Unit 53 bull moose, weapon code X
- Hunt code
- MM053O1X
- Unit
- 53
- Weapon
- Other
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 3 of 122 residents drew (2%). A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.
No nonresidents applied in 2026.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Rate | |
| 24 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 20 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 19 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 18 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 17 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 16 | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| 12 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 8 | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| 7 | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| 6 | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| 5 | 18 | 1 | 6% |
| 4 | 12 | 1 | 8% |
| 3 | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 12 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 13 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 122 | 3 | 2% |
Residents: A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.
Nonresidents: No first-choice applicants.
Year by year
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Pts needed | Applied | Drew | Pts needed | ||
| 2026 | 3 | 122 | 3 | 3+ Pref Points | 0 | 0 | No Apps |
| 2025 | 3 | 133 | 3 | 3+ Pref Points | 0 | 0 | No Apps |
| 2024 | 3 | 102 | 3 | 3+ Pref Points | 0 | 0 | No Apps |
| 2023 | 3 | 126 | 3 | 3+ Pref Points | 0 | 0 | No Apps |
| 2022 | 3 | 114 | 3 | 3+ Pref Points | 0 | 0 | No Apps |
| 2021 | 3 | 120 | 3 | 3+ Pref Points | 0 | 0 | No Apps |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 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.
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 53
- Unit 53 buck deer, archery (hunt code DM053O1A)(deer)
- Unit 53 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM053O1M)(deer)
- Unit 53 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM053O2R)(deer)
- Unit 53 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM053O3R)(deer)
- Unit 53 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM053O4R)(deer)
- Unit 53 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM053P2R)(deer)
- Unit 53 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM053P3R)(deer)
- Unit 53 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM053O1M)(elk)
- Unit 53 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM053O1R)(elk)
- Unit 53 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM053O4R)(elk)
- Unit 53 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF053O1M)(elk)
- Unit 53 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF053O1R)(elk)
- Unit 53 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF053O2R)(elk)
- Unit 53 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF053O3R)(elk)
- Unit 53 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF053O4R)(elk)
- Unit 53 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF053P5R)(elk)
- Unit 53 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF053P5R)(deer)
- Unit 53 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE053V1A)(elk)
- Unit 53 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE053P1R)(elk)
- Unit 53 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE053P4R)(elk)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 51 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM051O1X)
- Unit 52 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF052L1R)
- Unit 52 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF052O1A)
- Unit 55 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM055O1X)
- Unit 55 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM055S1X)
- Unit 56 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM056O1X)