Unit 171 cow moose, rifle
- Hunt code
- MF171O1R
- Unit
- 171
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 21 of 145 residents drew (14%). A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.
In 2026, 4 of 22 nonresidents drew (18%). A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.
Harvest success in 2025 was 72.2%.
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 | |
| 22 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 21 | 2 | 2 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 18 | 2 | 2 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 13 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | 67% | – | – | – |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | 20% | – | – | – |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | 20% | – | – | – |
| 9 | 7 | 3 | 43% | – | – | – |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | 33% | – | – | – |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | 20% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 6 | 11 | 1 | 9% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 5 | 15 | 1 | 7% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | 14 | 1 | 7% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 3 | 23 | 1 | 4% | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| 2 | 10 | 0 | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 6 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 28 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 145 | 21 | 14% | 22 | 4 | 18% |
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 | 25 | 145 | 21 | 3+ Pref Points | 22 | 4 | 3+ Pref Points |
| 2025 | 25 | 140 | 21 | 3+ Pref Points | 21 | 4 | 3+ Pref Points |
| 2024 | 25 | 174 | 21 | 3+ Pref Points | 17 | 4 | 3+ Pref Points |
| 2023 | 25 | 180 | 21 | 3+ Pref Points | 16 | 4 | 3+ Pref Points |
| 2022 | 21 | 219 | 17 | 3+ Pref Points | 22 | 3 | 3+ Pref Points |
| 2021 | 17 | 238 | 14 | 3+ Pref Points | 21 | 3 | 3+ Pref Points |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | 13 | 72.2% |
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 MF171O1A, MF171O1M from one shared pool of 25 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 18 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.
- 2025CPW drew this hunt together with MF171O1A, MF171O1M from one shared pool of 25 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 19 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.
- 2023–2024CPW drew this hunt together with MF171O1A, MF171O1M from one shared pool of 25 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 20 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.
- 2022CPW drew this hunt together with MF171O1A, MF171O1M from one shared pool of 21 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 17 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.
- 2021CPW drew this hunt together with MF171O1A, MF171O1M from one shared pool of 17 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 13 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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Other hunts in unit 171
- Unit 171 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM171E1R)(deer)
- Unit 171 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM171O1R)(deer)
- Unit 171 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM171O2R)(deer)
- Unit 171 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM171O3R)(deer)
- Unit 171 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM171O1X)
- Unit 171 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF171P3R)(elk)
- Unit 171 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF171P4R)(elk)
- Unit 171 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF171O1A)
- Unit 171 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF171O1M)
- Unit 171 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE171O4R)(elk)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.