Unit 44 bull elk, muzzleloader
- Hunt code
- EM044O1M
- Unit
- 44
- Weapon
- Muzzleloader
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 0 points: the report shows 104 of 104 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 0 points: the report shows 25 of 52 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 28%.
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 | |
| 7 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 5 | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| 4 | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | 75% |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 6 | 6 | 100% |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | 100% | 34 | 33 | 97% |
| 1 | 7 | 7 | 100% | 51 | 47 | 92% |
| 0 | 104 | 104 | 100% | 52 | 25 | 48% |
| All | 119 | 119 | 100% | 153 | 120 | 78% |
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 | 250 | 119 | 119 | 0 | 153 | 120 | 0 |
| 2025 | 200 | 152 | 148 | 0 | 153 | 48 | 1 |
| 2024 | 200 | 109 | 109 | 0 | 127 | 79 | 0 |
| 2023 | 200 | 94 | 92 | 0 | 137 | 99 | 0 |
| 2022 | 200 | 91 | 89 | 0 | 175 | 105 | 0 |
| 2021 | 200 | 104 | 103 | 0 | 151 | 88 | 0 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 200 | 56 | 28% |
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 44
- Unit 44 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM044O1M)(deer)
- Unit 44 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM044E1R)(deer)
- Unit 44 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM044O2R)(deer)
- Unit 44 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM044O3R)(deer)
- Unit 44 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM044O4R)(deer)
- Unit 44 bull elk, archery (hunt code EM044O1A)
- Unit 44 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM044O1R)
- Unit 44 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM044O4R)
- Unit 44 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM044O1X)(moose)
- Unit 44 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF044O1M)
- Unit 44 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF044O1R)
- Unit 44 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF044O2R)
- Unit 44 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF044O3R)
- Unit 44 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF044O4R)
- Unit 44 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF044O1A)(moose)
- Unit 44 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF044O1M)(moose)
- Unit 44 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF044O1R)(moose)
- Unit 44 doe deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DF044O1M)(deer)
- Unit 44 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF044O2R)(deer)
- Unit 44 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF044O3R)(deer)
- Unit 44 either-sex deer, archery (hunt code DE044O1A)(deer)
- Unit 44 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE044P2R)(deer)
- Unit 44 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE044P3R)(deer)
- Unit 44 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE044O1A)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 42 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF042O2R)
- Unit 42 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF042O3R)
- Unit 43 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF043O1M)
- Unit 43 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM043O1M)
- Unit 45 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF045O2R)
- Unit 45 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF045O3R)
- Unit 46 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF046O1M)
- Unit 46 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM046O1M)