Unit 59 bull elk, rifle
- Hunt code
- EM059O1R
- Unit
- 59
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 0 points: the report shows 33 of 56 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 0 points: the report shows 5 of 21 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 21.9%.
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 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 7 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 100% | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| 1 | 27 | 27 | 100% | 15 | 15 | 100% |
| 0 | 56 | 33 | 59% | 21 | 5 | 24% |
| All | 92 | 69 | 75% | 41 | 25 | 61% |
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 | 100 | 92 | 69 | 0 | 41 | 25 | 0 |
| 2025 | 100 | 97 | 72 | 0 | 35 | 23 | 0 |
| 2024 | 100 | 82 | 70 | 0 | 30 | 23 | 0 |
| 2023 | 100 | 90 | 72 | 0 | 29 | 26 | 0 |
| 2022 | 100 | 75 | 59 | 0 | 36 | 31 | 0 |
| 2021 | 100 | 88 | 72 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 0 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 96 | 21 | 21.9% |
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 59
- Unit 59 buck deer, archery (hunt code DM059O1A)(deer)
- Unit 59 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM059O1M)(deer)
- Unit 59 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM059O2R)(deer)
- Unit 59 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM059O3R)(deer)
- Unit 59 buck pronghorn, muzzleloader (hunt code AM059O1M)(pronghorn)
- Unit 59 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM059O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 59 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM059O1M)
- Unit 59 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM059O4R)
- Unit 59 cow elk, archery (hunt code EF059V1A)
- Unit 59 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF059O1M)
- Unit 59 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF059O1R)
- Unit 59 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF059O2R)
- Unit 59 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF059O3R)
- Unit 59 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF059O4R)
- Unit 59 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF059P5R)
- Unit 59 doe deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DF059O1M)(deer)
- Unit 59 doe pronghorn, muzzleloader (hunt code AF059O1M)(pronghorn)
- Unit 59 doe pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AF059O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 59 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE059V1A)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- 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)
- Unit 60 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE060O4R)
- Unit 60 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE060P1R)
- Unit 61 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE061E1R)
- Unit 61 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF061O1R)