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Colorado Elk EF022L1R

Elk female rifle late season GMU 22 in GMU 22, rifle only, Dec 1–31, 2026. 73% public land, mostly BLM.

Your odds at 0 points · 2026 draw

0% (small sample) Below the cut

no one below 3 points drew in 2026

You're 3 points below the 2026 cut of 3, which has risen from 0 to 3 points since 2021.

Years to draw on points: never at this creep

NR Tags
4
Applicants
15
Success
29%

First-choice nonresidents, standard draw; nonresidents capped at 25%. Success: all hunters in GMU 22, 2024.

Points Needed to Draw, 2021–2026

points needed applicants per tag
0 0 1 2 2 3 you: 0
2021
0.2:1
2022
0.1:1
2023
0.4:1
2024
6:1
2025
0.3:1
2026
4:1

The cut has risen from 0 to 3 points since 2021. Applicants per tag: 0.2:1 in 2021, 3.8:1 in 2026.

Point creep: drew out at 0 → 1 → 2 → 2 → 3 points (2022–2026), +1.0 points/yr (range +0.0 to +1.0). Years to draw project that pace (the median of the last five draws, capped at 2 points/yr); the agency sets quotas and demand sets the cut.

What It Costs · 2026 NR Fees

Closes Apr 6 · 169 days
Cost to Apply
$129.11
If You Miss
$129.11
If You Draw
$974.27

The $11.49 nonresident limited-license application-processing fee (per species, per draw) is not refunded. The $104.86 nonresident annual small game license (cheapest qualifying license to enter the draws; base $102.11 + surcharges) is not refunded. The $12.76 Colorado Wildlife Habitat Stamp (ages 18-64, once per license year, added automatically) is not refunded. A preference point fee, deer/elk/pronghorn (none until the 2028 draw) is $0, bought separately. Drawing adds the $845.16 nonresident elk license (bull, either-sex or cow; includes annual fishing combo; base $842.41 + surcharges) - charged only if drawn.

Optional, not counted above: Hunt-code exchange fee (same species, quota remaining, before season starts) $5 and License refund processing fee (most refunds) $15.

Opens
Mar 1, 2027
Closes
Apr 6, 2027
Results
about May 25
Point Only
$0, Mar 1 – Apr 6

Next application window: Open Mar 1 – Apr 6, 2027 (expected). Dates are last cycle's, rolled forward until Colorado Parks and Wildlife publishes 2027.

▸ Every Fee, With Sources
  • Nonresident limited-license application-processing fee (per species, per draw) · paid at application $11.49 CPW 2026 2 CCR 406-0 Chapter W-0 General…
  • Nonresident annual small game license (cheapest qualifying license to enter the draws; base $102.11 + surcharges) · paid at application $104.86 or $194.21 CPW 2026 Big Game Hunting brochure
  • Colorado Wildlife Habitat Stamp (ages 18-64, once per license year, added automatically) · paid at application $12.76 CPW 2026 2 CCR 406-0 Chapter W-0 General…
  • Preference point fee, deer/elk/pronghorn (none until the 2028 draw) · only for a point bought without applying — an unsuccessful applicant gets the point free $0 CPW 2026 web page
  • Nonresident elk license (bull, either-sex or cow; includes annual fishing combo; base $842.41 + surcharges) - charged only if drawn · paid if drawn, refundable $845.16 CPW 2026 Big Game Hunting brochure
Meeker Rifle 22
29%hunter success 2024 · 2,668 hunters, 770 elk
BLM 70% Private 27% State 3% GMU 22 in full →

Details

Odds by Point Level · 2026 Draw

Points Chance Applied Drew
0–2 ← you 0% (small sample) 11 0
3 67% (small sample) 3 2
4–10 100% (small sample) — —

Preference points, computed from published point-level pools. A dash means Colorado Parks and Wildlife did not publish a count for that level. Colorado runs a second, random pass after the points pass. As a lower choice, EF022L1R drew no one in 2026, so lower-choice odds are left out.

Draw results: CPW 2026 Primary ELK Post Draw Report, p. 442, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.

How It Hunted, 2024

WhoHuntersHarvestSuccess
All of GMU 22 2,668 770 29%

Across every license type in GMU 22, Colorado Parks and Wildlife counted 2,668 hunters and 770 elk taken in 2024, and 29% of them took an elk. Colorado's figures come from CPW's post-season hunter survey. CPW's 2025 report dropped the per-GMU table in favour of hunt-code rows, so the newest year shown here is 2024. Source: CPW 2024 Statewide Elk Harvest; CPW 2023 Statewide Elk Hunting Harvest Estimates.

▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 6 draws

The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year. Colorado runs a second, random pass after the points pass; it is shown beside the year it belongs to.

Year Tags Applicants Per Tag Points Needed Random Pass Source
2026 4 15 3.8 3 — CPW 2026 Primary ELK Post Draw Report, p. 442
2025 50 17 0.3 2 2 tags of 5 CPW 2025 Primary ELK Post Draw Report, p. 376
2024 1 6 6 2 — CPW 2024 Primary ELK Post Draw Report, p. 340
2023 50 20 0.4 1 1 tag of 11 CPW 2023 Primary ELK Post Draw Report, p. 346
2022 100 10 0.1 0 2 tags of 5 CPW 2022 Primary ELK Post Draw Report, p. 342
2021 100 19 0.2 0 4 tags of 3 CPW 2021 Primary Elk Post Draw Report, p. 351

Other Licenses Valid in GMU 22

  • EE021O1M Elk either-sex muzzleloader season 1 GMU 21 Sep 12–20 · 175 tags · cut 4 0%
  • EE021O1R Elk either-sex rifle season 1 GMU 21 Oct 14–18 · 450 tags · cut 1 0%
  • EE021O4R Elk either-sex rifle season 4 GMU 21 Nov 18–22 · 410 tags · 113 applied 100%
  • EE021P1A Elk either-sex archery private-land-only GMU 21Private land only — you need landowner access Sep 2–30 · 350 tags · 39 applied 100%
  • EE021P1R Elk either-sex rifle private-land-only GMU 21Private land only — you need landowner access Oct 14–18 · 125 tags · 67 applied 100%
  • EE021V1A Elk either-sex archery nonresident-only GMU 21 Sep 2–30 · 1,150 tags · 499 applied 100%
  • EF021O1M Elk female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 21 Sep 12–20 · 150 tags · 1 applied 100% (small sample)
  • EF021O1R Elk female rifle season 1 GMU 21 Oct 14–18 · 75 tags · cut 0 100%
  • EF021O2R Elk female rifle season 2 GMU 21 Oct 24 – Nov 1 · 200 tags · cut 2 0%
  • EF021O3R Elk female rifle season 3 GMU 21 Nov 7–15 · 100 tags · cut 2 0%
  • EF021O4R Elk female rifle season 4 GMU 21 Nov 18–22 · 100 tags · 3 applied 100%
  • EF021V1A Elk female archery nonresident-only GMU 21 Sep 2–30 · 20 tags · 1 applied 100% (small sample)
  • EF022O2R Elk female rifle season 2 GMU 22 Oct 29 – Nov 6 · 400 tags · 233 applied 22%
  • EF022O3R Elk female rifle season 3 GMU 22 Nov 12–18 · no draw result on file —
  • EF022O4R Elk female rifle season 4 GMU 22 Nov 23–27 · 100 tags · 7 applied 100%
  • EF022P5R Elk female rifle private-land-only GMU 22Private land only — you need landowner access Oct 15 – Dec 31 · 350 tags · 42 applied 100%

Odds at your points, nonresident, standard class where offered. * fewer than 5 tags.

▸ Legal Cartridges 21 on file for Colorado elk

21 cartridges on file are legal for elk with a rifle in Colorado, 1 of them depending on the load. Rules and sources: Colorado hunting laws.

.243 Winchester (depends on the load) from $1.11/rd .25-06 Remington from $1.82/rd 6.5 Creedmoor from $1.01/rd 6.5 Grendel from $0.72/rd .270 Winchester from $0.15/rd 7mm-08 Remington from $1.84/rd 7mm Remington Magnum from $2.05/rd .30-06 Springfield from $1.11/rd .300 AAC Blackout from $0.60/rd .300 Winchester Magnum from $1.25/rd .30-30 Winchester from $1.08/rd .308 Winchester from $0.82/rd .338 Winchester Magnum from $2.61/rd .350 Legend from $1.10/rd .35 Whelen .360 Buckhammer .400 Legend .444 Marlin .450 Bushmaster from $2.02/rd .45-70 Government from $1.97/rd .50 Beowulf
▸ Sources 16
  1. CPW 2026 Primary ELK Post Draw Report, p. 442 · draw results, seasons, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. CPW 2025 Primary ELK Post Draw Report, p. 376 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. CPW 2024 Primary ELK Post Draw Report, p. 340 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. CPW 2023 Primary ELK Post Draw Report, p. 346 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. CPW 2022 Primary ELK Post Draw Report, p. 342 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  6. CPW 2021 Primary Elk Post Draw Report, p. 351 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  7. CPW 2026 2 CCR 406-2 Chapter W-2 Big Game… draw rules, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  8. CPW 2026 2 CCR 406-0 Chapter W-0 General… fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  9. CPW 2026 Big Game Hunting brochure fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  10. CPW 2026 web page fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  11. CPW 2024 Statewide Elk Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  12. CPW 2023 Statewide Elk Hunting Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  13. CPW 2022 Statewide Elk Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  14. CPW 2021 Statewide Elk Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  15. CPW 2026 GMU Boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  16. Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  17. co_blm_sma_2026 map shading

About These Numbers

Odds are from the 2026 draw, the latest on file, computed from Colorado Parks and Wildlife's published results (preference points, computed from published point-level pools). They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward.

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Prior-draw odds from Colorado Parks and Wildlife's results, not a forecast · All Colorado elk hunts