Colorado hunting units

Terrain, access, and species notes for 186 units. Seasons and regulations live with the official agencies — every unit page links them.

Two hunters loading elk antlers into a pickup in sage country

Far Northwest Colorado — Moffat County (Cold Springs Mountain / Browns Park)

GMU 1

GMU 1 — Moffat Co.

Colorado's smallest trophy elk unit, tucked into the Green River's northwest corner

Far Northwest Colorado — Moffat County (Douglas Mountain / Sand Wash Basin)

GMU 2

GMU 2 — Moffat Co.

The biggest of Colorado's four legendary trophy units, north of Dinosaur

Far Northwest Colorado — Moffat County sage breaks north of Craig

GMU 3

GMU 3 — Moffat Co.

Trophy-class pronghorn and strong mule deer draws over a high-desert BLM basin

Northwest Colorado — Elkhead Mountains & upper Yampa

GMU 4

GMU 4 — Moffat/Routt Co.

High-volume OTC elk, strong mule deer, and standout pronghorn in the sage-and-aspen country north of Craig

Northwest Colorado — Elkhead Mountains & Upper Yampa (Moffat/Routt County)

GMU 5

GMU 5 — Moffat/Routt Co.

High-harvest northern elk country between Hahns Peak and the Little Snake River

North-central Colorado — North Park sagebrush basin (Jackson County)

GMU 6

GMU 6 — Jackson Co.

High sage park on the Wyoming line holding Colorado's best pronghorn success and a genuine moose herd

Northern Colorado Front Range high country — Laramie River / Rawah (Larimer County)

GMU 7

GMU 7 — Larimer Co.

A high, public, draw-only unit spanning the Wyoming line to alpine wilderness

North-central Colorado — Poudre Canyon & Cameron Peak country (Roosevelt NF)

GMU 8

GMU 8 — Larimer Co.

High-public elk unit west of Fort Collins, reshaped by the Cameron Peak burn

Northern Front Range foothills & plains — Laramie Foothills (Larimer & Weld counties)

GMU 9

GMU 9 — Larimer/Weld Co.

A private-ranch pronghorn and mule deer unit in the Fort Collins foothills, elk a limited bonus

Northwest Colorado — Moffat & Rio Blanco Counties (Blue Mountain / Cross Mountain / Yampa River)

GMU 10

GMU 10 — Moffat/Rio Blanco Co.

The big-country member of Colorado's northwest trophy-elk quartet

Northwest Colorado — Danforth Hills elk and mule deer country

GMU 11

GMU 11 — Moffat/Rio Blanco Co.

OTC-second-and-third elk, strong mule deer, and antelope in the sage basins of Moffat and Rio Blanco

GMU 12

GMU 12 — Moffat/Routt/Rio Blanco Co.

Limited-draw big-bull elk and quality mule deer in the sage-and-oakbrush parks

Northwest Colorado — Upper Yampa elk country

GMU 13

GMU 13 — Moffat/Routt Co.

OTC bull elk on the Craig-to-Steamboat divide, from sage flats up into Routt National Forest

Northwest Colorado — Elk River and Mount Zirkel high country

GMU 14

GMU 14 — Routt/Grand Co.

OTC bull elk in the Park Range timber north of Steamboat, almost wall-to-wall Routt National Forest

Northwest Colorado — Upper Yampa / Routt National Forest elk country

GMU 15

GMU 15 — Routt/Grand/Eagle Co.

A big-woods OTC elk unit on the west flank of the Continental Divide near Rabbit Ears Pass

North-central Colorado — North Park (Jackson County)

GMU 16

GMU 16 — Jackson Co.

West-side North Park sage basin under the Park Range — pronghorn strong, elk limited-draw

North-central Colorado — southeast North Park (Jackson County)

GMU 17

GMU 17 — Jackson Co.

Southeast North Park under the Never Summers and Rabbit Ears — pronghorn plus limited-draw elk in high timber

North-Central Colorado — Grand County (Rabbit Ears to the Colorado River)

GMU 18

GMU 18 — Grand Co.

Big, high-public OTC elk unit managed for mature animals — reshaped by the East Troublesome Fire

Northern Front Range — Larimer County (Cache la Poudre / Comanche Peak country)

GMU 19

GMU 19 — Larimer Co.

A long limited-draw unit that climbs from Fort Collins to Cameron Pass along the Poudre

Front Range — Roosevelt National Forest foothills west of Loveland and Boulder

GMU 20

GMU 20 — Larimer/Boulder/Weld Co.

Steep foothill-to-alpine draw country on the doorstep of the northern Front Range cities

Northwest Colorado — Piceance Basin mule deer winter range and Roan Plateau

GMU 21

GMU 21 — Rio Blanco/Garfield Co.

The Piceance — legendary mule deer country with heavy-pressure OTC elk

Northwest Colorado — Piceance Basin, White River mule deer and elk

GMU 22

GMU 22 — Rio Blanco/Garfield Co.

One of North America's great migratory mule deer basins, plus OTC bull elk on big BLM country

Northwest Colorado — White River elk country west of the Flat Tops

GMU 23

GMU 23 — Rio Blanco/Garfield Co.

OTC bull elk, quality mule deer, and a bonus pronghorn tag in the sage-and-oakbrush breaks below the Flat Tops

Northwest Colorado — the Flat Tops heart of the White River elk herd

GMU 24

GMU 24 — Rio Blanco/Garfield Co.

High-country OTC bull elk and quality mule deer wrapped around the Flat Tops Wilderness

Northwest Colorado — Garfield & Eagle Counties (southern Flat Tops / Deep Creek / Sweetwater)

GMU 25

GMU 25 — Garfield/Eagle Co.

OTC White River elk on the wild southern shoulder of the Flat Tops

Northwest Colorado — Eagle, Garfield & Routt Counties (Flat Tops / Deep Lake / Derby Creek)

GMU 26

GMU 26 — Eagle/Garfield/Routt Co.

OTC elk on the high, lake-studded eastern Flat Tops

North-central Colorado — Grand & Routt Counties (western Middle Park / Gore Range / State Bridge)

GMU 27

GMU 27 — Grand/Routt Co.

Limited-draw Middle Park elk and pronghorn in ranch-and-canyon country

North-Central Colorado — Middle Park / Fraser Valley (Grand County)

GMU 28

GMU 28 — Grand Co.

Big OTC elk numbers on Arapaho National Forest above the ski towns

Front Range — Boulder / Gilpin / Jefferson foothills to the Continental Divide

GMU 29

GMU 29 — Boulder/Jefferson/Gilpin Co.

Limited-draw elk and deer in the crowded, private-checkered mountains west of Boulder

West-Central Colorado — Book Cliffs BLM country north of the Colorado River

GMU 30

GMU 30 — Garfield/Mesa Co.

Big, rugged BLM desert-to-mesa unit on the Utah line with OTC elk and Pine Gulch fire regrowth

West-Central Colorado — Roan Plateau elk and mule deer country

GMU 31

GMU 31 — Mesa/Garfield/Rio Blanco Co.

Rugged BLM canyon-and-mesa unit on the Roan Plateau with OTC elk and quality deer

Northwest Colorado — Garfield County (Roan Plateau / Battlement Mesa)

GMU 32

GMU 32 — Garfield Co.

BLM canyon-and-plateau country between Parachute and Rifle, where the public elk hunt is a draw

Northwest Colorado — Garfield & Rio Blanco Counties (Rifle to the White River divide)

GMU 33

GMU 33 — Garfield/Rio Blanco Co.

A big over-the-counter bull unit climbing from the Colorado River to the White River divide

Northwest Colorado — Garfield & Eagle Counties (Canyon Creek to Deep Creek, Flat Tops fringe)

GMU 34

GMU 34 — Garfield/Eagle Co.

A steep, largely public White River NF unit on the southern shoulder of the Flat Tops

Central Colorado — Eagle County (Castle Peak / Red Table Mountain, White River NF)

GMU 35

GMU 35 — Eagle Co.

A quality limited-draw mule deer unit of sage benches and timbered mesas south of the Colorado River

Central Colorado — Eagle & Grand Counties (Gore Range / Eagle's Nest Wilderness, White River NF)

GMU 36

GMU 36 — Eagle/Grand Co.

OTC elk and quality mule deer climbing from the Colorado River to the crest of the Gore Range

Central Colorado — Williams Fork Mountains and Green Mountain Reservoir

GMU 37

GMU 37 — Summit/Grand Co.

OTC bull elk in the Williams Fork and Ptarmigan Peak country north of Silverthorne, high public land between Summit and Grand counties

Front Range Colorado — Clear Creek foothills and James Peak Wilderness

GMU 38

GMU 38 — Gilpin/Boulder/Clear Creek/Jefferson Co.

Broken, heavily-private Front Range unit west of Golden with OTC elk in scattered national forest — but access is the whole game

Front Range Colorado — Mount Blue Sky (Mount Evans) high country

GMU 39

GMU 39 — Jefferson/Clear Creek/Park Co.

Limited-draw foothills elk and mule deer under one of Colorado's premier bighorn-and-goat massifs

West-central Colorado — Piñon Mesa (Glade Park / Black Ridge), west of Grand Junction

GMU 40

GMU 40 — Mesa Co.

A quality limited-draw deer and elk unit on the Utah-line mesa above the Grand Valley

West-central Colorado — north end of the Uncompahgre Plateau (Kannah Creek / Whitewater), south of Grand Junction

GMU 41

GMU 41 — Mesa/Delta Co.

An over-the-counter elk unit on the north face of the Uncompahgre Plateau with limited-draw quality deer

West-central Colorado — Mesa & Garfield Counties (Battlement Mesa / north flank of the Grand Mesa)

GMU 42

GMU 42 — Mesa/Garfield Co.

OTC bull elk on Battlement Mesa, wedged between the Colorado River and the Grand Mesa high country

Central Colorado — Roaring Fork Valley (Aspen / Carbondale / Glenwood Springs, White River NF)

GMU 43

GMU 43 — Garfield/Pitkin/Eagle/Gunnison Co.

Big, high, roadless White River NF country — general-season elk with a wilderness backbone

Central Colorado — Red Table Mountain and the Frying Pan country

GMU 44

GMU 44 — Eagle Co.

Big, roadable OTC-elk country with a genuinely strong mule deer draw

Central Colorado — Frying Pan headwaters / Sylvan Lake (White River NF)

GMU 45

GMU 45 — Eagle/Pitkin Co.

High White River timber between the Eagle River and the upper Frying Pan

Front Range — North Fork South Platte / Mount Blue Sky country (Pike NF)

GMU 46

GMU 46 — Jefferson/Clear Creek/Park Co.

Denver's backyard elk unit, from Bailey foothills to the roof of Mount Evans

Central Colorado — Fryingpan & upper Roaring Fork (White River NF, Eagle/Pitkin County)

GMU 47

GMU 47 — Eagle/Pitkin Co.

OTC bull elk in the wild Fryingpan high country between Basalt and the Continental Divide

Central Colorado — Sawatch Range high country above Leadville

GMU 48

GMU 48 — Lake/Chaffee Co.

Limited-draw alpine elk under Mt. Elbert, Colorado's highest 14er

Central Colorado — Mosquito Range between Leadville, Fairplay and Buena Vista

GMU 49

GMU 49 — Lake/Park/Chaffee Co.

Big limited-draw elk numbers across the Mosquito Range high country

Central Colorado — North & Central South Park (Park County)

GMU 50

GMU 50 — Park Co.

Lost Creek Wilderness backcountry rimming the high grassland of South Park

Front Range foothills — Rampart Range (Douglas Co.)

GMU 51

GMU 51 — Douglas Co.

A Douglas County foothills unit hung on the Rampart Range crest, part public forest and heavily private below it

Western Slope — Delta County (southwest flank of Grand Mesa)

GMU 52

GMU 52 — Delta/Gunnison Co.

OTC bull elk and a strong draw deer unit on the orchard-and-oakbrush skirts of Grand Mesa

West-Central Colorado — West Elk Wilderness and the North Fork country

GMU 53

GMU 53 — Delta/Gunnison Co.

Rugged wilderness mule deer and elk between Paonia and the Gunnison Basin

West-Central Colorado — northern Gunnison Basin and southern West Elk

GMU 54

GMU 54 — Gunnison Co.

Migratory elk and quality mule deer in the sagebrush-and-timber country north of Blue Mesa

Central Colorado — Taylor Park and the Elk Mountains

GMU 55

GMU 55 — Gunnison Co.

High-alpine elk and mule deer in the Fossil Ridge and Collegiate Peaks wilderness country

Central Colorado — Collegiate Peaks east slope above the upper Arkansas

GMU 56

GMU 56 — Chaffee Co.

Fourteener elk country between Buena Vista and Salida

Central Colorado — Arkansas River valley & Aspen Ridge (Chaffee/Park/Fremont)

GMU 57

GMU 57 — Chaffee/Park/Fremont Co.

A limited-draw 'crowd control' unit above Salida where November snow stacks migrating elk

Central Colorado — Thirtynine Mile Mountain & Guffey high country (Fremont/Park)

GMU 58

GMU 58 — Fremont/Park Co.

Big, rolling volcanic mesa country with the area's best pronghorn and limited-draw elk

South-central Front Range — Pikes Peak foothills to the Pueblo plains

GMU 59

GMU 59 — Pueblo/Fremont/El Paso/Teller Co.

Big transitional unit wrapping Fort Carson, from Pike NF timber down to prairie, with good public access

West End of Montrose/Mesa County — Dolores River canyon & Paradox country

GMU 60

GMU 60 — Mesa/Montrose Co.

Low-desert BLM winter range where deer and elk migrate in from the Utah line

Uncompahgre Plateau — southwest slope (Mesa/Montrose/Ouray/San Miguel Co.)

GMU 61

GMU 61 — Mesa/Montrose/Ouray/San Miguel Co.

The famed southwest side of the Uncompahgre — big-bull elk and quality mule deer on a high public plateau

Uncompahgre Plateau — northeast slope (Delta/Mesa/Montrose/Ouray Co.)

GMU 62

GMU 62 — Delta/Mesa/Montrose/Ouray Co.

The big, attainable side of the Uncompahgre — high elk numbers and easier tags than its neighbor

West-Central Colorado — Black Mesa and the West Elk foothills above the North Fork Valley

GMU 63

GMU 63 — Delta/Gunnison/Montrose Co.

Steep Gunnison National Forest elk country between Crawford and the Black Canyon

West-Central Colorado — arid mesas and the Black Canyon south rim between Montrose and Delta

GMU 64

GMU 64 — Delta/Montrose Co.

Low, dry BLM-and-ranch country where private access makes the mature-animal hunt

Southwest Colorado — the Big Cimarron and Uncompahgre high country southeast of Montrose

GMU 65

GMU 65 — Gunnison/Hinsdale/Montrose/Ouray Co.

A large elk unit rising from mesas to 14ers, with a heavy general-season crowd

Southwest Colorado — Gunnison Basin / Lake City high San Juans

GMU 66

GMU 66 — Gunnison/Hinsdale/Saguache Co.

Limited-draw elk and trophy-managed mule deer in the rugged peaks above Lake City

Southwest Colorado — Gunnison Basin / Cochetopa & La Garita

GMU 67

GMU 67 — Gunnison/Hinsdale/Saguache Co.

Limited-draw Gunnison Basin elk from sage hayfields up to 14,000-foot San Luis Peak

South-central Colorado — upper San Luis Valley / La Garita east slope

GMU 68

GMU 68 — Saguache Co.

OTC bull elk and public-land access on the east side of the Continental Divide above Saguache

South-Central Colorado — the Wet Mountains between Cañon City and Westcliffe

GMU 69

GMU 69 — Custer/Fremont Co.

A high-harvest mule deer unit in the oakbrush-and-timber Wet Mountains

Southwest Colorado — Uncompahgre Plateau (Dolores/Montrose/San Miguel counties)

GMU 70

GMU 70 — Dolores/Montrose/San Miguel Co.

A big, high-public OTC-elk unit sprawling across the Uncompahgre Plateau

Southwest Colorado — upper Dolores River / San Juan NF elk country

GMU 71

GMU 71 — Dolores County/Montezum County Co.

High, public, rugged — the elk anchor of the Dolores three-unit complex

Southwest Colorado — Great Sage Plain & Canyons of the Ancients

GMU 72

GMU 72 — Montezuma Co.

Desert-canyon mule deer country hemmed in by tribal and park closures

Southwest Colorado — Haycamp Mesa and the San Juan foothills above Cortez

GMU 73

GMU 73 — Montezuma Co.

A quality-managed mule deer unit in the mesa-and-oakbrush country east of Dolores

Southwest Colorado — high San Juans north of Durango

GMU 74

GMU 74 — La Plata County/San Juan County Co.

Big-country elk in the alpine and dark timber above the Animas and Vallecito

Southwest Colorado — San Juan Mountains north of Durango

GMU 75

GMU 75 — La Plata County/San Juan County Co.

OTC backcountry elk and genuinely strong mule deer in rugged San Juan high country

South-central Colorado — Upper Rio Grande & Creede high country

GMU 76

GMU 76 — Hinsdale/Mineral/Rio Grande Co.

Limited-draw quality bulls at the top of the Rio Grande, with moose and bighorn

Southwest Colorado — San Juan Mountains northwest of Pagosa Springs

GMU 77

GMU 77 — Archuleta/Hinsdale/La Plata/Mineral Co.

High, public San Juan backcountry that grows better mule deer bucks than trophy bulls

South-central Colorado — South San Juan Wilderness east of Pagosa Springs

GMU 78

GMU 78 — Archuleta/Conejos/Mineral/Rio Grande Co.

Big, wild South San Juan country from oak-brush foothills to Continental Divide alpine

South-central Colorado — San Luis Valley & La Garita foothills (Rio Grande NF)

GMU 79

GMU 79 — Alamosa/Mineral/Rio Grande/Saguache Co.

High-public mule deer unit on the northwest rim of the San Luis Valley

South-central Colorado — western San Luis Valley / Conejos country

GMU 80

GMU 80 — Alamosa/Conejos/Mineral/Rio Grande Co.

OTC bull elk from the valley sage up into the eastern San Juans above the Conejos

South-central Colorado — Conejos River / South San Juan high country

GMU 81

GMU 81 — Alamosa/Archuleta/Conejos/Rio Grande Co.

Big-timber elk from the Conejos up to the South San Juan Wilderness on the New Mexico line

South-central Colorado — eastern San Luis Valley / Sangre de Cristo west slope

GMU 82

GMU 82 — Alamosa/Saguache Co.

Valley-floor pronghorn and Sangre de Cristo elk under the Great Sand Dunes

South-central Colorado — San Luis Valley & the Culebra Range

GMU 83

GMU 83 — Alamosa/Costilla Co.

Big elk numbers on a nearly all-private east San Luis Valley unit where access, not game, is the hunt

South-central Colorado — the Wet Mountains & Greenhorn

GMU 84

GMU 84 — Custer/Fremont/Huerfano/Pueblo Co.

Limited-draw Wet Mountains elk and a big plains-edge deer and pronghorn unit southwest of Pueblo

Southern Colorado — Spanish Peaks & the Cuchara country

GMU 85

GMU 85 — Huerfano/Las Animas Co.

A top OTC 2nd/3rd-rifle elk unit under the Spanish Peaks, with big harvest and lots of company

South-central Colorado — Wet Mountain Valley under the Sangre de Cristos

GMU 86

GMU 86 — Fremont/Custer/Chaffee Co.

Big-country unit from valley pronghorn flats to 14,000-foot Sangre de Cristo peaks, with OTC-archery elk and hard-private valley floor

Northeast Colorado plains — Pawnee shortgrass prairie

GMU 87

GMU 87 — Larimer/Weld Co.

Record-book pronghorn on the northern Front Range prairie

Northeast Colorado plains — heart of the Pawnee Grassland

GMU 88

GMU 88 — Weld Co.

Big public prairie, big antelope, near-zero elk

Northeast Colorado plains — South Platte prairie and breaks

GMU 89

GMU 89 — Weld/Logan Co.

Prairie pronghorn with muleys and river-bottom whitetails

Northeastern Colorado plains — Nebraska-line farm country (Logan & Sedgwick counties)

GMU 90

GMU 90 — Logan/Sedgwick Co.

A private-ground plains unit for pronghorn and mule deer, whitetail along the river bottoms

Northeastern Colorado plains — South Platte river-bottom country (Logan County)

GMU 91

GMU 91 — Sedgwick Co.

A small, deer-rich plains unit built on South Platte river bottoms — whitetail and mule deer

Northeast Colorado plains — South Platte corner, Logan/Sedgwick Co.

GMU 92

GMU 92 — Logan/Sedgwick Co.

Tiny private-ground deer pocket in the far northeast corner

Northeast Colorado plains — South Platte sandhills, Logan/Sedgwick/Phillips Co.

GMU 93

GMU 93 — Logan/Segwick/Phillips Co.

Big private-ground deer unit stitched between the South Platte and the sandhills

Northern Front Range plains — South Platte/Poudre farm country, Larimer/Weld/Adams Co.

GMU 94

GMU 94 — Larimer/Adams/Weld Co.

Ag-and-development plains deer unit on the growing Front Range edge

Northeast Colorado — South Platte shortgrass plains

GMU 95

GMU 95 — Weld/Logan/Morgan/Washington Co.

Ranch-and-CRP pronghorn and mule deer between Sterling and Akron

Northeast Colorado — Logan/Washington plains

GMU 96

GMU 96 — Logan/Washington/Morgan Co.

A compact draw-deer unit in the dryland farm country south of the Platte

Northeastern Colorado plains — sandhills south of Sterling (Logan, Washington & Morgan Counties)

GMU 97

GMU 97 — Logan/Washington/Morgan Co.

Open sandhill and dryland-farm prairie built for pronghorn, with plains mule deer as the second draw

Far northeastern Colorado plains — the Nebraska-line corner (Logan, Phillips, Yuma & Washington Counties)

GMU 98

GMU 98 — Logan/Phillips/Yuma/Washington Co.

Big, deer-rich dryland-farm and prairie country in Colorado's northeast corner, with pronghorn as the second draw

Northeastern Colorado plains — South Platte high plains (Weld, Morgan & Adams Counties)

GMU 99

GMU 99 — Weld/Morgan/Adams Co.

Shortgrass prairie and dryland farms north of the Denver fringe — a strong pronghorn unit with plains mule deer alongside

Northeastern Colorado plains — Washington & Morgan Counties

GMU 100

GMU 100 — Washington/Morgan Co.

Wide-open shortgrass and dryland-farm country built for pronghorn and plains mule deer

Northeast Colorado plains — Washington/Yuma County sandsage and farm country

GMU 101

GMU 101 — Washington/Yuma Co.

Private-land pronghorn and mixed mule deer/whitetail on the high plains

Northeast Colorado plains — Arikaree River farm and sandsage country

GMU 102

GMU 102 — Washington/Yuma Co.

Strong plains deer and higher-success pronghorn on private ground near Wray

Far southeast Yuma County — South Fork Republican River near the Kansas line

GMU 103

GMU 103 — Yuma Co.

Small plains deer unit with a rare slice of public access at South Republican

Front Range plains — Denver's southeast prairie

GMU 104

GMU 104 — Denver/Adams/Arapahoe/Douglas/Elbert Co.

Suburban edge to open shortgrass — a pronghorn and mule deer unit that is almost all private ground

Eastern Colorado plains — shortgrass pronghorn country

GMU 105

GMU 105 — Adams/Arapahoe/Elbert Co.

One of the state's best plains pronghorn units — and effectively all private ground

Eastern Colorado plains — shortgrass and sandhills pronghorn

GMU 106

GMU 106 — Arapahoe/Elbert/Washington/Lincoln Co.

Farther-east prairie unit where pronghorn rule and river-bottom whitetails appear

Eastern Colorado plains — Washington/Lincoln/Kit Carson pronghorn country

GMU 107

GMU 107 — Washington/Lincoln/Kit Carson Co.

Short-grass prairie and dryland farm ground where speed goats rule and access is everything

Far-eastern Colorado plains — Washington/Yuma/Kit Carson river-bottom country

GMU 109

GMU 109 — Washington/Yuma/Kit Carson Co.

Prairie pronghorn and cottonwood-bottom deer hard against the Kansas line

Eastern Plains Colorado — shortgrass prairie east of Colorado Springs

GMU 110

GMU 110 — El Paso Co.

Private-ranch pronghorn country on the El Paso County plains

Eastern Plains Colorado — high prairie of Elbert, Lincoln and El Paso counties

GMU 111

GMU 111 — Elbert/Lincoln/El Paso Co.

Wide-open pronghorn ground where access is the real hunt

Eastern Plains Colorado — Lincoln County wheat and prairie

GMU 112

GMU 112 — Lincoln Co.

Good-access pronghorn country in the heart of the plains

Eastern Colorado plains — Lincoln/Cheyenne County shortgrass prairie

GMU 113

GMU 113 — Lincoln/Cheyenne Co.

Wide-open pronghorn country on private dryland ranches

Eastern Colorado plains — Lincoln/Kit Carson/Cheyenne County shortgrass

GMU 114

GMU 114 — Lincoln/Kit Carson/Cheyenne Co.

The pronghorn engine of the east-central plains

Eastern Colorado plains — Kit Carson/Cheyenne County shortgrass

GMU 115

GMU 115 — Kit Carson/Cheyenne Co.

Prairie pronghorn and creek-bottom deer near the Kansas line

Eastern Colorado plains — Kit Carson / Cheyenne County shortgrass

GMU 116

GMU 116 — Kit Carson/Cheyenne Co.

Wide-open pronghorn prairie where the tag is drawn and the access is earned

Eastern Colorado plains — Kit Carson / Cheyenne County, Kansas line

GMU 117

GMU 117 — Kit Carson/Cheyenne Co.

Small hard-private prairie block where a drawn pronghorn tag is the play

El Paso County plains — east of Colorado Springs, Palmer Divide edge

GMU 118

GMU 118 — El Paso Co.

High-plains pronghorn country in the shadow of the Front Range, almost entirely private

Eastern Colorado plains — Big Sandy shortgrass prairie

GMU 119

GMU 119 — El Paso/Lincoln Co.

Pronghorn on the high plains, deer in the creek breaks

Southeastern Colorado plains — Rush Creek shortgrass country

GMU 120

GMU 120 — Lincoln/Crowley/Kiowa Co.

Big open pronghorn range where the plains roll toward the Arkansas Valley

Eastern Colorado plains — Cheyenne/Lincoln/Kiowa shortgrass

GMU 121

GMU 121 — Cheyenne/Lincoln/Kiowa Co.

Big open pronghorn country on private ranchland

Far eastern Colorado plains — Cheyenne/Kiowa near the Kansas line

GMU 122

GMU 122 — Cheyenne/Kiowa Co.

Remote shortgrass plains where deer and pronghorn share the ranches

Front Range foothills-to-plains — El Paso/Pueblo south of Colorado Springs

GMU 123

GMU 123 — El Paso/Pueblo Co.

Pronghorn and plains deer where the mountains meet the prairie

Southeast Colorado plains — Arkansas River shortgrass prairie

GMU 124

GMU 124 — Crowley/Pueblo Co.

Rolling pronghorn country between Pueblo and Ordway

Southeast Colorado plains — lower Arkansas River valley

GMU 125

GMU 125 — Bent/Crowley/Kiowa/Otero Co.

Pronghorn prairie and river-bottom deer around Las Animas

Southeast Colorado plains — Arkansas River toward the Kansas line

GMU 126

GMU 126 — Kiowa/Bent/Prowers Co.

Far-eastern prairie: pronghorn uplands, whitetail river bottoms

Southeast Colorado — Arkansas River shortgrass plains

GMU 127

GMU 127 — Kiowa/Prowers Co.

Kansas-line pronghorn country with whitetail hiding in the river bottoms

GMU 130

GMU 130 — Otero/Bent Co.

Pronghorn on the prairie, deer in the canyons, a whisper of elk — but you'll need private access

Southeast Colorado — Apishapa canyon and mesa country

GMU 128

GMU 128 — Huerfano/Las Animas/Otero/Pueblo Co.

Piñon-juniper breaks and grassland flats holding the region's strongest pronghorn and canyon mule deer

Southeast Colorado — Arkansas Valley dryland plains

GMU 129

GMU 129 — Crowley/Otero/Pueblo Co.

A small, high-success pronghorn unit hemmed in by private Arkansas Valley farm ground

Northwest Colorado — Steamboat's private-ground fringe

GMU 131

GMU 131 — Routt/Rio Blanco Co.

OTC bull elk on a mostly-private strip running southwest from Steamboat to the Routt forest edge

Southeastern Colorado plains — Prowers County Arkansas River country

GMU 132

GMU 132 — Prowers Co.

Shortgrass pronghorn and river-bottom deer on private ground near Lamar

South-central Colorado — Huerfano/Las Animas foothills and grassland

GMU 133

GMU 133 — Huerfano/Las Animas/Pueblo Co.

Pronghorn-rich transition country between the plains and the Sangre de Cristos

Southeastern Colorado — Las Animas/Pueblo piñon-juniper mesa and canyon country

GMU 134

GMU 134 — Las Animas/Pueblo Co.

High-success pronghorn and mule deer in the mesas north of Trinidad

Southeast Colorado plains — Timpas grassland and Arkansas River pronghorn country

GMU 135

GMU 135 — Las Animas/Pueblo/Otero Co.

High-plains pronghorn on Comanche grassland with canyon-rim mule deer

Southeast Colorado plains — Purgatoire canyon and Comanche grassland

GMU 136

GMU 136 — Las Animas Co.

Grassland pronghorn with canyon-rim mule deer and river-bottom whitetails

Southeast Colorado plains — Mesa de Maya country and Comanche grassland

GMU 137

GMU 137 — Las Animas/Baca Co.

Grassland pronghorn and canyon-rim mule deer where the plains meet the mesas

Southeast Colorado — Baca County shortgrass plains

GMU 138

GMU 138 — Baca Co.

Open pronghorn prairie in the far southeast corner, almost entirely private ranchland

Southeast Colorado — Baca County plains and Comanche Grassland canyons

GMU 139

GMU 139 — Baca Co.

The strongest deer and pronghorn of the far southeast, with real public ground in the Carrizo canyon country

Southeast Colorado — Las Animas mesa and canyon country south of Trinidad

GMU 140

GMU 140 — Las Animas Co.

Pronghorn-first plains-and-mesa unit with plains elk and mule deer on hard-private ground

Southeast Colorado — Las Animas prairie and Purgatoire breaks east of Trinidad

GMU 141

GMU 141 — Las Animas Co.

Small, high-success pronghorn-and-deer plains unit on nearly all-private ranchland

Southeast Colorado — Purgatoire plains and canyon country of northeast Las Animas County

GMU 142

GMU 142 — Las Animas Co.

Open-prairie pronghorn unit with plains elk, mule deer, and river-bottom whitetail on private ranchland

Southeast Colorado — Las Animas County shortgrass and Purgatoire canyon country

GMU 143

GMU 143 — Las Animas Co.

Draw-only plains pronghorn, mule deer, and canyon elk on private-heavy ground near Kim

Southeast Colorado — Baca County Comanche National Grassland (Carrizo Unit)

GMU 144

GMU 144 — Baca Co.

Draw-only plains pronghorn with grassland public access; tough draw-only mule deer and canyon elk

Southeast Colorado — eastern Baca County Comanche National Grassland canyon country

GMU 145

GMU 145 — Baca Co.

Draw-only plains pronghorn and mule deer with grassland canyon access near the Kansas/Oklahoma corner

Southeast Colorado plains — Bent & Prowers County shortgrass prairie

GMU 146

GMU 146 — Bent/Prowers Co.

Arkansas River farm-and-prairie country — pronghorn and deer on a nearly all-private unit

Southeast Colorado — Las Animas County Purgatoire canyon country

GMU 147

GMU 147 — Las Animas Co.

Piñon-juniper mesas and rocky canyons above the Purgatoire — pronghorn, deer, and canyon elk

North-central Colorado — northern North Park (Jackson County)

GMU 161

GMU 161 — Jackson Co.

Northern North Park toward the Wyoming line — top-tier pronghorn, limited-draw elk

North-Central Colorado — North Park (Jackson County)

GMU 171

GMU 171 — Jackson Co.

North Park's OTC bull elk unit with genuinely strong pronghorn on the sage floor

North-Central Colorado — Grand County (Kremmling to the Rabbit Ears Range)

GMU 181

GMU 181 — Grand Co.

Long, narrow OTC elk unit stretching from the sage benches at Kremmling up to the Continental Divide

Northern Front Range — Larimer County (Red Feather Lakes / Cherokee Park)

GMU 191

GMU 191 — Larimer Co.

A private-heavy foothills unit on the Wyoming line where deer carry the show

Far Northwest Colorado — Vermillion / Sand Wash trophy mule deer country

GMU 201

GMU 201 — Moffat Co.

A small, nearly all-public Moffat County unit famous for big migratory mule deer

Northwest Colorado — Danforth Hills, White River elk country

GMU 211

GMU 211 — Moffat/Rio Blanco Co.

OTC bull elk plus genuinely strong mule deer in the sage-and-oakbrush hills north of Meeker

Northwest Colorado — Routt County sage and aspen, Bears Ears elk country

GMU 214

GMU 214 — Routt Co.

Limited-draw migratory elk in the high sagebrush and oakbrush country between Hayden and Steamboat

Northwest Colorado — the Little Flat Tops and Williams Fork high country

GMU 231

GMU 231 — Routt/Rio Blanco/Garfield Co.

A compact, high OTC bull-elk unit on the Routt National Forest edge of the White River herd

Northwest Colorado — Moffat County sage-steppe and dryland ranch country

GMU 301

GMU 301 — Moffat Co.

High-success limited-draw mule deer and pronghorn on a heavily private Yampa-side unit

Central Colorado — Eagle & Grand Counties (Sheephorn Creek / Elliott Ridge, Gore Range)

GMU 361

GMU 361 — Eagle/Grand Co.

A small, high, mostly-public unit on the northwest shoulder of the Gore Range with OTC elk

Central Colorado — Gore Range and Eagles Nest Wilderness

GMU 371

GMU 371 — Summit Co.

OTC bull elk in the rugged Gore Range wilderness above Silverthorne, backcountry-or-nothing high public land in Summit County

Front Range Colorado — Denver foothills urban interface

GMU 391

GMU 391 — Jefferson/Denver/Araphoe/Douglas Co.

Heavily private, limited-draw foothills elk and mule deer at the edge of the metro

West-central Colorado — Uncompahgre Plateau (Escalante / Roubideau country), south of Grand Junction

GMU 411

GMU 411 — Mesa/Delta Co.

A small, largely public Uncompahgre Plateau unit with OTC elk and limited-draw deer

West-central Colorado — Mesa & Garfield Counties (eastern Grand Mesa)

GMU 421

GMU 421 — Mesa/Garfield Co.

A top OTC Grand Mesa elk unit — big timber, big herd, general-season bull tags

Central Colorado — Elk Mountains high country south of Aspen

GMU 431

GMU 431 — Pitkin Co.

Rugged, wilderness-heavy alpine elk and deer at the foot of the Maroon Bells

Northwest Colorado — Elkhead Mountains sage-and-oakbrush country

GMU 441

GMU 441 — Moffat/Routt Co.

Limited-draw northwest elk and mule deer with a pronghorn bonus

Central Colorado — Roaring Fork / Frying Pan (White River NF)

GMU 444

GMU 444 — Eagle/Garfield/Pitkin Co.

Basalt-country benches and Red Table timber between the Roaring Fork and the Frying Pan

Front Range foothills — Jefferson & Park County (Pine / Bailey / North Fork South Platte)

GMU 461

GMU 461 — Jefferson/Park Co.

Denver's backyard foothills unit — a hard-to-access mule deer draw wrapped in private land

Central Colorado — Elk Mountains south of Aspen (Maroon Bells-Snowmass, White River NF, Pitkin County)

GMU 471

GMU 471 — Pitkin Co.

OTC bull elk in the rugged Maroon Bells high country — spectacular, steep, and hard-earned

Central Colorado — Collegiate Peaks and the Sawatch above Buena Vista

GMU 481

GMU 481 — Chaffee Co.

Limited-draw elk and better-than-average deer under the Collegiate 14ers

Central Colorado — Northwest South Park to the Continental Divide (Park County)

GMU 500

GMU 500 — Park Co.

A small, high-alpine limited-draw unit under Silverheels and the Divide

Central Colorado — Tarryall Mountains & Lost Creek Wilderness (Park/Jefferson Co.)

GMU 501

GMU 501 — Park/Jefferson Co.

A big, overwhelmingly-public Pike National Forest unit an hour from Denver, built on wilderness elk and mule deer

Pikes Peak region — Rampart Range & Rampart Reservoir (Teller/El Paso/Park Co.)

GMU 511

GMU 511 — Teller/El Paso/Park Co.

A Rampart Range foothills unit above Woodland Park where the Hayman burn regrew into good deer and elk browse

Front Range — El Paso County (U.S. Air Force Academy, north Colorado Springs)

GMU 512

GMU 512 — El Paso Co.

A tiny permit-only deer unit lying entirely inside the Air Force Academy reservation

Western Slope — Delta & Gunnison Counties (Grand Mesa & North Fork high country)

GMU 521

GMU 521 — Delta/Gunnison Co.

OTC bull elk on the world's largest flat-top mountain, from aspen benches to spruce-fir timberline

Central Colorado — west-slope Sawatch and Cochetopa Hills above Gunnison

GMU 551

GMU 551 — Gunnison/Saguache Co.

Tomichi Creek elk country on the Divide's Gunnison side

Central Colorado — south Sawatch crest above Poncha Pass

GMU 561

GMU 561 — Chaffee/Saguache Co.

Compact high-country backcountry hunt west of Salida

Central Colorado — South Park's southeast corner (Wilkerson Pass / Eleven Mile)

GMU 581

GMU 581 — Park/Teller/Fremont Co.

High rolling South Park prairie and ridges — hard-to-draw pronghorn, strong deer, migratory elk

South-central Front Range — Fort Carson Military Reservation (Pueblo/El Paso/Fremont Co.)

GMU 591

GMU 591 — Pueblo/Fremont/El Paso Co.

The Fort Carson installation hunt — a low-pressure, permit-controlled managed herd, not open public land

South-Central Colorado — Saguache foothills and Cochetopa Hills

GMU 681

GMU 681 — Saguache Co.

Big public-land mule deer country between Saguache and the Continental Divide

South-Central Colorado — San Luis Valley floor east of Saguache

GMU 682

GMU 682 — Saguache Co.

A flat, private valley unit where limited elk tags and access are everything

South-Central Colorado — Wet Mountains east of the Sangres (Custer/Fremont counties)

GMU 691

GMU 691 — Custer/Fremont Co.

A canyon-and-foothills deer unit tucked between Cañon City and the Wet Mountain Valley

Southwest Colorado — Disappointment Valley & Dry Creek Basin

GMU 711

GMU 711 — Dolores/Montezuma/San Miguel Co.

Sagebrush-and-canyon mule deer with OTC elk on a big BLM/Forest mix

Southwest Colorado — mesa and pinyon-juniper country south of Durango

GMU 741

GMU 741 — La Plata County Co.

A high-success mule deer unit choked with private and tribal land

Southwest Colorado — Animas & Vallecito high country, Weminuche edge

GMU 751

GMU 751 — Archuleta/Hinsdale/La Plata/San Juan Co.

OTC bull elk and strong mule deer in deep Weminuche Wilderness backcountry

Southwest Colorado — foothills south of Pagosa Springs (Southern Ute country)

GMU 771

GMU 771 — Archuleta Co.

Low, private-heavy winter range where success rides on access, not public acres

South-central Colorado — San Luis Valley floor (Rio Grande bottomlands)

GMU 791

GMU 791 — Alamosa/Mineral/Rio Grande/Saguache Co.

Flat, private ag valley where valley elk feed the fields and deer tags are hard-won

South-central Colorado — Sangre de Cristo high country west of Trinidad

GMU 851

GMU 851 — Costilla/Las Animas Co.

Rugged, hard-private mountain unit from oak-brush foothills to Culebra Peak's 14ers, with limited-draw elk and a sliver of public ground

South-central Colorado — southwest Huerfano County under the Sangre de Cristos

GMU 861

GMU 861 — Huerfano Co.

Small foothills-to-14ers unit with limited-draw elk, mule deer on oak-brush ridges, and access that's fair up high, poor down low

Northeast Colorado — lower South Platte plains

GMU 951

GMU 951 — Weld/Morgan Co.

Strong plains pronghorn and mule deer across the Weld–Morgan farm country

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