Unit 77 bull elk, muzzleloader

Hunt code
EM077O1M
Unit
77
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 0 points: the report shows 72 of 73 drew at that level.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 0 points: the report shows 22 of 97 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 24%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
511100%
422100%
233100%
11515100%
0737299%
All949399%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
1411100%
1111100%
1011100%
711100%
65480%
544100%
444100%
3151280%
2242083%
112512096%
0972223%
All27819068%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026300949302781900
2025300949303831930
2024300878702032020
202330010210202291890
2022250807902681660
2021250828203051570
01202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
20253007224%

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 77

Units listed next to it

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