INFORMATION ON UNIT 66 DRAW LICENSES & PREFERENCE POINTS. WE HAVE ADDED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO EXPLAIN YOUR ODDS AT DRAWING THE LICENSES THAT YOU WANT FOR ELK AND DEER HUNTING WITH US. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 28 GAME UNITS IN THE STATE OF COLORADO THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS'TROPHY" OR "QUALITY" ELK UNITS. THESE UNITS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE GOOD TROPHY POTENTIAL WITH LOW HUNTING PRESSURES AND AN EXCELLENT QUALITY ELK HUNT FOR SERIOUS ELK HUNTERS. SOME OF THESE UNITS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO DRAW A LICENSE AND TAKE UP TO 12 POINTS TO GET A LICENSE, WHILE OTHERS, SUCH AS OURS, ARE NOT SO DIFFICULT TO DRAW A LICENSE. THIS IS ALL BASED ON THE DEMAND FOR LICENSES. USUALLY, IN ALL UNITS, THERE IS LESS LICENSES AVAILABLE THAN THE DEMAND, SO THAT IS WHERE THE PREFERENCE POINT COMES INTO PLAY. A HUNTER CAN APPLY FOR A LICENSE, AND IF NOT SUCCESSFUL, HE IS GIVEN ONE PREFERENCE POINT FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR'S APPLICATION, WHICH GIVES HIM AN EDGE OVER A HUNTER WHO IS APPLYING WITHOUT A PREFERENCE POINT. THIS GIVES EVERYBODY A FAIR CHANCE AT HUNTING THE UNIT APPLIED FOR. YOU ALSO CAN APPLY FOR PREFERNCE POINTS EVERY YEAR WITHOUT PLANNING HUNTING THAT YEAR. YOU CAN BUILD UP POINTS, THEN DECIDE WHEN YOU WANT TO HUNT A YEAR AFTER GAINING THE POINTS NEEDED TO DRAW A LICENSE. UNIT 66 IS A COMPLETE DRAW UNIT FOR ELK AND MULE DEER FOR ALL SEASONS. ALL GAME UNITS IN COLORADO IS BY DRAW FOR THE FIRST ELK SEASON, REGARDLESS IF IT IS A "OVER THE COUNTER LICENSE" UNIT FOR LICENSES FOR THE SECOND AND THIRD SEASONS, AND MULE DEER IS ALL BY DRAW FOR ALL SEASONS, REGARDLESS OF THE UNIT HUNTED. IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING ELK HUNTING IN COLORADO, YOU JUST MIGHT AS WELL HUNT ONE OF THE BEST GAME UNITS SUCH AS OURS WITH HIGH BULL POPULATIONS AND LOW HUNTING PRESSURES IN A TREMENDOUS WILDERNESS AREA. LARGEST BULL TAKEN IN UNIT 66 SCORED 373 B&C. 2003 SEASONS. THIS IS DEFINITELY A TROPHY OF A LIFE TIME. DRAW ODDS SUCCESS WITH PREFERENCE POINTS FOR UNIT 66 FOR BULL ELK 2004 NON-RESIDENTS __________________________________________________________________________________________ ARCHERY WITH 0 POINTS WITH 1 POINT WITH 2 POINTS 30% 75% 100% __________________________________________________________________________________________ RIFLE FIRST SEASON 20% 50% 100% __________________________________________________________________________________________ RIFLE SECOND SEASON 60% 100% 100% __________________________________________________________________________________________ RIFLE THIRD SEASON 75% 90% 100% __________________________________________________________________________________________ 100% ON ALL BUCK DEER HUNT METHODS TAKE 3 PREFERENCE POINTS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ODDS ARE GOOD FOR GETTING AN ELK LICENSE WITH NO POINTS. ALL COW LICENSES HAVE BEEN 100% SUCCESSFUL WITH NO POINTS IF YOU WANT A MEAT HUNT OR CAN BE APPLIED AS A SECOND CHOICE HUNT CODE.