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Colorado Deer DF143L1R — GMU 143

deer female rifle late season GMU 143 [143 DM143L1R 20]

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GMU 143 within Colorado
Everything about GMU 143
What you may take
deer female rifle late season GMU 143 [143 DM143L1R 20]
Weapon
Rifle
Where
GMU 143
9% public of 441,697 acres
Season (2021)
Dec 1–14, 2021
Tags (2021)
15
for 0 first-choice applicants
Hunter success here (2024)
14%
of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2021 draw

No first-choice applicants: 15 tags on offer in 2021 and nobody listed this hunt first. Anyone who had would have drawn.

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice resident applicant. 10 tags, 0 first-choice applicants. Source: 2021 Primary Deer Post Draw... · p. 456.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0–10 100% same chance at every one of these levels — —

Fewer applicants than tags. Colorado Parks and Wildlife publishes no per-level applicant counts for this hunt. How we compute these.

What it costs (2026 resident fees)

Cash to apply
$60.18
Out of pocket if unsuccessful
$60.18
Total if drawn
$111.43
Refunded if unsuccessful
$0

At the 2021 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $111.43 (enough points to draw) .

Resident limited-license application-processing fee (per species, per draw) · paid at application $8.93 source
Resident annual small game license (qualifying license) · paid at application $38.49 source
Colorado Wildlife Habitat Stamp (ages 18-64, once per license year, added automatically; same price for residents) · paid at application $12.76 source
Preference point fee, deer/elk/pronghorn (none until the 2028 draw) · only for a point bought without applying — an unsuccessful applicant gets the point free $0 source
Resident adult deer license · paid if drawn, refundable $51.25 source

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 (2021)

Split 1: Dec 1–14, 2021 p. 456

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in GMU 143, Colorado Parks and Wildlife counted 68 hunters and 10 deer taken in 2024 — 14% of them killed something. Full GMU 143 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

2nd choice
40%

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
2021 15 0 0.0 — 5 tagsfrom 2 applications 2021 Primary Deer Post Draw... · p. 456

Other licenses valid in GMU 143

DE136W2A — deer either-sex archery Ranching for Wildlife GMU 136 Archery DE137L2R — deer either-sex rifle late season GMU 137 [137, 138, 143 144] Rifle DE137O1A — deer either-sex archery season 1 GMU 137 [137, 138, 143, 144] Archery DE137O2R — deer either-sex rifle season 2 GMU 137 [137, 138, 143 144] Rifle DE143L2R — deer either-sex rifle late season GMU 143 [143, 144, 145 DF143L2R 25] Rifle DE143O1A — deer either-sex archery season 1 GMU 143 [143, 144, 145] Archery DE143O2R — deer either-sex rifle season 2 GMU 143 [143, 144, 145 DF143O2R 15] Rifle DE143O3A — deer either-sex archery season 3 GMU 143 [143, 144, 145] Archery DE143O3M — deer either-sex muzzleloader season 3 GMU 143 [(2021) 143, 144, 145 DF143O3M 10] Muzzleloader DF136W2R — deer female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 136 Rifle DF137L1R — deer female rifle late season GMU 137 [137, 138, 143, 144] Rifle DF137L2R — deer female rifle late season GMU 137 [137, 138, 143 144] Rifle DF137O1R — deer female rifle season 1 GMU 137 [137, 138, 143, 144] Rifle DF137O2M — deer female muzzleloader season 2 GMU 137 [137, 138, 143, 144] Muzzleloader DF137O2R — deer female rifle season 2 GMU 137 [137, 138, 143 144] Rifle DF137P1R — deer female rifle private-land-only GMU 137 [137, 138, 143, 144] Rifle DF140W1R — deer female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 140 Rifle DF143L2R — deer female rifle late season GMU 143 [143, 144, 145] Rifle DF143O1R — deer female rifle season 1 GMU 143 [143, 144, 145 DM143O1R 50] Rifle DF143O2M — deer female muzzleloader season 2 GMU 143 [143, 144, 145] Muzzleloader DF143O2R — deer female rifle season 2 GMU 143 [143, 144, 145] Rifle DF143O3A — deer female archery season 3 GMU 143 [143, 144, 145] Archery DF143O3M — deer female muzzleloader season 3 GMU 143 [143, 144, 145] Muzzleloader DF143P1R — deer female rifle private-land-only GMU 143 [143, 144, 145 10/30/2021 - 11/09/2021 Antlerless] Rifle DM136W2R — deer male rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 136 Rifle DM137L1R — deer male rifle late season GMU 137 [137, 138, 143, 144] Rifle DM137O1R — deer male rifle season 1 GMU 137 [137, 138, 143, 144] Rifle DM137O2M — deer male muzzleloader season 2 GMU 137 [137, 138, 143, 144] Muzzleloader DM137P1R — deer male rifle private-land-only GMU 137 [137, 138, 143, 144] Rifle DM140W1R — deer male rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 140 Rifle DM143L1R — deer male rifle late season GMU 143 [143] Rifle DM143O1R — deer male rifle season 1 GMU 143 [143, 144, 145] Rifle DM143O2M — deer male muzzleloader season 2 GMU 143 [143, 144, 145] Muzzleloader DM143P1R — deer male rifle private-land-only GMU 143 [10/30/2021 - 11/09/2021 Antlered 143, 144, 145] Rifle

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.

.243 Winchester depends from $1.11/rd
.25-06 Remington
6.5 Creedmoor
6.5 Grendel
.270 Winchester from $0.16/rd
7mm-08 Remington
7mm Remington Magnum
.30-06 Springfield
.300 AAC Blackout from $0.56/rd
.300 Winchester Magnum from $1.25/rd
.30-30 Winchester
.308 Winchester
.338 Winchester Magnum
.350 Legend from $1.07/rd
.35 Whelen
.360 Buckhammer
.400 Legend
.444 Marlin
.450 Bushmaster from $2.00/rd
.45-70 Government from $1.97/rd
.50 Beowulf
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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.

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