Unit 500 bull elk, muzzleloader
- Hunt code
- EM500O1M
- Unit
- 500
- Weapon
- Muzzleloader
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 3 points: the report shows 18 of 31 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 8 points: the report shows 3 of 7 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 34%.
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 | |
| 15 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 13 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 11 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 10 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| 9 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 8 | – | – | – | 7 | 3 | 43% |
| 7 | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | 11 | 9 | 82% | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| 3 | 31 | 18 | 58% | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 31 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 25 | 0 | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 19 | 0 | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 120 | 30 | 25% | 53 | 9 | 17% |
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 | 45 | 120 | 30 | 3 | 53 | 9 | 8 |
| 2025 | 55 | 103 | 33 | 2 | 74 | 11 | 7 |
| 2024 | 55 | 71 | 33 | 2 | 56 | 11 | 6 |
| 2023 | 45 | 93 | 24 | 3 | 58 | 12 | 6 |
| 2022 | 45 | 90 | 25 | 2 | 70 | 12 | 5 |
| 2021 | 45 | 103 | 28 | 2 | 64 | 12 | 5 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | 18 | 34% |
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 500
- Unit 500 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM500O1R)
- Unit 500 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM500O2R)
- Unit 500 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM500O3R)
- Unit 500 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM500O4R)
- Unit 500 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF500O1M)
- Unit 500 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF500L1R)
- Unit 500 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF500O2R)
- Unit 500 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF500O3R)
- Unit 500 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF500O4R)
- Unit 500 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF500P5R)
- Unit 500 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE500O1A)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 471 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE471O4R)
- Unit 471 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF471O2R)
- Unit 481 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF481O1M)
- Unit 481 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM481O1M)
- Unit 501 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF501O1M)
- Unit 501 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM501O1M)
- Unit 511 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF511O1R)
- Unit 511 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF511O2R)