Unit 54 bull elk, muzzleloader
- Hunt code
- EM054O1M
- Unit
- 54
- Weapon
- Muzzleloader
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 1 points: the report shows 25 of 26 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 8 points: the report shows 2 of 4 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 38.2%.
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 | |
| 13 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 10 | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| 9 | – | – | – | 5 | 4 | 80% |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| 7 | – | – | – | 22 | 0 | 0% |
| 6 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| 5 | – | – | – | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 7 | 7 | 100% | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 26 | 25 | 96% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 40 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 76 | 35 | 46% | 80 | 12 | 15% |
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 | 60 | 76 | 35 | 1 | 80 | 12 | 8 |
| 2025 | 60 | 56 | 41 | 0 | 73 | 15 | 6 |
| 2024 | 60 | 57 | 45 | 0 | 93 | 15 | 6 |
| 2023 | 60 | 71 | 39 | 0 | 89 | 20 | 4 |
| 2022 | 60 | 59 | 38 | 0 | 82 | 20 | 4 |
| 2021 | 60 | 80 | 39 | 0 | 81 | 21 | 3 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | 21 | 38.2% |
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 54
- Unit 54 buck deer, archery (hunt code DM054O1A)(deer)
- Unit 54 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM054O1M)(deer)
- Unit 54 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM054O2R)(deer)
- Unit 54 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM054O3R)(deer)
- Unit 54 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM054O4R)(deer)
- Unit 54 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM054O1R)
- Unit 54 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM054O2R)
- Unit 54 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM054O3R)
- Unit 54 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM054O4R)
- Unit 54 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF054O1M)
- Unit 54 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF054O1R)
- Unit 54 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF054O2R)
- Unit 54 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF054O3R)
- Unit 54 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF054O4R)
- Unit 54 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF054P5R)
- Unit 54 doe deer, archery (hunt code DF054O1A)(deer)
- Unit 54 doe deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DF054O1M)(deer)
- Unit 54 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF054O1R)(deer)
- Unit 54 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF054O2R)(deer)
- Unit 54 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF054O3R)(deer)
- Unit 54 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF054P5R)(deer)
- Unit 54 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE054O1A)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 52 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE052O1A)
- Unit 52 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE052P1A)
- Unit 53 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF053O1M)
- Unit 53 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM053O1M)
- Unit 55 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF055O1M)
- Unit 55 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM055O1M)
- Unit 56 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF056O1M)
- Unit 56 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM056O1M)