Unit 561 bull elk, rifle
- Hunt code
- EM561O1R
- Unit
- 561
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 1 points: the report shows 8 of 12 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 4 points: the report shows 4 of 5 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 63.3%.
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 | |
| 7 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 5 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 5 | 4 | 80% |
| 3 | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 12 | 12 | 100% | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 12 | 8 | 67% | – | – | – |
| 0 | 16 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 41 | 21 | 51% | 21 | 6 | 29% |
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 | 30 | 41 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 4 |
| 2025 | 30 | 46 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 30 | 46 | 19 | 1 | 40 | 7 | 3 |
| 2023 | 30 | 49 | 18 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 1 |
| 2022 | 30 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
| 2021 | 30 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | 19 | 63.3% |
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 561
- Unit 561 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM561O1M)
- Unit 561 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM561O2R)
- Unit 561 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM561O3R)
- Unit 561 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM561O4R)
- Unit 561 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF561O1M)
- Unit 561 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF561O2R)
- Unit 561 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF561O3R)
- Unit 561 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF561O4R)
- Unit 561 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE561O1A)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.