Unit 66 bull elk, rifle
- Hunt code
- EM066O1R
- Unit
- 66
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 3 points: the report shows 38 of 94 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 11 points: the report shows 5 of 12 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 57.9%.
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 | |
| 20 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 18 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 17 | – | – | – | 8 | 8 | 100% |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| 15 | – | – | – | 6 | 5 | 83% |
| 14 | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| 13 | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 10 | 9 | 90% |
| 11 | – | – | – | 12 | 5 | 42% |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 22 | 0 | 0% |
| 9 | – | – | – | 18 | 0 | 0% |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | 100% | 47 | 0 | 0% |
| 7 | 8 | 8 | 100% | 33 | 0 | 0% |
| 6 | 13 | 12 | 92% | 25 | 0 | 0% |
| 5 | 15 | 13 | 87% | 25 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | 40 | 36 | 90% | 21 | 0 | 0% |
| 3 | 94 | 38 | 40% | 24 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 102 | 0 | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 97 | 0 | 0% | 30 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 72 | 0 | 0% | 46 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 449 | 115 | 26% | 359 | 40 | 11% |
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 | 200 | 449 | 115 | 3 | 359 | 40 | 11 |
| 2025 | 230 | 431 | 124 | 2 | 446 | 46 | 9 |
| 2024 | 230 | 352 | 131 | 2 | 466 | 46 | 7 |
| 2023 | 230 | 331 | 111 | 2 | 468 | 62 | 5 |
| 2022 | 230 | 294 | 114 | 1 | 391 | 64 | 4 |
| 2021 | 230 | 333 | 113 | 1 | 372 | 64 | 3 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 209 | 121 | 57.9% |
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 66
- Unit 66 buck deer, archery (hunt code DM066O1A)(deer)
- Unit 66 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM066O1M)(deer)
- Unit 66 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM066O2R)(deer)
- Unit 66 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM066O3R)(deer)
- Unit 66 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM066O4R)(deer)
- Unit 66 buck pronghorn, archery (hunt code AM066O1A)(pronghorn)
- Unit 66 buck pronghorn, muzzleloader (hunt code AM066O1M)(pronghorn)
- Unit 66 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM066O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 66 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM066O1M)
- Unit 66 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM066O2R)
- Unit 66 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM066O3R)
- Unit 66 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM066O4R)
- Unit 66 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM066O1X)(moose)
- Unit 66 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM066S1X)(moose)
- Unit 66 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF066O1M)
- Unit 66 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF066O1R)
- Unit 66 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF066O2R)
- Unit 66 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF066O3R)
- Unit 66 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF066O4R)
- Unit 66 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF066O1A)(moose)
- Unit 66 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF066S1A)(moose)
- Unit 66 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF066O1M)(moose)
- Unit 66 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF066S1M)(moose)
- Unit 66 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF066O1R)(moose)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 63 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF063O1R)
- Unit 63 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF063O2R)
- Unit 64 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE064O1R)
- Unit 64 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE064O4R)
- Unit 67 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF067O1R)
- Unit 67 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF067O2R)
- Unit 68 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF068O2R)
- Unit 68 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF068O3R)