Boulder Limited-entry Muzzleloader Bull Elk, muzzleloader

Hunt code: EB3154
Unit: Boulder
Weapon: Muzzleloader
Season: Muzzleloader
Draw years: 2021–2025

In 2025, 17 of 297 residents drew (6%). The bonus-point pool reached 24 points. 8 went to random-draw winners, the lowest holding 3 points.

In 2025, 2 of 214 nonresidents drew (0.9%). The bonus-point pool reached 29 points. 1 went to a random-draw winner holding 21 points.

Harvest success in 2024 was 78.9%.

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
29	–	–	–	1	1	100%
27	1	1	100%	2	0	0%
26	2	2	100%	2	0	0%
25	4	4	100%	3	0	0%
24	7	2	29%	3	0	0%
23	4	0	0%	4	0	0%
22	7	0	0%	4	0	0%
21	6	0	0%	7	1random	14%
20	7	2random	29%	6	0	0%
19	7	1random	14%	12	0	0%
18	4	0	0%	7	0	0%
17	4	0	0%	6	0	0%
16	7	1random	14%	20	0	0%
15	15	0	0%	7	0	0%
14	13	0	0%	9	0	0%
13	10	0	0%	12	0	0%
12	14	0	0%	4	0	0%
11	10	1random	10%	8	0	0%
10	10	0	0%	5	0	0%
9	15	2random	13%	9	0	0%
8	22	0	0%	9	0	0%
7	12	0	0%	13	0	0%
6	16	0	0%	8	0	0%
5	18	0	0%	10	0	0%
4	15	0	0%	15	0	0%
3	17	1random	6%	7	0	0%
2	14	0	0%	6	0	0%
1	17	0	0%	6	0	0%
0	19	0	0%	9	0	0%
All	297	17	6%	214	2	0.9%

ResidentsNonresidents

Points	Residents
Points	Applied	Drew	Rate
27	1	1	100%
26	2	2	100%
25	4	4	100%
24	7	2	29%
23	4	0	0%
22	7	0	0%
21	6	0	0%
20	7	2random	29%
19	7	1random	14%
18	4	0	0%
17	4	0	0%
16	7	1random	14%
15	15	0	0%
14	13	0	0%
13	10	0	0%
12	14	0	0%
11	10	1random	10%
10	10	0	0%
9	15	2random	13%
8	22	0	0%
7	12	0	0%
6	16	0	0%
5	18	0	0%
4	15	0	0%
3	17	1random	6%
2	14	0	0%
1	17	0	0%
0	19	0	0%
All	297	17	6%

Points	Nonresidents
Points	Applied	Drew	Rate
29	1	1	100%
27	2	0	0%
26	2	0	0%
25	3	0	0%
24	3	0	0%
23	4	0	0%
22	4	0	0%
21	7	1random	14%
20	6	0	0%
19	12	0	0%
18	7	0	0%
17	6	0	0%
16	20	0	0%
15	7	0	0%
14	9	0	0%
13	12	0	0%
12	4	0	0%
11	8	0	0%
10	5	0	0%
9	9	0	0%
8	9	0	0%
7	13	0	0%
6	8	0	0%
5	10	0	0%
4	15	0	0%
3	7	0	0%
2	6	0	0%
1	6	0	0%
0	9	0	0%
All	214	2	0.9%

Year by year

Year	Permits	Residents			Nonresidents
		Applied	Drew	Pts needed	Applied	Drew	Pts needed
2025	–	297	17	24	214	2	29
2024	–	312	17	24	204	2	28
2023	–	320	15	24	263	2	27
2022	–	246	11	22	214	1	–
2021	–	311	11	22	202	1	–

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

Harvest

Year	Hunters	Harvest	Success
2024	19	15	78.9%
2023	17	15	88.2%
2022	12	10	83.3%

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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