Unit 81 buck pronghorn, rifle
- Hunt code
- AM081O1R
- Unit
- 81
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 16 points: the report shows 4 of 16 drew at that level. Another 8 residents with fewer points drew in the hybrid draw.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 19 points: the report shows 1 of 4 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 94.7%.
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 | |
| 27 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 25 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| 24 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 22 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 21 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 20 | 3 | 3 | 100% | 4 | 3 | 75% |
| 19 | 3 | 3 | 100% | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| 18 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 17 | 10 | 9 | 90% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 16 | 16 | 4 | 25% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 15 | 16 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 14 | 11 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 13 | 17 | 1 | 6% | – | – | – |
| 12 | 19 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 11 | 20 | 1 | 5% | – | – | – |
| 10 | 21 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 9 | 23 | 0 | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| 8 | 40 | 2 | 5% | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| 7 | 37 | 0 | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| 6 | 47 | 2 | 4% | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| 5 | 50 | 2 | 4% | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | 41 | 0 | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| 3 | 42 | 0 | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 41 | 0 | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 34 | 0 | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 42 | 0 | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 538 | 32 | 6% | 105 | 8 | 8% |
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 | 50 | 538 | 32 | 16 | 105 | 8 | 19 |
| 2025 | 40 | 527 | 26 | 16 | 112 | 6 | 18 |
| 2024 | 40 | 447 | 26 | 16 | 96 | 6 | 17 |
| 2023 | 40 | 439 | 26 | 15 | 80 | 6 | 19 |
| 2022 | 40 | 348 | 18 | 15 | 67 | 14 | 15 |
| 2021 | 35 | 392 | 23 | 14 | 78 | 6 | 14 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | 36 | 94.7% |
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 doe pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AF079P5R)
- Unit 79 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM079O1R)
- Unit 80 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM080O1R)
- Unit 80 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM080P1R)
- Unit 82 doe pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AF082O1R)
- Unit 82 doe pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AF082P5R)
- Unit 83 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM083O1R)
- Unit 83 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM083P1R)