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Unit 53 cow elk, private land only, season 5

Hunt EF053P5R2026 draw resultsQuota 100✓ Rows match the report's totals

How many preference points it took to draw this hunt in 2026, and your estimated chance at every point level.

Adult residents
68
first-choice applicants
68
drew
1
applicants per draw

68 adult residents put this hunt first; 68 drew (100%). Every first-choice applicant drew, and licenses were left for 2nd-choice applicants, so any point level was enough.

Any points drew

Adult nonresidents
2
first-choice applicants
2
drew
1
applicants per draw

2 adult nonresidents put this hunt first; 2 drew (100%). Every first-choice applicant drew, and licenses were left for 2nd-choice applicants, so any point level was enough.

Any points drew

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Odds by preference points

Residents

Preference pointsApplicantsDrewActual oddsEstimated chance
6111 in 1.0
100%
5111 in 1.0
100%
114141 in 1.0
100%
052521 in 1.0
100%
All68681 in 1.0

Nonresidents

Preference pointsApplicantsDrewActual oddsEstimated chance
0221 in 1.0
100%
All221 in 1.0
Drew by preference points (at or above the cutoff)Below the cutoff: hybrid random draw or none

Trends, 2024–2026

"Cutoff" is the preference point level where licenses ran out that year (CPW's "drawn out at" level).

Adult residents
YearApplicantsDrewOddsCutoff
202478701 in 1.10
202581681 in 1.20
202668681 in 1.00

Drawn out at: 0 in 2024, 0 in 2025, 0 in 2026. The bar has held steady at about 0 points. Applicants fell 13% since 2024.

Adult nonresidents
YearApplicantsDrewOddsCutoff
2024331 in 1.00
2025541 in 1.30
2026221 in 1.00

Drawn out at: 0 in 2024, 0 in 2025, 0 in 2026. The bar has held steady at about 0 points. Applicants fell 33% since 2024.

How this draw works

Colorado draws limited licenses by preference points, and only your first choice uses them. Licenses go to the applicants with the most points first; at the level where they run out (the "drawn out at" level) applicants are drawn at random. If you don't draw your first choice, you gain a point. CPW big game hunting.

About the numbers. These are adult first-choice applicants, straight from CPW's 2026 draw recap. Youth and landowner licenses are drawn separately. The estimated chance is the share who actually drew at each point level, filled in from the cutoff where nobody held that many points. Applicant pools change every year. How we check and estimate.

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