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM043O2R)(deer)
- Unit 43 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM043O3R)(deer)
- Unit 43 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM043O4R)(deer)
- Unit 43 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM043O1X)(moose)
- Unit 43 cow elk, archery (hunt code EF043V1A)
- Unit 43 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF043O1M)
- Unit 43 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF043O1R)
- Unit 43 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF043O2R)
- Unit 43 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF043O3R)
- Unit 43 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF043O4R)
- Unit 43 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF043P5R)
- Unit 43 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF043O1A)(moose)
- Unit 43 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF043O1M)(moose)
- Unit 43 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF043O1R)(moose)
- Unit 43 doe deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DF043K1M)(deer)
- Unit 43 doe deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DF043O1M)(deer)
- Unit 43 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF043K2R)(deer)
- Unit 43 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF043K3R)(deer)
- Unit 43 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF043O2R)(deer)
- Unit 43 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF043O3R)(deer)
- Unit 43 either-sex deer, archery (hunt code DE043O1A)(deer)
- Unit 43 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE043P2R)(deer)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 41 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF041O1M)
- Unit 41 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM041O1M)
- Unit 42 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF042O2R)
- Unit 42 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF042O3R)
- Unit 44 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF044O1M)
- Unit 44 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM044O1M)
- Unit 45 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF045O2R)
- Unit 45 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF045O3R)