Unit 551 bull elk, rifle
- Hunt code
- EM551O3R
- Unit
- 551
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2026
In 2026, 53 of 56 residents drew (95%). CPW listed this hunt as “Leftover”.
In 2026, 22 of 22 nonresidents drew (100%). CPW listed this hunt as “Leftover”.
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 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 4 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | 100% | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 1 | 17 | 17 | 100% | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| 0 | 31 | 28 | 90% | 8 | 8 | 100% |
| All | 56 | 53 | 95% | 22 | 22 | 100% |
Residents: CPW listed this hunt as “Leftover”.
Nonresidents: CPW listed this hunt as “Leftover”.
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 | 315 | 56 | 53 | Leftover | 22 | 22 | Leftover |
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)
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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 EM551O1R)
- Unit 551 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM551O2R)
- 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)