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Mule deer buck with wide antlers grazing in grass on the National Elk Refuge, Wyoming

DF043K3R Deer Draw Odds, Colorado

Antlerless (female) deer in GMU 43, rifle, season code K3. Jump to resident odds or nonresident odds.

Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS Mountain Prairie), public domain. Photo credits

FactValue
HuntAntlerless (female) deer, GMU 43, rifle, season code K3
License listB
2026 quota10
2026 first-choice applicants (adult + youth, res + nonres)2
2026 licenses drawn: resident / nonresident (adult)0 / 0
Share drawn by residents (incl. youth)100%
Nonresident cap / hybrid draw share25% / N/A
CPW drawn out at, 2026: residentno applicants
CPW drawn out at, 2026: nonresidentno applicants

Resident odds by preference point (2026 draw)

Share of first-choice resident applicants at each point level who drew this code in CPW's 2026 primary draw. Levels below the cut that still show draws come from CPW's hybrid or random share.

No resident listed this code as first choice in 2026.

Resident point-creep forecast for 2027

Not enough years of data for a forecast.

Nonresident odds by preference point (2026 draw)

Share of first-choice nonresident applicants at each point level who drew this code in CPW's 2026 primary draw. Levels below the cut that still show draws come from CPW's hybrid or random share.

No nonresident listed this code as first choice in 2026.

Nonresident point-creep forecast for 2027

Not enough years of data for a forecast.

Drawn-out history

The point level where CPW's preference draw ran out for adult applicants, each year.

Draw yearResidentNonresident
2023no applicantsno applicants
2024no applicantsno applicants
2025no applicantsno applicants
2026no applicantsno applicants

Forecast method: how we forecast point creep. It is a trend line, not a promise.

Notes from TagCanyon

2 hunters put this code first for 10 licenses in 2026, about 0.2 first-choice applications per license. Nonresidents can receive at most 25% of the licenses in this code, so residents compete for the rest.

Deadline

CPW's 2026 primary draw ran Mar 1 to Apr 7, 2026 (8 p.m. Mountain). CPW has not posted the 2027 dates yet; recent years closed on the first Tuesday of April. A current qualifying license is required before you apply. CPW primary draw page.

Source: Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), 2026 Primary Draw Recap for deer (report, CPW deer statistics). Tables, forecasts and text are TagCanyon's own; CPW does not warrant or endorse them. Not affiliated with CPW. Retrieved Oct 17, 2026.