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Colorado Deer Draw Odds

In the 2026 draw Colorado offered 992 deer hunts to nonresidents, drawn by preference points. At 0 points a nonresident had at least an even chance in 198 hunts open to every hunter.

Applications Close
171 days
Apr 6

Open Mar 1 – Apr 6, 2027 (expected)

Cost to Apply
$129

Kept if you miss. Deer license $507 only if drawn

Tags
13,315

2026 draw · nonresidents capped at 25%

Nonresident Applicants
111,282

2026 draw, first choice

Point only: free nonresident · on the draw application · apply by Apr 6, 2027 (expected) → Buying Points in Colorado

How the Colorado Draw Works (30-Second Version)

Preference points.

Tags go to the applicants with the most preference points, one level at a time. If the last level that draws has more applicants than tags remaining, those applicants are chosen at random. Everyone below that level misses and earns a point. In the hunts that take the most points, 20% of the tags are drawn at random instead, among the applicants who already hold enough points to enter that pool.

Who can apply, fees and deadlines in Colorado

Best Bets at 0 Points

Odds × hunter success × public land, 10 tags or more. Private-land, ranch, landowner and youth hunts left out.

Buck or Either-Sex

DM070O1M

GMU 70 · Buck 1st muzzleloader

100%
Success
69%
Public
70%
Season
Sep 12–20

DM060O2R

GMU 60 · Buck 2nd rifle

100%
Success
49%
Public
82%
Season
Oct 24–Nov 1

DM072O3R

GMU 72 · Buck 3rd rifle

100%
Success
66%
Public
29%
Season
Nov 7–15

DM052O2R

GMU 52 · Buck 2nd rifle

100%
Success
55%
Public
48%
Season
Oct 24–Nov 1

DM075O2R

GMU 75 · Buck 2nd rifle

100%
Success
55%
Public
44%
Season
Oct 24–Nov 1

DM082O1M

GMU 82 · Buck 1st muzzleloader

93%
Success
50%
Public
64%
Season
Sep 12–20

Doe

DF055O1A

GMU 55 · Doe 1st archery

100% (small sample)
Success
66%
Public
89%
Season
Sep 2–30

DF022O3R

GMU 22 · Doe 3rd rifle

100% (small sample)
Success
59%
Public
73%
Season
Nov 7–15

DF054O1A

GMU 54 · Doe 1st archery

100% (small sample)
Success
57%
Public
78%
Season
Sep 2–30

DF551O1M

GMU 551 · Doe 1st muzzleloader

100% (small sample)
Success
54%
Public
87%
Season
Sep 12–20

DF051O1M

GMU 51 · Doe 1st muzzleloader

100% (small sample)
Success
59%
Public
46%
Season
Sep 12–20

DF077O1M

GMU 77 · Doe 1st muzzleloader

100%
Success
45%
Public
83%
Season
Sep 12–20

Every Hunt at 0 Points

992 hunt codes drawn in 2026 · 376 at 50% or better · first choice · nonresident adult

Last year's odds were off by about 3 percentage points for applicants near the points needed. How we check

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
One Line per Hunt Odds at Every Point Level
DM001O1A GMU 1 · Buck 1st archery — —
DM001O1M GMU 1 · Buck 1st muzzleloader — —
DM001O2R GMU 1 · Buck 2nd rifle 0% (small sample) 15▼1
DM001O3R GMU 1 · Buck 3rd rifle 0% (small sample) 20▲6
DM002O1A GMU 2 · Buck 1st archery 0% (small sample) 16▲4
DM002O1M GMU 2 · Buck 1st muzzleloader 0% (small sample) 14▼7
DM002O2R GMU 2 · Buck 2nd rifle 0% (small sample) 24▲3
DM002O3R GMU 2 · Buck 3rd rifle 0% (small sample) 24▲3
DE003O1A GMU 3 +6 · Either-sex 1st archery 0% 1▲1
DE003P2R Private land · GMU 3 +6 · Either-sex rifle 88% 0
DE003P3R Private land · GMU 3 +6 · Either-sex rifle 100% —
DE003P4R Private land · GMU 3 +1 · Either-sex rifle 66% 0
DE004W1R RFW · GMU 3 +2 · Either-sex rifle 100% (small sample) —
DE004W2R RFW · GMU 3 +1 · Either-sex rifle 100% —
DE004W3R RFW · GMU 3 +2 · Either-sex rifle 100% (small sample) —
DE005W2RNew 2026 RFW · GMU 3 +2 · Either-sex rifle 100% —
DE214W2R RFW · GMU 3 +4 · Either-sex rifle 100% (small sample) —
DE441W1R RFW · GMU 3 +4 · Either-sex rifle 100% (small sample) —
DF003O1M GMU 3 +6 · Doe 1st muzzleloader 0% (small sample) 3▲3
DF003O2R GMU 3 +1 · Doe 2nd rifle — —
DF003O3R GMU 3 +1 · Doe 3rd rifle 0% (small sample) 16
DF003W1R RFW · GMU 3 +2 · Doe rifle 100% (small sample) —
DF004W1R RFW · GMU 3 +2 · Doe rifle 100% (small sample) —
DF004W2R RFW · GMU 3 +1 · Doe rifle 100% (small sample) —
DF004W3R RFW · GMU 3 +2 · Doe rifle 100% (small sample) —

Showing 1–25 of 992 · sorted by GMU · 70 hunts not offered in 2026 hidden — show discontinued hunts

Show all 992 hunts
What These Columns Mean
Odds at your points
—
the share of first-choice applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year. A badge marked * had under five tags, so one applicant either way swings it.
Pts needed
—
the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw; the ▲ or ▼ is how far that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold. A 0 marks a hunt that went Undersubscribed: fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
Tags / apps
—
tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them.
Success
—
the share of hunters in the GMU who killed an animal, from the latest harvest report on file. It is the whole GMU's figure, not the hunt's.
Private land, RFW, ranch, youth
—
tags not every hunter can use: private-land-only hunts need landowner access, ranch hunts (Colorado's Ranching for Wildlife, Utah's CWMUs) come with access to one ranch, youth tags have an age limit. They are never best bets and never colour the map.
All 186 GMUs

Each GMU has its own page: where it is on the map, how much of it is public land, what the hunters who went there killed last season, and every license type you can apply for inside it.

1 63% success · 91% public 2 59% success · 91% public 3 56% success · 54% public 4 57% success · 48% public 5 47% success · 60% public 6 50% success · 68% public 7 12% success · 87% public 8 18% success · 77% public 9 63% success · 3% public 10 86% success · 78% public 11 48% success · 68% public 12 32% success · 53% public 13 44% success · 22% public 14 20% success · 86% public 15 34% success · 66% public 16 14% success · 52% public 17 9% success · 63% public 18 18% success · 88% public 19 29% success · 62% public 20 41% success · 49% public 21 79% success · 88% public 22 59% success · 73% public 23 26% success · 45% public 24 17% success · 93% public 25 30% success · 83% public 26 36% success · 49% public 27 24% success · 56% public 28 23% success · 67% public 29 23% success · 29% public 30 59% success · 75% public 31 54% success · 58% public 32 65% success · 38% public 33 35% success · 75% public 34 16% success · 92% public 35 44% success · 71% public 36 34% success · 82% public 37 33% success · 71% public 38 24% success · 30% public 39 28% success · 65% public 40 74% success · 62% public 41 50% success · 63% public 42 53% success · 55% public 43 44% success · 73% public 44 57% success · 79% public 45 32% success · 89% public 46 39% success · 76% public 47 38% success · 92% public 48 29% success · 89% public 49 47% success · 72% public 50 34% success · 44% public 51 59% success · 46% public 52 55% success · 48% public 53 72% success · 77% public 54 57% success · 78% public 55 66% success · 89% public 56 32% success · 69% public 57 49% success · 76% public 58 46% success · 50% public 59 32% success · 37% public 60 49% success · 82% public 61 57% success · 85% public 62 44% success · 70% public 63 65% success · 57% public 64 49% success · 45% public 65 38% success · 53% public 66 74% success · 80% public 67 68% success · 82% public 68 38% success · 87% public 69 48% success · 36% public 70 69% success · 70% public 71 44% success · 85% public 72 66% success · 29% public 73 49% success · 37% public 74 43% success · 86% public 75 55% success · 44% public 76 57% success · 94% public 77 45% success · 83% public 78 50% success · 62% public 79 69% success · 73% public 80 48% success · 59% public 81 50% success · 71% public 82 50% success · 64% public 83 75% success · 2% public 84 45% success · 29% public 85 46% success · 18% public 86 37% success · 56% public 87 34% success · 23% public 88 32% success · 21% public 89 60% success · 11% public 90 49% success · 6% public 91 40% success · 21% public 92 33% success · 10% public 93 34% success · 11% public 94 41% success · 1% public 95 37% success · 7% public 96 29% success · 7% public 97 47% success · 14% public 98 46% success · 5% public 99 48% success · 6% public 100 60% success · 6% public 101 41% success · 8% public 102 39% success · 4% public 103 32% success · 15% public 104 50% success · 7% public 105 49% success · 7% public 106 48% success · 9% public 107 43% success · 3% public 109 27% success · 3% public 110 44% success · 4% public 111 49% success · 5% public 112 27% success · 13% public 113 27% success · 7% public 114 52% success · 5% public 115 35% success · 5% public 116 39% success · 4% public 117 40% success · 4% public 118 47% success · 32% public 119 21% success · 22% public 120 15% success · 11% public 121 36% success · 4% public 122 38% success · 5% public 123 77% success · 56% public 124 37% success · 6% public 125 33% success · 40% public 126 33% success · 15% public 127 30% success · 8% public 128 47% success · 13% public 129 43% success · 3% public 130 57% success · 16% public 131 33% success · 16% public 132 60% success · 5% public 133 21% success · 10% public 134 43% success · 6% public 135 46% success · 43% public 136 45% success · 14% public 137 49% success · 14% public 138 2% public 139 48% success · 4% public 140 25% success · 15% public 141 66% success · 2% public 142 19% success · 100% public 143 14% success · 9% public 144 42% success · 36% public 145 34% success · 21% public 146 26% success · 6% public 147 13% success · 27% public 161 28% success · 71% public 171 8% success · 69% public 181 27% success · 62% public 191 43% success · 49% public 201 91% success · 91% public 211 40% success · 43% public 214 18% success · 23% public 231 15% success · 64% public 301 67% success · 15% public 361 33% success · 74% public 371 15% success · 86% public 391 45% success · 1% public 411 41% success · 62% public 421 43% success · 66% public 431 33% success · 73% public 441 64% success · 32% public 444 39% success · 66% public 461 46% success · 9% public 471 41% success · 90% public 481 40% success · 80% public 500 18% success · 70% public 501 59% success · 89% public 511 55% success · 62% public 512 95% success · 100% public 521 46% success · 75% public 551 54% success · 87% public 561 23% success · 91% public 581 51% success · 42% public 591 53% success · 100% public 681 49% success · 88% public 682 31% success · 14% public 691 46% success · 49% public 711 51% success · 62% public 741 54% success · 10% public 751 56% success · 73% public 771 56% success · 21% public 791 76% success · 2% public 851 50% success · 13% public 861 34% success · 37% public 951 30% success · 11% public
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About These Numbers

Every percentage here is the chance an applicant with that many points had in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results; quotas, applicant numbers and point levels change every year. A dash means the agency did not publish the number. Under five tags the percentage is flagged: one applicant either way swings it. Check the agency's site and apply there; we don't take applications. How we compute these.