Unit 69 bull elk, muzzleloader

Hunt code
EM069O1M
Unit
69
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 5 points: the report shows 17 of 31 drew at that level.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 10 points: the report shows 2 of 4 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 40.7%.

2026 draw by point level

First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew.

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
1122100%
1022100%
92150%
777100%
64375%
5311755%
41900%
31600%
23400%
12600%
03300%
All1763218%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
1711100%
1522100%
1322100%
1211100%
1133100%
104250%
9400%
8400%
7200%
6400%
5300%
4500%
3200%
2500%
1300%
0400%
All491122%

Year by year

Permits are the hunt's total; CPW doesn't split them by residency in this report.

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
202655176325491110
202555191335751111
20245513532458119
20235516330486158
20225017324466146
20215016524462145
0611202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2025542240.7%

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.

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Other hunts in unit 69

Units listed next to it

In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.