Boulder Limited-entry ALW (rifle) Bull Elk, early any legal weapon

Hunt code: EB3148
Unit: Boulder
Weapon: Any weapon
Season: Early Any Legal Weapon
Draw years: 2021–2025

In 2025, 11 of 1,177 residents drew (0.9%). The bonus-point pool reached 26 points. 5 went to random-draw winners, the lowest holding 2 points.

In 2025, 1 of 652 nonresidents drew (0.1%), all in the random draw; none came from the bonus-point pool. The winner held 4 points.

Harvest success in 2024 was 86.7%.

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	4	4	100%	3	0	0%
26	11	31 random	27%	2	0	0%
25	15	0	0%	7	0	0%
24	15	0	0%	5	0	0%
23	10	0	0%	15	0	0%
22	11	0	0%	8	0	0%
21	7	0	0%	11	0	0%
20	17	0	0%	11	0	0%
19	22	0	0%	22	0	0%
18	25	1random	4%	21	0	0%
17	22	0	0%	17	0	0%
16	13	0	0%	35	0	0%
15	33	0	0%	26	0	0%
14	33	0	0%	29	0	0%
13	26	0	0%	12	0	0%
12	32	0	0%	14	0	0%
11	38	0	0%	22	0	0%
10	52	0	0%	20	0	0%
9	43	1random	2%	27	0	0%
8	65	0	0%	41	0	0%
7	49	0	0%	36	0	0%
6	61	0	0%	37	0	0%
5	83	0	0%	27	0	0%
4	69	0	0%	44	1random	2%
3	94	1random	1%	37	0	0%
2	96	1random	1%	34	0	0%
1	105	0	0%	49	0	0%
0	126	0	0%	40	0	0%
All	1,177	11	0.9%	652	1	0.1%

ResidentsNonresidents

Points	Residents
Points	Applied	Drew	Rate
27	4	4	100%
26	11	31 random	27%
25	15	0	0%
24	15	0	0%
23	10	0	0%
22	11	0	0%
21	7	0	0%
20	17	0	0%
19	22	0	0%
18	25	1random	4%
17	22	0	0%
16	13	0	0%
15	33	0	0%
14	33	0	0%
13	26	0	0%
12	32	0	0%
11	38	0	0%
10	52	0	0%
9	43	1random	2%
8	65	0	0%
7	49	0	0%
6	61	0	0%
5	83	0	0%
4	69	0	0%
3	94	1random	1%
2	96	1random	1%
1	105	0	0%
0	126	0	0%
All	1,177	11	0.9%

Points	Nonresidents
Points	Applied	Drew	Rate
27	3	0	0%
26	2	0	0%
25	7	0	0%
24	5	0	0%
23	15	0	0%
22	8	0	0%
21	11	0	0%
20	11	0	0%
19	22	0	0%
18	21	0	0%
17	17	0	0%
16	35	0	0%
15	26	0	0%
14	29	0	0%
13	12	0	0%
12	14	0	0%
11	22	0	0%
10	20	0	0%
9	27	0	0%
8	41	0	0%
7	36	0	0%
6	37	0	0%
5	27	0	0%
4	44	1random	2%
3	37	0	0%
2	34	0	0%
1	49	0	0%
0	40	0	0%
All	652	1	0.1%

Year by year

Year	Permits	Residents			Nonresidents
		Applied	Drew	Pts needed	Applied	Drew	Pts needed
2025	–	1,177	11	26	652	1	–
2024	–	1,224	11	26	659	1	–
2023	–	1,023	9	25	688	1	–
2022	–	1,447	24	24	798	3	26
2021	–	1,445	24	23	834	3	25

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

Harvest

Year	Hunters	Harvest	Success
2024	15	13	86.7%
2023	13	11	84.6%
2022	30	30	100%

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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