Unit 69 bull elk, rifle

Hunt code
EM069O2R
Unit
69
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 3 points: the report shows 14 of 31 drew at that level.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 4 points: the report shows 2 of 12 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 48.6%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
1211100%
911100%
811100%
622100%
544100%
42222100%
3311445%
23800%
13800%
07100%
All2094522%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
911100%
822100%
722100%
63267%
566100%
412217%
3900%
2600%
1400%
0800%
All531528%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
20267520945353154
20257521046345133
20247523745337133
20237516945335123
20227519246233123
20217524346347143
024202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2025743648.6%

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

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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.