Hunt area 28 elk, type 4 (Antlerless Elk)

Hunt code: E-028-4
Unit: 28, Cony Mountain
Weapon: Any weapon
Draw years: 2021–2026

In 2026, 159 residents applied as their first choice for 147 licenses: roughly 92% of them drew, since first choices are drawn before any second choice.

In 2026, 12 of 12 nonresidents drew (100%). The preference draw reached 0 points.

Harvest success in 2023 was 43.6%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Points	Nonresidents
Points	Applied	Drew	Rate
2	2	2	100%
1	2	2	100%
0	8	8	100%
All	12	12	100%

Year by year

Year	Permits	Residents			Nonresidents
		Applied	Drew	Pts needed	Applied	Drew	Pts needed
2026	174	159	–	–	12	12	0
2025	175	167	–	–	13	13	0
2024	175	178	–	–	24	21	0
2023	179	162	–	–	16	16	0
2022	186	165	–	–	10	10	0
2021	182	142	–	–	14	14	0

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

Harvest

Year	Hunters	Harvest	Success
2023	149	65	43.6%

Reading these numbers

Nonresident elk, deer and antelope, and everyone's moose and bighorn sheep: 75% of each hunt's licenses go to the preference-point draw, highest points first (party points are averaged), and the other 25% are drawn at random among everyone who missed, points ignored. Residents draw elk, deer and antelope at random with no points; mountain goat, bison and the doe/fawn, cow/calf and ewe/lamb licenses are random for everyone. Nonresident 'special' licenses cost more and are drawn as a separate pool (hunt codes ending -S).

Sources

20262026 Elk Cow/Calf - Nonresident(draw)
20262026 Elk Cow/Calf - Resident(draw)
20262026 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident(draw)
20262026 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident Special(draw)
20262026 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident(draw)
20262026 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident Special(draw)
20262026 Elk Random Draw - Resident(draw)
20252025 Elk Cow/Calf - Nonresident(draw)
20252025 Elk Cow/Calf - Resident(draw)
20252025 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident(draw)
20252025 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident Special(draw)
20252025 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident(draw)
20252025 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident Special(draw)
20252025 Elk Random Draw - Resident(draw)
20242024 Elk Cow/Calf - Nonresident(draw)
20242024 Elk Cow/Calf - Resident(draw)
20242024 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident(draw)
20242024 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident Special(draw)
20242024 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident(draw)
20242024 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident Special(draw)
20242024 Elk Random Draw - Resident(draw)
20232023 Elk Cow/Calf - Nonresident(draw)
20232023 Elk Cow/Calf - Resident(draw)
20232023 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident(draw)
20232023 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident Special(draw)
20232023 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident(draw)
20232023 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident Special(draw)
20232023 Elk Random Draw - Resident(draw)
20232023 Elk harvest report(harvest)
20222022 Elk Cow/Calf - Nonresident(draw)
20222022 Elk Cow/Calf - Resident(draw)
20222022 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident(draw)
20222022 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident Special(draw)
20222022 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident(draw)
20222022 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident Special(draw)
20222022 Elk Random Draw - Resident(draw)
20212021 Elk Cow/Calf - Nonresident(draw)
20212021 Elk Cow/Calf - Resident(draw)
20212021 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident(draw)
20212021 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident Special(draw)
20212021 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident(draw)
20212021 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident Special(draw)
20212021 Elk Random Draw - Resident(draw)

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