Unit 81 buck pronghorn, archery
- Hunt code
- AM081O1A
- Unit
- 81
- Weapon
- Archery
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 6 points: the report shows 1 of 7 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 6 points: the report shows 1 of 5 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 62.5%.
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 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 13 | 1 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 75% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 7 | 8 | 7 | 88% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 6 | 7 | 1 | 14% | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| 5 | 17 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| 3 | 13 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 8 | 0 | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 9 | 0 | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 8 | 0 | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 84 | 15 | 18% | 36 | 1 | 3% |
Year by year
Permits are the hunt's total; CPW doesn't split them by residency in this report.
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Pts needed | Applied | Drew | Pts needed | ||
| 2026 | 20 | 84 | 15 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 6 |
| 2025 | 20 | 80 | 11 | 6 | 37 | 4 | 6 |
| 2024 | 20 | 76 | 12 | 5 | 34 | 4 | 6 |
| 2023 | 20 | 56 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 20 | 59 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 6 |
| 2021 | 10 | 66 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 9 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | 10 | 62.5% |
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_PRONG-26_05212026_1006(draw)
- 2025PostDrawRecapReport_PRONG-25_05222025_0816(draw)
- 20252025 Pronghorn Statewide Harvest Final(harvest)
- 20242024-Primary-PRONGHORN-Post-Draw-Report(draw)
- 20232023PronghornDrawRecap(draw)
- 20222022PronghornDrawRecap(draw)
- 20212021PronghornDrawRecap(draw)
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Other hunts in unit 81
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 79 buck pronghorn, archery (hunt code AM079O1A)
- Unit 80 buck pronghorn, archery (hunt code AM080O1A)
- Unit 82 doe pronghorn, archery (hunt code AF082O1A)
- Unit 82 buck pronghorn, archery (hunt code AM082O1A)
- Unit 83 buck pronghorn, archery (hunt code AM083O1A)
- Unit 83 buck pronghorn, archery (hunt code AM083P1A)