Unit 50 bull elk, rifle

Hunt code
EM050O4R
Unit
50
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 1 points: the report shows 1 of 13 drew at that level.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 2 points: the report shows 3 of 6 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 25.7%.

2026 draw by point level

First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew.

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
1611100%
411100%
333100%
21515100%
11318%
01600%
All492143%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
1711100%
34375%
26350%
1800%
0300%
All22732%

Year by year

Permits are the hunt's total; CPW doesn't split them by residency in this report.

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
202635492112272
202540712612441
202440482111481
20233032141651
202216029387190291
2021160302102196191
012202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
202535925.7%

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.

  • 2021–2022CPW drew this hunt together with EM050O2R, EM050O3R from one shared pool of 160 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 29 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.

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Other hunts in unit 50

Units listed next to it

In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.