Unit 18 cow moose, muzzleloader
- Hunt code
- MF018O1M
- Unit
- 18
- Weapon
- Muzzleloader
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 9 of 212 residents drew (4%). A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.
In 2026, 1 of 12 nonresidents drew (8%). A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.
Harvest success in 2025 was 100%.
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 | |
| 19 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 16 | 2 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 15 | 1 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 14 | 2 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 12 | 1 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | 67% | – | – | – |
| 9 | 9 | 1 | 11% | – | – | – |
| 8 | 11 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 7 | 9 | 2 | 22% | – | – | – |
| 6 | 18 | 2 | 11% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 5 | 12 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 4 | 20 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| 3 | 21 | 1 | 5% | – | – | – |
| 2 | 22 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 35 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 44 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 212 | 9 | 4% | 12 | 1 | 8% |
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 | 212 | 9 | 3+ Pref Points | 12 | 1 | 3+ Pref Points |
| 2025 | 10 | 176 | 9 | 3+ Pref Points | 27 | 1 | 3+ Pref Points |
| 2024 | 18 | 215 | 14 | 3+ Pref Points | 19 | 2 | 3+ Pref Points |
| 2023 | 18 | 236 | 16 | 3+ Pref Points | 14 | 2 | 3+ Pref Points |
| 2022 | 16 | 217 | 15 | 3+ Pref Points | 12 | 1 | 3+ Pref Points |
| 2021 | 8 | 237 | 7 | 3+ Pref Points | 22 | 1 | 3+ Pref Points |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
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.
- 2026CPW drew this hunt together with MF018O1A, MF018O1R from one shared pool of 10 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 3 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.
- 2025CPW drew this hunt together with MF018O1A, MF018O1R from one shared pool of 10 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 2 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.
- 2024CPW drew this hunt together with MF018O1A, MF018O1R from one shared pool of 18 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 4 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.
- 2023CPW drew this hunt together with MF018O1A, MF018O1R from one shared pool of 18 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 3 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.
- 2022CPW drew this hunt together with MF018O1A, MF018O1R from one shared pool of 16 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 1 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.
- 2021CPW drew this hunt together with MF018O1A, MF018O1R from one shared pool of 8 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 1 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.
Sources
- 2026PostDrawRecapReport_MOOSE-26_05062026_1222(draw)
- 2025PostDrawRecapReport_MOOSE-25_05072025_1354(draw)
- 20252025 Statewide Moose Harvest(harvest)
- 20242024-Primary-MOOSE-Post-Draw-Report(draw)
- 20232023MooseDrawRecap(draw)
- 20222022MooseDrawRecap(draw)
- 20212021MooseDrawRecap(draw)
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Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.