Unit 38 cow moose, muzzleloader

Hunt code
MF038O1M
Unit
38
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, 5 of 69 residents drew (7%). A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.

In 2026, 1 of 3 nonresidents drew (33%). A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.

Harvest success in 2025 was 0%.

2026 draw by point level

First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew.

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
9100%
82150%
74125%
65360%
5600%
41000%
3900%
2900%
11400%
0900%
All6957%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
311100%
0200%
All3133%

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
202666953+ Pref Points313+ Pref Points
202567953+ Pref Points513+ Pref Points
202466053+ Pref Points1413+ Pref Points
202354343+ Pref Points611
202243233+ Pref Points211
202144533+ Pref Points413+ Pref Points
01202120222023202420252026
NonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2025000%

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 MF038O1A, MF038O1R from one shared pool of 6 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 1 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.
  • 2025CPW drew this hunt together with MF038O1A, MF038O1R from one shared pool of 6 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 0 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.
  • 2024CPW drew this hunt together with MF038O1A, MF038O1R from one shared pool of 6 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 2 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.
  • 2023CPW drew this hunt together with MF038O1A, MF038O1R from one shared pool of 5 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 2 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.
  • 2022CPW drew this hunt together with MF038O1A, MF038O1R from one shared pool of 4 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 0 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.
  • 2021CPW drew this hunt together with MF038O1A, MF038O1R from one shared pool of 4 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 1 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.

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Other hunts in unit 38

Units listed next to it

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