Unit 48 bull elk, muzzleloader
- Hunt code
- EM048O1M
- Unit
- 48
- Weapon
- Muzzleloader
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 2 points: the report shows 20 of 20 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 8 points: the report shows 5 of 6 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 27.5%.
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 | |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 10 | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 9 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 8 | – | – | – | 6 | 5 | 83% |
| 7 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| 5 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 80% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 1 | 29 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 11 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 69 | 28 | 41% | 31 | 9 | 29% |
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 | 40 | 69 | 28 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 8 |
| 2025 | 40 | 64 | 29 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 7 |
| 2024 | 35 | 61 | 24 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 6 |
| 2023 | 35 | 53 | 21 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 5 |
| 2022 | 35 | 66 | 21 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 5 |
| 2021 | 35 | 83 | 22 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 8 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | 11 | 27.5% |
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 48
- Unit 48 buck deer, archery (hunt code DM048O1A)(deer)
- Unit 48 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM048O1M)(deer)
- Unit 48 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM048E1R)(deer)
- Unit 48 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM048O2R)(deer)
- Unit 48 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM048O3R)(deer)
- Unit 48 buck pronghorn, archery (hunt code AM048O1A)(pronghorn)
- Unit 48 buck pronghorn, muzzleloader (hunt code AM048O1M)(pronghorn)
- Unit 48 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM048O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 48 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM048O1R)
- Unit 48 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM048O2R)
- Unit 48 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM048O3R)
- Unit 48 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM048O4R)
- Unit 48 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM048O1X)(moose)
- Unit 48 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF048O1M)
- Unit 48 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF048O2R)
- Unit 48 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF048O3R)
- Unit 48 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF048O4R)
- Unit 48 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF048O1A)(moose)
- Unit 48 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF048O1M)(moose)
- Unit 48 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF048O1R)(moose)
- Unit 48 doe deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DF048O1M)(deer)
- Unit 48 doe pronghorn, archery (hunt code AF048O1A)(pronghorn)
- Unit 48 doe pronghorn, muzzleloader (hunt code AF048O1M)(pronghorn)
- Unit 48 doe pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AF048O1R)(pronghorn)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 46 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF046O1M)
- Unit 46 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM046O1M)
- Unit 47 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF047O2R)
- Unit 47 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF047O3R)
- Unit 49 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF049O1M)
- Unit 49 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM049O1M)
- Unit 50 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF050O1M)
- Unit 50 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM050O1M)