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Colorado deer hunt codes that drew at 7 preference points, 2026

In CPW's 2026 primary deer draw, 12 deer hunt codes drew out at 7 preference points for residents, 222 licenses in all, and 8 drew out at 7 preference points for nonresidents. A resident who listed one of them first with 7 points drew it in the 3 codes where every 7-point applicant drew, and some did in the rest. Residents with fewer points drew 931 other codes outright or at lower levels.

Every figure is from Colorado Parks and Wildlife's 2026 Draw Recap report for deer, with 2025 and 2024 beside it. "Drew out at" is the point level of the last license the primary draw gave that group. It is what happened in 2026, not a forecast for the next draw. How Colorado's preference points work.

Which Colorado deer hunt codes drew out at 7 preference points for residents in 2026?

12 codes: D-M-021-O3-R, D-M-501-O4-R, D-M-010-O1-M, D-M-044-E1-R, D-M-063-O4-R, D-M-083-O4-R and 6 more, by CPW's 2026 Draw Recap report. "Residents at that level who drew" is CPW's "# Drawn at Final Level": of the residents who listed the code first with exactly that many points, how many drew. Sorted by points, then licenses.

Hunt codeUnitsSexSeasonLicensesResidents at that level who drewResidents, 2025Residents, 2024Nonresidents, 2026Hunter success, 2025
DM021O3R21buck3rd rifle
Nov 7 to Nov 15
11020 of 20672189.6%
96 hunters
DM501O4R501buck4th rifle
Nov 18 to Nov 22
3011 of 13651089.3%
28 hunters
DM010O1M10buckmuzzleloader, season O1
Sep 12 to Sep 20
153 of 4972485.7%
7 hunters, few replies
DM044E1R44, 45, 444buckrifle, season E1
Sep 12 to Sep 20
153 of 4871121.4%
14 hunters
DM063O4R63buck4th rifle
Nov 18 to Nov 22
151 of 66102585.7%
14 hunters
DM083O4R83buck4th rifle
Nov 18 to Nov 22
155 of 977none drawn93.3%
15 hunters, few replies
DM003W1R3, 4, 301buckrifle, season W1
Dec 19 to Dec 23
61 of 564
DF512S1R512doerifle, season S1
Oct 1 to Dec 31
54 of 665100%
5 hunters, few replies
DM001O3R1buck3rd rifle
Nov 7 to Nov 15
51 of 39820100%
5 hunters
DM301W1R301buckrifle, season W141 of 577
DF301W1R301doerifle, season W111 of 164
DF441W1R441doerifle, season W1
Nov 28 to Dec 7
11 of 145

Did these deer codes take the same points in 2025?

Of the 12 that also drew residents on points in 2025, 2 took the same level, 7 took fewer points in 2025 than in 2026, and 3 took more. A code's level moves with how many people apply with how many points, so read several years before you apply.

Which deer codes drew out at 7 preference points for nonresidents in 2026?

8 codes, 815 licenses in all, by CPW's 2026 Draw Recap report.

Hunt codeUnitsSexSeasonLicensesNonresidents at that level who drewNonresidents, 2025Nonresidents, 2024Residents, 2026Hunter success, 2025
DM067O2R67buck2nd rifle
Oct 24 to Nov 1
2102 of 2765275.8%
186 hunters
DM068O3R68, 681buck3rd rifle
Nov 7 to Nov 15
20013 of 1965278.3%
189 hunters
DM077O4R77, 78, 771buck4th rifle
Nov 18 to Nov 22
1757 of 1476166.9%
148 hunters
DM040O2R40buck2nd rifle
Oct 24 to Nov 1
12012 of 2265374.3%
109 hunters
DM061O1R61buck1st rifle
Oct 14 to Oct 18
402 of 315545%
20 hunters
DM040O1M40buckmuzzleloader, season O1
Sep 12 to Sep 20
302 of 278375.9%
29 hunters
DM021O1M21, 30buckmuzzleloader, season O1
Sep 12 to Sep 20
252 of 366250%
22 hunters
DM142O2M142buckmuzzleloader, season O2151 of 47500%
0 hunters, few replies

Source: Colorado Parks and Wildlife, 2026 Primary DEER Post Draw Report; 2025 Primary DEER Post Draw Report; 2024 Primary DEER Post Draw Report. Hunter success: Colorado Parks and Wildlife's 2025 Colorado Deer Harvest Estimates.

What could fewer points draw?

931 deer codes drew residents with fewer than 7 points in 2026, 679 of them with none: deer licenses with 0 points. All 991 codes and the points each took from 2024 to 2026: Colorado deer draw results.

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