Hunt code E-F-054-O2-R: 2026 Colorado cow elk, 2nd rifle
E-F-054-O2-R (printed on a license as EF054O2R) is a limited cow elk rifle license for the 2nd rifle season, October 24, 2026 to November 1, 2026, valid in unit 54.
Read left to right: E is elk, F is cow, 054 is the hunt area number (it names the license, and is not always a unit number), O2 is the 2nd rifle season and R is rifle. How to read any hunt code.
EF054O2R season dates and units
- Dates: October 24, 2026 to November 1, 2026
- Valid in: unit 54
- How it is issued: limited: issued through the draw, with any left over sold afterwards
Read from the 2026 Colorado Big Game brochure. Your license and the current brochure are the authority: check both with Colorado Parks and Wildlife before you hunt.
How many preference points did EF054O2R take in the 2026 draw?
In Colorado's 2026 primary draw, EF054O2R drew out at 0 preference points for residents and 0 for nonresidents. CPW issued all 55 licenses, and 37 of 41 resident and 5 of 6 nonresident first-choice applicants drew.
Residents needed 0 in 2024, 0 in 2025 and 0 in 2026: no change over 2 years. Nonresidents needed 1 in 2024, 1 in 2025 and 0 in 2026.
| Draw year | Licenses | Issued in the draw | Residents drew out at (points) | Resident first choice: drew | Nonresidents drew out at (points) | Nonresident first choice: drew |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 37 of 41 | 0 | 5 of 6 |
| 2025 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 35 of 70 | 1 | 7 of 20 |
| 2024 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 34 of 68 | 1 | 8 of 29 |
"Drew out at" is CPW's own figure: the preference point level of the last license the draw gave that group. "2nd+ choice" means every first-choice applicant drew and the rest went to applicants who listed it lower; "leftover" means licenses were still left after the draw. Source: Colorado Parks and Wildlife, 2026 Primary ELK Post Draw Report; 2025 Primary ELK Post Draw Report; 2024 Primary ELK Post Draw Report.
Who drew EF054O2R in 2026, by preference points
| Points | Resident applicants | Residents drawn | Nonresident applicants | Nonresidents drawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 4 |
First-choice applications only, adult residents and nonresidents.
What was EF054O2R's hunter success in 2025?
CPW's 2025 harvest survey estimates that 47 hunters held EF054O2R and took 8 cows: 17% success, over 244 days in the field.
| 2025 | Bulls | Cows | Calves | Harvest | Hunters | Success | Days hunted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EF054O2R | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 47 | 17% | 244 |
CPW's estimates for this license alone (2025 Colorado Elk Harvest Estimates), the first year CPW reports by hunt code rather than by unit.
How did elk hunters do in unit 54 in the 2nd rifle season?
- Unit 54 had 1,039 elk hunters in the 2nd rifle season in 2024, who took 161 elk: 15% success. In 2023 it was 23% from 996 hunters, so success is down 8 points on the year before and hunter numbers went from 996 to 1,039.
- This is a cow license. Of the 161 elk taken, 2 were cows and 0 were calves (1% of the elk taken). The 2023 and 2024 unit surveys count animals by sex but not hunters by license; CPW's 2025 report gives this license's own success, above.
EF054O2R is valid in the same unit, in the same season, as EM054O2R. The unit-by-unit hunter and harvest table, the ground and legal light on opening day, the other licenses and the State Wildlife Areas in unit 54 are on the EM054O2R page and on the unit 54 page.
See unit 54 on the map
- The unit boundaries for unit 54, over a topo map or an aerial photo.
- Who owns the ground: public and private land, parcel lines and the owner on record.
- Where elk live: the published summer and winter range maps.
- How much of each unit is public.
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