US state
Colorado (CO)
Jurisdiction shell is ready; add agency, species, unit, deadline, and application data as research comes in.
Colorado big-game backdrop
Colorado is one of North America's core elk application states.
Generated wildlife art is used as atmosphere only; official tag, season, and unit decisions stay tied to agency data below.
Agency source
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Opportunities
13
researched nonresident paths
Applications
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public research mode
Unit map
GIS
ArcGIS REST
Nonresident permit and tag opportunities
First-pass official-source research package for nonresident applications, draw/OTC paths, odds, harvest stats, and map linkage. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
Colorado uses species-specific hunt codes and GMUs. Nonresidents apply online or by phone for primary and secondary draws, may buy OTC licenses where offered, and may pursue leftover/reissued licenses after draw cycles. Preference points apply only in the primary draw for deer, elk, pronghorn, bear, moose, Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, and mountain goat; desert bighorn sheep has no preference points.
Hunt codes: hunt-code tables in 2026 Big Game brochure
Units: GMU-specific
Deadlines: kind: text; text: Primary draw deadline 2026-04-07 20:00 MT • kind: text; text: Secondary draw deadline 2026-06-30 20:00 MT
Fees: kind: text; text: Nonresident adult deer/fishing combo $506.92 • kind: text; text: Nonresident youth/fishing combo $130.07
Open map layerHunt codes: white-tailed-only tables in 2026 Big Game brochure
Units: GMU-specific
Deadlines: kind: text; text: OTC sale starts 2026-08-04 09:00 MT where offered
Fees: kind: text; text: Nonresident adult deer/fishing combo $506.92 • kind: text; text: Nonresident youth/fishing combo $130.07
Open map layerHunt codes: hunt-code tables in 2026 Big Game brochure
Units: GMU-specific
Deadlines: kind: text; text: Primary draw deadline 2026-04-07 20:00 MT • kind: text; text: Secondary draw deadline 2026-06-30 20:00 MT
Fees: kind: text; text: Nonresident bull/either-sex/cow elk fishing combo $845.16 • kind: text; text: Nonresident youth/fishing combo $130.07
Open map layerHunt codes: E-E-003-V1-A, E-E-006-V1-A, E-F-006-V1-A, E-E-011-V1-A
Units: 3, 301, 6, 16, 17, 161
Deadlines: kind: text; text: Primary draw deadline 2026-04-07 20:00 MT • kind: text; text: Secondary draw deadline 2026-06-30 20:00 MT if licenses remain
Fees: kind: text; text: Nonresident elk $845.16 adult • kind: text; text: Nonresident youth $130.07
Open map layerHunt codes: E-M-128-U5-R, other OTC rifle hunt codes in 2026 Big Game brochure
Units: valid OTC GMUs in brochure maps/tables, 128
Deadlines: kind: text; text: OTC sale starts 2026-08-04 09:00 MT
Fees: kind: text; text: Nonresident elk $845.16 adult • kind: text; text: Nonresident youth $130.07
Open map layerHunt codes: E-F-133-U1-A, E-E-087-U1-A
Units: east-of-I-25 GMUs listed in current brochure
Deadlines: kind: text; text: OTC sale starts 2026-08-04 09:00 MT
Fees: kind: text; text: Nonresident elk $845.16 adult • kind: text; text: Nonresident youth $130.07
Open map layerHunt codes: limited hunt-code tables and OTC archery table in 2026 Big Game brochure
Units: GMU-specific
Deadlines: kind: text; text: Primary draw deadline 2026-04-07 20:00 MT • kind: text; text: Secondary draw deadline 2026-06-30 20:00 MT
Fees: kind: text; text: Nonresident adult pronghorn/fishing combo $506.92 • kind: text; text: Nonresident youth/fishing combo $130.07
Open map layerHunt codes: B-E-004-U1-A, B-E-012-U1-A, B-E-015-U1-A, B-E-021-U1-A
Units: GMU-specific groups in bear tables
Deadlines: kind: text; text: Primary draw deadline 2026-04-07 20:00 MT for limited • kind: text; text: Secondary draw deadline 2026-06-30 20:00 MT for limited
Fees: kind: text; text: Nonresident adult bear/fishing combo $302.56 • kind: text; text: Nonresident youth $64.10
Open map layerHunt codes: moose hunt-code tables in 2026 Big Game brochure
Units: GMU-specific
Deadlines: kind: text; text: Primary draw deadline 2026-04-07 20:00 MT • kind: text; text: payment deadline 2026-06-12 23:59 MT if drawn
Fees: kind: text; text: Nonresident moose/fishing combo $2823.53 • kind: text; text: Nonresident adult preference/weighted point fee $100
Open map layerHunt codes: sheep hunt-code tables and preference point code in 2026 Sheep & Goat brochure
Units: sheep unit-specific
Deadlines: kind: text; text: Application deadline 2026-04-07 20:00 MT • kind: text; text: results 2026-04-23
Fees: kind: text; text: Nonresident Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep/fishing combo $2823.53 • kind: text; text: Application fee $11.49
Open map layerHunt codes: desert sheep hunt-code tables in 2026 Sheep & Goat brochure
Units: desert sheep unit-specific
Deadlines: kind: text; text: Application deadline 2026-04-07 20:00 MT • kind: text; text: results 2026-04-23
Fees: kind: text; text: Nonresident desert bighorn sheep/fishing combo $2823.53 • kind: text; text: Application fee $11.49
Hunt codes: mountain goat hunt-code tables and preference point code in 2026 Sheep & Goat brochure
Units: mountain goat unit-specific
Deadlines: kind: text; text: Application deadline 2026-04-07 20:00 MT • kind: text; text: results 2026-04-23
Fees: kind: text; text: Nonresident mountain goat/fishing combo $2823.53 • kind: text; text: Application fee $11.49
Open map layerShowing 12 featured opportunities. Research pack contains 13; remaining entries stay available to Jeremiah and future detailed tables.
- • kind: text; text: CPW Shop account/CID through cpw.state.co.us/buy-apply or cpwshop.com.
- • kind: text; text: Current-year qualifying hunting license required before applying for big-game draws.
- • kind: text; text: 2026 Habitat Stamp required for ages 18-64 unless exempt/lifetime; brochure lists $12.76.
- • kind: text; text: Nonresident application processing fee is $11.49 per species per draw and nonrefundable.
- • kind: text; text: Proof of hunter education required as applicable; SSN or ITIN required for hunters age 12+.
- • kind: text; text: Nonresident allocation caps apply in the primary draw: deer/elk/pronghorn/bear up to 20% for hunt codes needing 6+ resident points, up to 25% for fewer than 6 resident points; sheep/goat limited licenses allocate 10% to nonresidents.
- • kind: text; text: No moose-specific map layer available in CO/map-layers.json; mapped to general gmu for now.
- • kind: text; text: Verify whether bighorn-sheep-gmu covers desert bighorn units distinctly enough for app display.
- • kind: text; text: Landowner Preference Program requires parcel/private-land/voucher context not present in available layers.
- • kind: text; text: Complete hunt-code-to-GMU extraction is needed for white-tailed deer OTC, OTC archery pronghorn, OTC rifle elk, east-of-I-25 OTC archery elk, moose, sheep, and goat tables.
- • kind: text; text: Full hunt-code tables are PDF-heavy and were not exhaustively normalized in this first pass.
- • kind: text; text: CPW web pages often fetched as navigation-heavy raw HTML; PDFs were the reliable rule source.
- • kind: text; text: Need official machine-readable draw recap/preference/harvest imports for hunt-code-level odds and success.
- • kind: text; text: Need deeper official extraction of Landowner Preference Program transfer/conversion details for nonresident-facing guidance.
Create or confirm a CPW Shop account/CID, verify hunter education and ID details, then buy the required qualifying license and Habitat Stamp before submitting draw applications.
Not broadly. CPW says nonresidents can no longer use unlimited OTC archery elk in GMUs west of I-25 and GMU 140; those are now limited nonresident V1A draw licenses. Some east-of-I-25 archery elk OTC opportunity remains and must be verified in the current brochure.
No. Preference points are not used or generated in the secondary draw, and nonresident allocation caps do not apply there.
Look at OTC rifle elk, OTC/add-on bear, OTC archery pronghorn, white-tailed-only deer where offered, leftover limited licenses, and weekly reissues. Verify species, sex, GMU, method, and private-land restrictions before buying.
Moose, Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, and mountain goat use weighted preference after three regular points. Desert bighorn sheep does not use preference points.
Unit Map / Units
GIS polygon layers render here when imported. Colorado now uses official CPW GMU boundaries; other states fall back to seeded unit cards until their KML/GeoJSON/shapefile layers are converted.
Agency portals
Official agency, license/application, regulations, draw odds, and harvest stats.
Official CPW shop portal is operated separately at CPWShop/Aspira. Statistics URL is a species statistics page; similar CPW pages exist for elk, pronghorn, bear, etc.
Deadlines
Application, draw, reporting, and point purchase reminders.
No deadlines seeded yet.
Unit boundary source
Official map/GIS source for the future clickable unit-level map.
Format: ArcGIS REST
Conversion: Query polygon layers 6, 7, and 8 with f=geojson; retain CPW layer ids/source date.
License/source notes: Official CPW ArcGIS hosted public service; check item terms before redistribution.
Open boundary sourceSpecies available
Starter list for this jurisdiction.
No species data yet.
Applications
State/province-specific plans, submitted applications, draw status, and spend.
No applications yet.