Unit 52 cow moose, rifle

Hunt code
MF052L1R
Unit
52
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, 3 of 34 residents drew (9%). 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 75%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
811100%
7200%
62150%
54125%
4400%
3400%
2400%
1700%
0600%
All3439%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
32150%
2200%
1200%
0100%
All7114%

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
202643433+ Pref Points713+ Pref Points
202544333+ Pref Points211
2024107393+ Pref Points513+ Pref Points
2023108783+ Pref Points513+ Pref Points
2022107083+ Pref Points40None Drawn
20211010493+ Pref Points70None Drawn

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
20254375%

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.

  • 2024CPW drew this hunt together with MF052O1A, MF052O1M from one shared pool of 10 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 8 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.
  • 2023CPW drew this hunt together with MF052O1A, MF052O1M from one shared pool of 10 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 6 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.
  • 2022CPW drew this hunt together with MF052O1A, MF052O1M from one shared pool of 10 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 9 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.
  • 2021CPW drew this hunt together with MF052O1A, MF052O1M from one shared pool of 10 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 7 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.

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Units listed next to it

In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.