Unit 55 bull elk, rifle
- Hunt code
- EM055O1R
- Unit
- 55
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 1 points: the report shows 63 of 85 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 4 points: the report shows 19 of 26 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 38.7%.
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 | |
| 16 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 6 | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| 5 | – | – | – | 10 | 8 | 80% |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 100% | 26 | 19 | 73% |
| 3 | 9 | 8 | 89% | 37 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 13 | 12 | 92% | 16 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 85 | 63 | 74% | 20 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 94 | 0 | 0% | 34 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 205 | 87 | 42% | 147 | 30 | 20% |
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 | 140 | 205 | 87 | 1 | 147 | 30 | 4 |
| 2025 | 140 | 187 | 96 | 0 | 168 | 35 | 3 |
| 2024 | 140 | 200 | 101 | 0 | 159 | 32 | 2 |
| 2023 | 140 | 188 | 86 | 0 | 148 | 44 | 1 |
| 2022 | 140 | 194 | 90 | 0 | 121 | 48 | 1 |
| 2021 | 140 | 204 | 86 | 0 | 128 | 49 | 1 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 124 | 48 | 38.7% |
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.
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 55
- Unit 55 buck deer, archery (hunt code DM055O1A)(deer)
- Unit 55 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM055O1M)(deer)
- Unit 55 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM055O2R)(deer)
- Unit 55 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM055O3R)(deer)
- Unit 55 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM055O4R)(deer)
- Unit 55 buck pronghorn, archery (hunt code AM055O1A)(pronghorn)
- Unit 55 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM055O1M)
- Unit 55 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM055O2R)
- Unit 55 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM055O3R)
- Unit 55 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM055O4R)
- Unit 55 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM055O1X)(moose)
- Unit 55 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM055S1X)(moose)
- Unit 55 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF055O1M)
- Unit 55 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF055O1R)
- Unit 55 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF055O2R)
- Unit 55 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF055O3R)
- Unit 55 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF055O4R)
- Unit 55 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF055O1A)(moose)
- Unit 55 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF055S1A)(moose)
- Unit 55 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF055O1M)(moose)
- Unit 55 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF055S1M)(moose)
- Unit 55 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF055O1R)(moose)
- Unit 55 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF055S1R)(moose)
- Unit 55 doe deer, archery (hunt code DF055O1A)(deer)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 53 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE053P1R)
- Unit 53 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE053P4R)
- Unit 54 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF054O1R)
- Unit 54 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF054O2R)
- Unit 56 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF056O2R)
- Unit 56 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF056O3R)
- Unit 57 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF057O1R)
- Unit 57 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF057O2R)