Unit 70 bull elk, archery

Hunt code
EM070O1A
Unit
70
Weapon
Archery
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 0 points: the report shows 77 of 77 drew at that level.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 0 points: the report shows 269 of 308 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 23.5%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
611100%
411100%
311100%
255100%
11111100%
07777100%
All9696100%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
911100%
72150%
522100%
422100%
366100%
21414100%
15555100%
030826987%
All39035090%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026450969603903500
202541510210203373050
20244151001000312312Choice 2
20234156565Choice 2258258Choice 2
20224157676Choice 2181181Choice 2
20215655252Leftover177177Leftover
01202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
20253959323.5%

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 70

Units listed next to it

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