Colorado Deer DF038O4R — GMU 38
deer female rifle season 4 GMU 38
- What you may take
- deer female rifle season 4 GMU 38
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Season (2026)
- Nov 18–22, 2026
- Tags (2026)
- 11
- for 4 first-choice applicants
- Hunter success here (2024)
- 24%
- of everyone who hunted the area
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Odds by point level — 2026 draw
Undersubscribed: 4 of 10 tags claimed by first-choice resident applicants in 2026. Everyone who applied drew and the rest went to the leftover draw — the 100% reflects low demand, not a great tag. A code like this can flip the year demand catches up.
Prior-draw probability for a first-choice resident applicant. 10 tags, 4 first-choice applicants. Source: 2026 Primary DEER Post Draw... · p. 247.
| Points | Your chance | Applicants | Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 100% | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 100% | 3 | 3 |
| 2–10 | 100% same chance at every one of these levels | — | — |
Preference points, computed from published point-level pools. A dash means Colorado Parks and Wildlife did not publish a count for that level. How we compute these.
What it costs (2026 resident fees)
At the 2026 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $111.43 (enough points to draw) .
Not applying this year? A point-only purchase costs $0 (Mar 1 – Apr 7, expected) and adds a point for next year's draw.
Next application window: opens Mar 1, closes Apr 7, 2027 (expected) · results ~May 26. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.
Point creep & years to draw
Insufficient history (0 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years with a published drew-out level.
Seasons (2026)
How this tag has hunted
Across every license type in GMU 38, Colorado Parks and Wildlife counted 1,129 hunters and 275 deer taken in 2024 — 24% of them killed something. Full GMU 38 profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →
Colorado's figures come from CPW's post-season hunter survey. CPW's 2025 report dropped the per-GMU table in favour of hunt-code rows, so the newest year shown here is 2024. Source: 2024 Statewide Deer Harvest 2023 Statewide Deer Hunting Harvest Estimates
As a lower choice
Tags issued to lower choices ÷ lower-choice applicants, as published. Points do not help a lower choice.
Year by year
The standard draw for residents, one row per year. Colorado runs a second, random pass after the points pass; it is shown beside the year it belongs to.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Applicants per tag | Points needed | Random pass | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 4 | 0.4 | — | 1 tagfrom 30 applications | 2026 Primary DEER Post Draw... · p. 247 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | — | — | 2025 Primary DEER Post Draw... · p. 225 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 0.2 | — | — | 2024 Primary DEER Post Draw... · p. 226 |
| 2023 | 90 | 3 | 0.0 | — | 40 tagsfrom 54 applications | 2023 Primary DEER Post Draw... · p. 226 |
| 2022 | 43 | 2 | 0.0 | — | 18 tagsfrom 38 applications | 2022 Primary DEER Post Draw... · p. 224 |
| 2021 | 40 | 5 | 0.1 | — | 15 tagsfrom 46 applications | 2021 Primary Deer Post Draw... · p. 228 |
Other licenses valid in GMU 38
Legal cartridges for deer in Colorado
From the Colorado hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.
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How to read these numbers
Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.
Not an application service
This page is informational only. Draw rules, quotas, fees, and deadlines are set by the state agency and change by commission action — confirm everything on the agency's own site before you apply, and apply through the agency, not here. We disclaim all liability for reliance on this page.