Here ya go - 2022 CPW Big Game Licenses Recommendations

[cnelk]

As promised - here are the 2022 CPW Big Game License Recommendations

https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Commission/2022/May/2022_Big_Game_License_Recommendation_Summary.pdf

 

[cnelk]

For those interested - the new Archery Elk draw units 80/81 have 2000 tags allocated

 

[LostArra]

For those interested - the new Archery Elk draw units 80/81 have 2000 tags allocated

Are those 2000 tags considered "Limited"?

 

[kentuckybowman]

2000! That's almost as big as one of those Rainbow Family gatherings!

 

[cnelk]

Are those 2000 tags considered "Limited"?

Yes sir - thats why there will probably be leftovers. Definitely a 2nd Choice draw

 

[LostArra]

Yes sir - thats why there will probably be leftovers. Definitely a 2nd Choice draw

Maybe they should include a drawing for a parking spot in 80/81.

 

[Huntin_GI]

Wonder why the only resident/non-resident breakdown applied to bears?

 

[Btaylor]

Any expectation that they will ever have a kill reporting app or requirement?

 

[BBob]

Any expectation that they will ever have a kill reporting app or requirement?

 

[coelk81]

I do not think that 80/81 will have that many leftover tags with only 2000 being issued. I really hope that I am wrong, but with all of the residents/nonresidents that hunt the unit I do not think I am. I know personally 50+ people who have applied these units, and I am only 1 person.

 

[Traveler]

Isn’t the 2000 tags for 80 & 81? 4100 people hunted both last year…

 

[cnelk]

I’ll quote my friend who posted this on another forum who pretty much nailed it


“2000 won't be crowded at all. Wink. Wink.

It was 68percent nr at 3300 hunters, now limited it might still be 68 percent nonresident because no one with a brain will spend pref points as a first choice.”

 

[Rifleman86]

What the hell happened in 2018 that there was such a huge jump in applications?

 

[ckleeves]

What the hell happened in 2018 that there was such a huge jump in applications?

No more having to front the $$$.

 

[Rifleman86]

No more having to front the $$$.

Ah gotcha.

 

[Russ89]

I do not think that 80/81 will have that many leftover tags with only 2000 being issued. I really hope that I am wrong, but with all of the residents/nonresidents that hunt the unit I do not think I am. I know personally 50+ people who have applied these units, and I am only 1 person.

This is what I expect. I'm going elsewhere this year, but know of a dozen for sure that applied.

 

[coelk81]

Isn’t the 2000 tags for 80 & 81? 4100 people hunted both last year…

How did you come by the figure 4100 people hunted both 80/81 last year? There is no real way to tell how many people hunted those units other than a wild a** guess of what was seen at the trailheads/visiting the local grocery stores. I am afraid that anyone who put in for second choice (myself included) will end up with a goose egg, unless they get lucky in the leftover/turned back in draw.

 

[Traveler]

How did you come by the figure 4100 people hunted both 80/81 last year? There is no real way to tell how many people hunted those units other than a wild a** guess of what was seen at the trailheads/visiting the local grocery stores. I am afraid that anyone who put in for second choice (myself included) will end up with a goose egg, unless they get lucky in the leftover/turned back in draw.

Not saying it’s gospel…

https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Hunting/BigGame/Statistics/Elk/2021StatewideElkHarvest.pdf