Unit 851 bull elk, rifle
- Hunt code
- EM851O4R
- Unit
- 851
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 20 points: the report shows 1 of 1 drew at that level. Another 1 resident with fewer points drew in the hybrid draw.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 28 points: the report shows 1 of 2 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 0%.
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 | |
| 28 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| 26 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 25 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 23 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 22 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 21 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 20 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 19 | 1 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 18 | 5 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 17 | 2 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 16 | 5 | 1 | 20% | – | – | – |
| 15 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 14 | 3 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 13 | 1 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 10 | 1 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| All | 59 | 4 | 7% | 13 | 1 | 8% |
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 | 5 | 59 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 28 |
| 2025 | 5 | 67 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 27 |
| 2024 | 5 | 67 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 29 |
| 2023 | 5 | 37 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 28 |
| 2022 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 27 |
| 2021 | 5 | 32 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 26 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0% |
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 851
- Unit 851 buck deer, archery (hunt code DM851O1A)(deer)
- Unit 851 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM851O1M)(deer)
- Unit 851 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM851O1R)(deer)
- Unit 851 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM851O2R)(deer)
- Unit 851 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM851W1R)(deer)
- Unit 851 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM851W2R)(deer)
- Unit 851 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM851O1M)
- Unit 851 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM851O1R)
- Unit 851 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM851O2R)
- Unit 851 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM851O3R)
- Unit 851 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF851O1M)
- Unit 851 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF851L1R)
- Unit 851 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF851L2R)
- Unit 851 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF851L3R)
- Unit 851 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF851O3R)
- Unit 851 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF851W1R)
- Unit 851 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF851W2R)
- Unit 851 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF851W4R)
- Unit 851 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF851W6R)
- Unit 851 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE851O1A)
- Unit 851 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE851J2R)
- Unit 851 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE851K2R)
- Unit 851 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE851K3R)
- Unit 851 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE851W1R)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.