Unit S06 (Pikes Peak)
Colorado Hunting Guide — Bighorn Sheep
Unit S06 lies in Teller and El Paso counties. CPW bounds it by U.S. 24 and Colo. 115 among others. CPW's harvest estimates put bighorn sheep success here as high as 100%. Federal land covers about 30% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
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Bighorn Sheep Hunting in Unit S06
Unit S06 lies in Teller and El Paso counties. CPW bounds it by U.S. 24 and Colo. 115 among others. CPW's harvest estimates put bighorn sheep success here as high as 100%. Federal land covers about 30% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find Bighorn Sheep in Unit S06
CPW's material on unit S06 stops at the boundary — there is no agency account of where its bighorn sheep live. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's. The unit lies in Teller and El Paso counties.
The lines of the unit: U.S. 24, Colo. 115 and Gold Camp Rd
CPW has unit S06 bounded on the north by U.S. 24; on the east by I-25 and Colo. 115; on the south by Gold Camp Rd. and Rock Creek; on the west by Colo. 67. Read it as a frame, not as a hint about animals. Those features are what you will check against the map all week, and the divides among them are the ones that matter.
High ground inside the line: Pikes Peak, Sachett Mountain and Sentinel Point
Named high points inside the unit include Pikes Peak at 14,105 feet, Sachett Mountain at 12,586 feet, Sentinel Point at 12,483 feet, Sheep Mountain at 12,385 feet and Almagre Mountain at 12,365 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Sheep need rock to escape into and will not stand far from it.
Holding ground: Frosty Park, Horsethief Park and Poverty Gulch
Below them sit Frosty Park at 10,212 feet, Horsethief Park at 10,157 feet, Poverty Gulch at 9,485 feet, Orchette Gulch at 9,269 feet and Redner Gulch at 9,128 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Work out which of them you can see from one position before you pick a camp.
Public ground to start from: Pikes Peak SWA
CPW lists Pikes Peak SWA inside this unit as ground open to public hunting. Each property sets its own restrictions, and the agency's page for it is where they are written down. Federal land covers about 30% of the unit on top of those.
The herd this unit belongs to: RBS-08
CPW does not manage bighorn sheep unit by unit. It manages them as data analysis unit RBS-08, and unit S06 is one piece of it. The rest of RBS-08 is unit S5 and unit S46. So the objective behind your tag was written for that whole area, and a neighbouring unit in the same herd is a fairer comparison than the statewide figure.
Unit S06 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Pikes Peak (14,105 ft), Sachett Mountain (12,586 ft), Sentinel Point (12,483 ft), Sheep Mountain (12,385 ft)
Holding ground: Bottomless Pit (11,613 ft), Bull Park (11,023 ft), Elk Park (10,986 ft), Pikes Peak SWA
Every one of these was tested against the unit polygon before it went on the map. They are starting points, not agency recommendations.
How to Hunt Bighorn Sheep in Unit S06
Bighorn Sheep Success Rates
CPW's 2023 harvest estimates put bighorn sheep success in unit S06 at 100% — 5 animals taken by 5 hunters. On a sample that small the percentage moves several points with one animal, so read the hunter count beside it.
These are the agency's own printed figures for this unit, not a modelled estimate and not a state average. They describe one season, so check CPW's current harvest estimates before you read a trend into them.
Bighorn Sheep Draw Odds
| Season | Tags | Applicants | Draw % | Pts Req |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle — 2nd Season ewe only (resident) | 2 | 32 | 6.3% | 3 |
| Rifle — 2nd Season ewe only (nonresident) | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Rifle — 1st Season ram only (resident) | 1 | 195 | 0.5% | 3 |
| Rifle — 1st Season ram only (nonresident) | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Rifle — 2nd Season ram only (resident) | 1 | 130 | 0.8% | 3 |
| Rifle — 2nd Season ram only (nonresident) | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Archery — 1st Season ram only (resident) | 1 | 41 | 2.4% | 3 |
| Archery — 1st Season ram only (nonresident) | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
Data from 2026 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number.
Open in Draw Odds EngineCPW's 2026 draw recap for bighorn sheep in unit S06, by hunt code, with resident and nonresident kept apart because the two draw from different licence pools:
- SMS06O1R — Rifle, 1st Season, Ram Only, resident: 195 applicants for 1 licences, 0.5% drawn, 3 preference points needed
- SMS06O2R — Rifle, 2nd Season, Ram Only, resident: 130 applicants for 1 licences, 0.8% drawn, 3 preference points needed
- SMS06O1A — Archery, 1st Season, Ram Only, resident: 41 applicants for 1 licences, 2.4% drawn, 3 preference points needed
- SFS06O2R — Rifle, 2nd Season, Ewe Only, resident: 32 applicants for 2 licences, 6.3% drawn, 3 preference points needed
Colorado runs a pure preference-point draw, so the point figure above is the requirement the agency published for that code in that year, not a forecast for the next one. Figures checked against CPW's own statistics pages on 2026-06-09.
Unit Logistics & Expectations
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Every fact on this page is tied to a primary source below. Last fact-checked 2026-10-23.
- Colorado Sheep & Goat Hunting Brochure — Game Management Unit (GMU) Descriptions (pp. 16-17) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife · supports: GMU boundary description, Counties the unit lies in, Data analysis unit (DAU) the unit belongs to · accessed 2026-10-22
- 2023 Colorado Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep Harvest Estimates — Colorado Parks and Wildlife · supports: Percent success for bighorn sheep in unit S06, Hunters and harvest by weapon and season · accessed 2026-10-22
- CPW CPWAdminData feature service — GMU and sheep/goat unit boundaries — Colorado Parks and Wildlife GIS Unit · supports: Mapped extent of the unit, Which named ground falls inside the unit line · accessed 2026-10-22