2024 co elk recaps

[ColoradoV]

Are out and at the link.

https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Hunting/BigGame/Statistics/Elk/2024ElkDrawRecap.pdf

 

[Gerbdog]

Heh, man... my unit.... guess i'll be able to draw that for the foreseeable future with ease.

 

[svivian]

26 resident points for a cow tag..... shit howdy

 

[sndmn11]

26 resident points for a cow tag..... shit howdy
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Probably the guy from one of the threads that started yesterday about unit help.

 

[svivian]

Probably the guy from one of the threads that started yesterday about unit help.

Theres quite a few more on those sheets... whats weird is this unit for a cow tag the next season had two more people with 16 or 18 points a piece also draw....

am i missing out on trophy cow elk hunts?

 

[cnelk]

This one gets me every year - silly people using 6+ PPs when the tags go to second choice

 

[sndmn11]

I think people don't understand how the choices work, or I'd bet a lot don't realize it isn't random and PP exist.

 

[Mighty Mouse]

Theres quite a few more on those sheets... whats weird is this unit for a cow tag the next season had two more people with 16 or 18 points a piece also draw....

am i missing out on trophy cow elk hunts?

Could be grandpa applying with a group that's putting in for a mix of bull and cow tags. Grandpa is sitting on a ton of points, wants to hunt with his kids/grandkids who don't have many points, and knows he has a better chance of finding a cow than a bull.

 

[Back Country Hunter 2]

Could be grandpa applying with a group that's putting in for a mix of bull and cow tags. Grandpa is sitting on a ton of points, wants to hunt with his kids/grandkids who don't have many points, and knows he has a better chance of finding a cow than a bull.

That's true. I think I'm going to chalk about 90% of it to people are stupid.

 

[PredatoronthePrairie]

Jeez. Is it just me. Or did a higher percentage of the tags go in the draw this year. Seems like the leftover tag list should be slimmer than in past years.

Edit. Should add, looks like I drew my 1st choice tag by the skin of my teeth. Feel fortunate.

 

[Boone-In-Wall]

26 resident points for a cow tag..... shit howdy
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Oh crap! Surely this person made a mistake!

 

[Tick]

Depressing. 2 point jump in a unit I killed in last season. It was an every other year draw just a few years ago and now closer to once a decade.

 

[LongWayAround]

Thanks for posting the link to this sheet. I looked this morning, but it wasn't up yet.

I burned my nine resident points this year on an archery tag.

 

[LongWayAround]

I always see those head scratchers where a guy uses a ton of preference for something he could have got as a second choice.

I think it's typically a mistake in applications or like has been stated, a total lack of understanding how the draw works.

A friend of mine always puts in for the same tag (10+ points) because he says "there's always a chance." Except there's not...

 

[nettereo16]

Ouch. My unit increased 2 points.

 

[Shō[t]gun]

I usually hunt a low point/low success unit and every year someone drops a motherload on archery or muzzleloader deer. I’m willing to bet it’s that they scouted a lot of units, found a toad, and threw the points at it anyway.
The cow elk though.. umm… yeah no clue

 

[CarterHunt]

This one gets me every year - silly people using 6+ PPs when the tags go to second choice

Amazing how people just don't understand how the draw works at all. Saw a fella in a Colorado hunting facebook group that was blasting CPW for his tag costing 9 points... Turns out this is him

 

[DanColorado]

I always see those head scratchers where a guy uses a ton of preference for something he could have got as a second choice.

I think it's typically a mistake in applications or like has been stated, a total lack of understanding how the draw works.

A friend of mine always puts in for the same tag (10+ points) because he says "there's always a chance." Except there's not...

He could be right, at least as a resident. Some of the high point units have a limit (10-15% I think) allocated at random so people have “hope” of drawing. I just used 16 points on an archery tag, the drown out minimum, and some lucky individuals got the same tag at 6pts

 

[LongWayAround]

He could be right, at least as a resident. Some of the high point units have a limit (10-15% I think) allocated at random so people have “hope” of drawing. I just used 16 points on an archery tag, the drown out minimum, and some lucky individuals got the same tag at 6pts

Yea, that's the hybrid draw.

 

[TheHammer]

That's true. I think I'm going to chalk about 90% of it to people are stupid.

I’m hoping so. The unit I drew w/ 0pp, along with 1300 others has someone who burned 21, 16, 14. 10 and several above 2pp… idk what I am missing.