Unit 69 bull elk, rifle

Hunt code
EM069O3R
Unit
69
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 4 points: the report shows 20 of 25 drew at that level.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 5 points: the report shows 2 of 6 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 44%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
1111100%
1022100%
611100%
566100%
4252080%
33500%
23300%
13100%
04400%
All1783017%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
1611100%
822100%
722100%
633100%
56233%
4100%
3600%
2200%
1300%
0600%
All321031%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
20265017830432105
2025501652933394
2024501562833053
2023501683131983
2022401442331683
2021401622831533
035202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2025502244%

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.