Unit 551 bull elk, rifle
- Hunt code
- EM551O1R
- Unit
- 551
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 1 points: the report shows 12 of 33 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 4 points: the report shows 2 of 22 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 12.7%.
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% | – | – | – |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 8 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 7 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 7 | 6 | 86% |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 33% | 22 | 2 | 9% |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 100% | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 12 | 11 | 92% | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 33 | 12 | 36% | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 37 | 0 | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 94 | 31 | 33% | 62 | 12 | 19% |
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 | 60 | 94 | 31 | 1 | 62 | 12 | 4 |
| 2025 | 60 | 82 | 41 | 1 | 58 | 15 | 4 |
| 2024 | 60 | 88 | 44 | 1 | 67 | 13 | 3 |
| 2023 | 60 | 92 | 39 | 1 | 52 | 21 | 2 |
| 2022 | 60 | 91 | 37 | 1 | 56 | 21 | 2 |
| 2021 | 60 | 101 | 37 | 1 | 51 | 17 | 1 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | 7 | 12.7% |
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 551
- Unit 551 buck deer, archery (hunt code DM551O1A)(deer)
- Unit 551 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM551O1M)(deer)
- Unit 551 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM551O2R)(deer)
- Unit 551 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM551O3R)(deer)
- Unit 551 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM551O4R)(deer)
- Unit 551 buck pronghorn, muzzleloader (hunt code AM551O1M)(pronghorn)
- Unit 551 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM551O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 551 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM551O1M)
- Unit 551 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM551O2R)
- Unit 551 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM551O3R)
- Unit 551 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM551O4R)
- Unit 551 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM551O1X)(moose)
- Unit 551 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF551O1M)
- Unit 551 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF551O1R)
- Unit 551 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF551O2R)
- Unit 551 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF551O3R)
- Unit 551 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF551O4R)
- Unit 551 doe deer, archery (hunt code DF551O1A)(deer)
- Unit 551 doe deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DF551O1M)(deer)
- Unit 551 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF551O1R)(deer)
- Unit 551 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF551O2R)(deer)
- Unit 551 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF551O3R)(deer)
- Unit 551 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF551P5R)(deer)
- Unit 551 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE551O1A)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 511 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF511O1R)
- Unit 511 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF511O2R)
- Unit 521 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF521O1R)
- Unit 521 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF521O2R)
- Unit 561 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF561O2R)
- Unit 561 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF561O3R)
- Unit 581 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF581P5R)