Unit 481 bull elk, muzzleloader
- Hunt code
- EM481O1M
- Unit
- 481
- Weapon
- Muzzleloader
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 0 points: the report shows 3 of 27 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 3 points: the report shows 5 of 5 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 28.9%.
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 | |
| 6 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 4 | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 3 | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | 100% | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 16 | 16 | 100% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 27 | 3 | 11% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 49 | 25 | 51% | 20 | 9 | 45% |
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 | 40 | 49 | 25 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 3 |
| 2025 | 40 | 37 | 26 | 0 | 36 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 35 | 31 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 1 |
| 2023 | 35 | 47 | 22 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 1 |
| 2022 | 35 | 52 | 21 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 2 |
| 2021 | 35 | 32 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 1 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | 11 | 28.9% |
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 481
- Unit 481 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM481O1R)
- Unit 481 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM481O2R)
- Unit 481 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM481O3R)
- Unit 481 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM481O4R)
- Unit 481 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF481O1M)
- Unit 481 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF481O2R)
- Unit 481 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF481O3R)
- Unit 481 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF481O4R)
- Unit 481 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF481P5R)
- Unit 481 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF481P2R)(deer)
- Unit 481 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF481P3R)(deer)
- Unit 481 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF481P5R)(deer)
- Unit 481 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE481O1A)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 461 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF461O1M)
- Unit 461 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM461O1M)
- Unit 471 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE471O4R)
- Unit 471 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF471O2R)
- Unit 500 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF500O1M)
- Unit 500 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM500O1M)
- Unit 501 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF501O1M)
- Unit 501 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM501O1M)