Boulder Limited-entry Archery Bull Elk, archery

Hunt code: EB3145
Unit: Boulder
Weapon: Archery
Season: Archery
Draw years: 2021–2025

In 2025, 28 of 362 residents drew (8%). The bonus-point pool reached 16 points. 14 went to random-draw winners, the lowest holding 2 points.

In 2025, 2 of 347 nonresidents drew (0.6%). The bonus-point pool reached 27 points. 1 went to a random-draw winner holding 18 points.

Harvest success in 2024 was 64.3%.

2025 draw by point level

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

Points	Residents			Nonresidents
Points	Applied	Drew	Rate	Applied	Drew	Rate
27	–	–	–	1	1	100%
25	1	1	100%	–	–	–
24	–	–	–	2	0	0%
23	–	–	–	2	0	0%
22	–	–	–	2	0	0%
21	–	–	–	3	0	0%
20	2	2	100%	7	0	0%
19	–	–	–	8	0	0%
18	6	6	100%	11	1random	9%
17	3	3	100%	8	0	0%
16	7	31 random	43%	12	0	0%
15	6	0	0%	8	0	0%
14	5	1random	20%	11	0	0%
13	10	2random	20%	9	0	0%
12	11	0	0%	9	0	0%
11	10	1random	10%	10	0	0%
10	20	0	0%	20	0	0%
9	24	1random	4%	13	0	0%
8	20	1random	5%	24	0	0%
7	20	1random	5%	28	0	0%
6	25	1random	4%	22	0	0%
5	27	0	0%	21	0	0%
4	43	2random	5%	23	0	0%
3	31	2random	6%	23	0	0%
2	31	1random	3%	26	0	0%
1	26	0	0%	26	0	0%
0	34	0	0%	18	0	0%
All	362	28	8%	347	2	0.6%

ResidentsNonresidents

Points	Residents
Points	Applied	Drew	Rate
25	1	1	100%
20	2	2	100%
18	6	6	100%
17	3	3	100%
16	7	31 random	43%
15	6	0	0%
14	5	1random	20%
13	10	2random	20%
12	11	0	0%
11	10	1random	10%
10	20	0	0%
9	24	1random	4%
8	20	1random	5%
7	20	1random	5%
6	25	1random	4%
5	27	0	0%
4	43	2random	5%
3	31	2random	6%
2	31	1random	3%
1	26	0	0%
0	34	0	0%
All	362	28	8%

Points	Nonresidents
Points	Applied	Drew	Rate
27	1	1	100%
24	2	0	0%
23	2	0	0%
22	2	0	0%
21	3	0	0%
20	7	0	0%
19	8	0	0%
18	11	1random	9%
17	8	0	0%
16	12	0	0%
15	8	0	0%
14	11	0	0%
13	9	0	0%
12	9	0	0%
11	10	0	0%
10	20	0	0%
9	13	0	0%
8	24	0	0%
7	28	0	0%
6	22	0	0%
5	21	0	0%
4	23	0	0%
3	23	0	0%
2	26	0	0%
1	26	0	0%
0	18	0	0%
All	347	2	0.6%

Year by year

Year	Permits	Residents			Nonresidents
		Applied	Drew	Pts needed	Applied	Drew	Pts needed
2025	–	362	28	16	347	2	27
2024	–	380	28	17	371	2	25
2023	–	342	24	17	320	3	24
2022	–	313	18	16	276	2	24
2021	–	332	18	16	251	2	24

ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

Year	Hunters	Harvest	Success
2024	32	21	64.3%
2023	29	13	46.4%
2022	22	11	50%

Reading these numbers

Limited-entry and once-in-a-lifetime hunts use bonus points: UDWR reserves 50% of each hunt's permits for applicants with the most bonus points, then draws the rest among everyone left, where each applicant gets one random number for the application plus one per bonus point and their lowest number is used. General-season buck deer uses preference points instead: highest point level draws first. The odds reports count first-choice applications only.

Sources

20252025 Big Game Bonus Point Draw Results(draw)
20242024 Big Game Bonus Point Draw Results(draw)
20242024 Limited-entry and once-in-a-lifetime harvest report(harvest)
20232023 Big Game Bonus Point Draw Results(draw)
20232023 Limited-entry and once-in-a-lifetime harvest report(harvest)
20222022 Big Game Bonus Point Draw Results(draw)
20222022 Limited-entry and once-in-a-lifetime harvest report(harvest)
20212021 Big Game Bonus Point Draw Results(draw)

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