Unit 57 bull elk, rifle
- Hunt code
- EM057O3R
- Unit
- 57
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 3 points: the report shows 20 of 44 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 5 points: the report shows 9 of 15 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 40.5%.
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 | |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 75% | 15 | 9 | 60% |
| 4 | 20 | 20 | 100% | 14 | 0 | 0% |
| 3 | 44 | 20 | 45% | 13 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 47 | 0 | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 50 | 0 | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 68 | 0 | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 238 | 47 | 20% | 89 | 15 | 17% |
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 | 80 | 238 | 47 | 3 | 89 | 15 | 5 |
| 2025 | 80 | 239 | 47 | 3 | 88 | 16 | 4 |
| 2024 | 80 | 219 | 45 | 3 | 68 | 16 | 3 |
| 2023 | 80 | 204 | 43 | 2 | 66 | 18 | 3 |
| 2022 | 80 | 186 | 45 | 2 | 45 | 15 | 2 |
| 2021 | 80 | 183 | 51 | 2 | 54 | 11 | 2 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | 32 | 40.5% |
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 57
- Unit 57 buck pronghorn, archery (hunt code AM057O1A)(pronghorn)
- Unit 57 buck pronghorn, muzzleloader (hunt code AM057O1M)(pronghorn)
- Unit 57 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM057O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 57 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM057O1M)
- Unit 57 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM057O1R)
- Unit 57 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM057O2R)
- Unit 57 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM057O4R)
- Unit 57 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF057O1M)
- Unit 57 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF057O1R)
- Unit 57 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF057O2R)
- Unit 57 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF057O3R)
- Unit 57 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF057O4R)
- Unit 57 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF057P5R)
- Unit 57 doe pronghorn, archery (hunt code AF057O1A)(pronghorn)
- Unit 57 doe pronghorn, muzzleloader (hunt code AF057O1M)(pronghorn)
- Unit 57 doe pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AF057O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 57 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE057O1A)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 55 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF055O1R)
- Unit 55 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF055O2R)
- Unit 56 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF056O2R)
- Unit 56 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF056O3R)
- Unit 59 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF059O1R)
- Unit 59 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF059O2R)
- Unit 60 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE060O4R)
- Unit 60 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE060P1R)