Colorado leftover and reissued licenses: check every code on CPW's list

Colorado sells leftover and reissued limited licenses first come, first served on CPW's Leftover List after the primary draw. In 2026, CPW's primary draw left 39,938 licenses in 616 elk, deer, pronghorn and moose hunt codes unissued (432 of those codes are not private-land-only). Paste CPW's current list below to see, for every code on it, the points it took in the draw, its units, public land and hunter success.

When are Colorado's reissued licenses released?

From mid-August, CPW posts a Reissue Preview List on Tuesdays at 11 a.m. MT and moves those hunt codes to the Leftover List for sale on Wednesdays at about 11 a.m. MT; no new codes are added after 1 p.m. on Wednesdays. Check CPW's page for this year's start date. CPW: leftover, remaining and reissued licenses. The online list refreshes every few minutes, so a code can show as available after it has sold.

Does buying a leftover license use preference points?

No. A license bought from the Leftover List does not use or earn preference points for the species, by CPW's leftover license rules as hunting publications summarize them; read CPW's page before you buy.

Which Colorado hunt codes had the most licenses left after the 2026 draw?

E-F-011-O4-R had the most, 1,654 of its 2,000 licenses left after CPW's 2026 primary draw. 616 codes had licenses left in all. Sorted by licenses left, most first. What is for sale today is on CPW's list, not here: these are the codes that had licenses left when the draw ended, the ones most likely to be on the list.

Elk: 308 codes, 26,275 licenses left

The 296 more elk codes with licenses left are on elk licenses with 0 points, with every code's leftovers.

Deer: 265 codes, 10,627 licenses left

The 253 more deer codes with licenses left are on deer licenses with 0 points, with every code's leftovers.

Pronghorn: 43 codes, 3,036 licenses left

The 31 more pronghorn codes with licenses left are on pronghorn licenses with 0 points, with every code's leftovers.

Source: Colorado Parks and Wildlife, 2026 Primary PRONGHORN Post Draw Report; 2026 Primary ELK Post Draw Report; 2026 Primary DEER Post Draw Report. Hunter success: Colorado Parks and Wildlife's 2025 harvest survey by hunt code.

What does the checker show for each code?

• Points it took in CPW's 2024, 2025 and 2026 primary draws, residents and nonresidents: a code that drew out at high points in the draw is a rare find on the list.
• Licenses left after the 2026 draw, from CPW's Draw Recap report.
• Units and public land: the share of each unit that is national forest or BLM land. A code with little public land may need a landowner's permission.
• Hunter success in CPW's 2025 survey for that code, where CPW printed one.

Sources and schedule: CPW's leftover license page; Colorado Outdoors, 2026 leftover license day; the 2026 reissue schedule as published. Our guide: Colorado leftover and reissued elk licenses.