Find Your Hunt

Tell us four things. We'll list every hunt you can draw, best odds first.

1. What are you hunting?

Turkey hunts are off for now while we check them against CPW's turkey brochure.

2. Where do you live?

3. What weapon?

4. How many preference points do you have?

More options

Is the hunter a kid (12–17)?

Include private-land-only hunts

Plan your hunt: checklist

Check things off as you go. Your checks save on this device only.

Buy a qualifying license (e.g. annual small-game license) before applying; it can be in the same cart, added first
Colorado Habitat Stamp
Hunter education card number ready (required if born on/after Jan 1, 1949)
Primary draw application window: 2026 was Mar 1 – Apr 7, 8 p.m. MT. 2027 dates: placeholder until CPW publishes
Pick 1st choice (uses points) plus 2nd–4th choices as backups
No draw? Watch secondary draw and leftover/reissued licenses (CPW site)

2026 dates from CPW Primary Draw. 2027 dates aren't published yet; check CPW's 2027 brochure.

Camp: tent/trailer, sleep system rated for the season, stove and fuel
Offline maps + paper map + compass; charged batteries
Weather: check forecast and snow; plan for cold in rifle seasons
Blaze orange (rifle seasons) and license/carcass tag on you
Game processing plan: knives, game bags, cooler/ice, processor phone number
CWD: in 2026 mandatory testing applies to elk from specific rifle hunt codes (Big Game Brochure pp. 41–52); no mandatory deer testing; voluntary testing $25. Bring license and harvest location

CWD info from CPW Chronic Wasting Disease (2026 season).

Drop a waypoint for every animal group or fresh sign (start the name with ELK or DEER)
Log zones where you saw nothing, too
Note hunter pressure and whether access matched the map
After the hunt: export GPX and send it for feedback
Submit CWD sample if your hunt code requires it

Based on past CPW draws and public data. Not guarantees, not legal advice. Always check the current CPW Big Game Brochure.