Unit 18 cow moose, rifle
- Hunt code
- MF018L1R
- Unit
- 18
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2025–2026
In 2026, 9 of 115 residents drew (8%). A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.
In 2026, 1 of 7 nonresidents drew (14%). A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.
Harvest success in 2025 was 80%.
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 | |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 13 | 1 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 12 | 1 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | 50% | – | – | – |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 8 | 8 | 3 | 38% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 7 | 7 | 3 | 43% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 5 | 10 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | 11 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 3 | 16 | 1 | 6% | – | – | – |
| 2 | 8 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 16 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 0 | 29 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 115 | 9 | 8% | 7 | 1 | 14% |
Residents: A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.
Nonresidents: A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.
Year by year
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Pts needed | Applied | Drew | Pts needed | ||
| 2026 | 10 | 115 | 9 | 3+ Pref Points | 7 | 1 | 3+ Pref Points |
| 2025 | 10 | 95 | 9 | 3+ Pref Points | 14 | 1 | 3+ Pref Points |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 8 | 80% |
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_MOOSE-26_05062026_1222(draw)
- 2025PostDrawRecapReport_MOOSE-25_05072025_1354(draw)
- 20252025 Statewide Moose Harvest(harvest)
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Other hunts in unit 18
- Unit 18 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM018O1M)(deer)
- Unit 18 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM018O2R)(deer)
- Unit 18 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM018O3R)(deer)
- Unit 18 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM018O4R)(deer)
- Unit 18 buck pronghorn, archery (hunt code AM018O1A)(pronghorn)
- Unit 18 buck pronghorn, muzzleloader (hunt code AM018O1M)(pronghorn)
- Unit 18 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM018O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 18 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM018P5R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 18 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM018O1X)
- Unit 18 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM018S1X)
- Unit 18 cow elk, archery (hunt code EF018V1A)(elk)
- Unit 18 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF018O1M)(elk)
- Unit 18 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF018L1R)(elk)
- Unit 18 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF018O1R)(elk)
- Unit 18 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF018O2R)(elk)
- Unit 18 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF018O3R)(elk)
- Unit 18 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF018O4R)(elk)
- Unit 18 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF018P5R)(elk)
- Unit 18 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF018O1A)
- Unit 18 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF018O1M)
- Unit 18 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF018O1R)
- Unit 18 doe deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DF018O1M)(deer)
- Unit 18 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF018O2R)(deer)
- Unit 18 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF018O3R)(deer)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.