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How The Draw Works

• Colorado Parks and Wildlife sets license quotas for antelope, deer and elk hunts at the time of the draw. Look to last year's quota and any significant disease or weather events that may drive quota numbers to change.

• For antelope, deer, elk and bear Colorado uses a preference point system. This means applicants with the highest number of preference points are drawn first.

• Preference points are accumulated when you apply and don't draw or just purchase a preference point in the draw. You can accumulate one point per year per species. * Points move you ahead in the line over other applicants. Applicants with the most points will draw a permit in the preference point drawing.

• The draw proceeds in the following fashion for each hunt code and species: * 1st Choice Youth and landowner licenses are drawn first. * Youth can draw up to 15% of the quota * Qualifying landowners can draw between 10-15% of the quota

  • 1st Choice Resident licenses are drawn next
    • For hunt codes that required 6 or more points to draw, residents can draw upt to 80% of the quota
    • For all other hunt codes residents can draw up to 65% of the quota
  • 1st Choice Nonresident licenses are drawn last
    • For hunt codes that required 6 or more points to draw, nonresidents can draw upt to 20% of the quota
    • For all other hunt codes nonresidents can draw up to 35% of the quota
  • The above draw order continues for subsequent choice rounds, but preference points are only used in the 1st choice round. Any quota left over after the 1st choice round is awarded randomly in the subsequent rounds

Group Applications

• When applying as a group, the preference point total used for the draw is equal to the group member with the fewest points
• When residents and nonresidents apply as a group, they are drawn from the nonresident quota.

Understanding Columns

• Min Res/NonRes Pref Pts: minimum number of preference points needed to draw a tag as a resident or nonresident

• Odds @ Min Res/NonRes Pts: the odds of drawing a tag if you had the minumum number of points required. If your points exceeded the minumum then you have 100% chance.

• Res./NonRes. 2nd Choice Draw Odds: the random odds of drawing the hunt code as your 2nd choice. If zero, you probably shouldn't select the huntcode as your 2nd choice.

• Res./NonRes. 3rd Choice Draw Odds: the random odds of drawing the hunt code as your 3rd choice. If zero, you probably shouldn't select the huntcode as your 3rd choice.