Unit 71 bull elk, rifle
- Hunt code
- EM071O1R
- Unit
- 71
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 0 points: the report shows 217 of 222 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 0 points: the report shows 32 of 221 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 27.6%.
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 | |
| 8 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 7 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 3 | 75% |
| 4 | 7 | 7 | 100% | 7 | 7 | 100% |
| 3 | 10 | 10 | 100% | 14 | 13 | 93% |
| 2 | 25 | 25 | 100% | 28 | 25 | 89% |
| 1 | 41 | 40 | 98% | 134 | 105 | 78% |
| 0 | 222 | 217 | 98% | 221 | 32 | 14% |
| All | 309 | 302 | 98% | 411 | 188 | 46% |
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 | 550 | 309 | 302 | 0 | 411 | 188 | 0 |
| 2025 | 550 | 290 | 281 | 0 | 385 | 218 | 0 |
| 2024 | 550 | 275 | 272 | 0 | 374 | 228 | 0 |
| 2023 | 550 | 248 | 243 | 0 | 400 | 246 | 0 |
| 2022 | 550 | 224 | 219 | Choice 2 | 295 | 275 | 0 |
| 2021 | 550 | 244 | 238 | 0 | 340 | 254 | 0 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 550 | 152 | 27.6% |
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
- 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 71
- Unit 71 buck deer, archery (hunt code DM071O1A)(deer)
- Unit 71 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM071O1M)(deer)
- Unit 71 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM071O2R)(deer)
- Unit 71 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM071O3R)(deer)
- Unit 71 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM071O4R)(deer)
- Unit 71 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM071P2R)(deer)
- Unit 71 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM071P3R)(deer)
- Unit 71 bull elk, archery (hunt code EM071O1A)
- Unit 71 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM071O1M)
- Unit 71 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM071O4R)
- Unit 71 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM071P1R)
- Unit 71 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM071P4R)
- Unit 71 cow elk, archery (hunt code EF071O1A)
- Unit 71 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF071O1M)
- Unit 71 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF071O1R)
- Unit 71 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF071O2R)
- Unit 71 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF071O3R)
- Unit 71 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF071O4R)
- Unit 71 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF071P1R)
- Unit 71 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF071P4R)
- Unit 71 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF071P2R)(deer)
- Unit 71 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF071P3R)(deer)
- Unit 71 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE071P1A)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 69 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF069O2R)
- Unit 69 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF069O3R)
- Unit 70 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE070P1R)
- Unit 70 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE070P4R)
- Unit 72 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF072O2R)
- Unit 72 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF072O3R)
- Unit 73 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF073O2R)
- Unit 73 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF073O3R)