Colorado Elk EP99999P — EP99999P

elk preference point only (first-choice point code)

What you may take: elk preference point only (first-choice point code)
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Tags (2026): 0; for 81,322 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 25%

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Not open to nonresidents in 2026

Colorado Parks and Wildlife issued no nonresident tags for this hunt in 2026 and took no nonresident applications for it.

What it costs (2026 nonresident fees)

Cash to apply

$129.11

Out of pocket if unsuccessful

$129.11

Total if drawn

$974.27

Refunded if unsuccessful

Nonresident limited-license application-processing fee (per species, per draw) · paid at application $11.49 source

Nonresident annual small game license (cheapest qualifying license to enter the draws; base $102.11 + surcharges) · paid at application $104.86 or $194.21 source

Colorado Wildlife Habitat Stamp (ages 18-64, once per license year, added automatically) · paid at application $12.76 source

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 source

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 source

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

Not applying this year? A point-only purchase costs $0 (Mar 1 – Apr 7, expected) and adds a point for next year's draw.

Next application window: opens Mar 1, closes Apr 7, 2027 (expected) · results ~May 26. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.

Point creep & years to draw

Insufficient history (0 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years with a published drew-out level.

Year by year

The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.

Year	Applicants	Applicants per tag	Points needed	Source
2026	81,322	—	—	2026 Primary ELK Post Draw... · p. 1281
2025	80,228	—	—	2025 Primary ELK Post Draw... · p. 1122
2024	73,936	—	—	2024 Primary ELK Post Draw... · p. 1081
2023	70,745	—	—	2023 Primary ELK Post Draw... · p. 1074
2022	63,806	—	—	2022 Primary ELK Post Draw... · p. 942
2021	60,990	—	—	2021 Primary Elk Post Draw... · p. 962

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How to read these numbers

Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.

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