Colorado Deer DM040O1A — GMU 40

deer male archery season 1 GMU 40 [40]

GMU 40 within Colorado

What you may take: deer male archery season 1 GMU 40 [40]
Weapon: Archery; Archery gear only — no rifle season on this license.
Where: GMU 40; 62% public of 475,151 acres
Season (2026): Sep 2–30, 2026
Tags (2026): 15; for 64 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 25%
Hunter success here (2024): 74%; of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2026 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 14 tags, 64 first-choice applicants, drew out at 4 points. Source: 2026 Primary DEER Post Draw... · p. 707.

Points	Your chance	Applicants	Drawn
0	0%	7	0
1	0%	9	0
2	0%	9	0
3	0%	9	0
4	13%	16	2
5	100%	6	4
6	100%	2	2
7	100%	2	2
8	100%	3	3
9	100%	—	—
10	100%	1	1

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 nonresident fees)

Cash to apply

$129.11

Out of pocket if unsuccessful

$129.11

Total if drawn

$636.03

Refunded if unsuccessful

At the 2026 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $636.03 (enough points to draw) to $1,539.80 (lowest published odds).

Nonresident limited-license application-processing fee (per species, per draw) · paid at application $11.49 source

Nonresident annual small game license (cheapest qualifying license to enter the draws; base $102.11 + surcharges) · paid at application $104.86 or $194.21 source

Colorado Wildlife Habitat Stamp (ages 18-64, once per license year, added automatically) · 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

Nonresident deer license (adult, includes fishing combo; base $504.17 + surcharges) - charged only if drawn · paid if drawn, refundable $506.92 source

Optional, not counted above: Hunt-code exchange fee (same species, quota remaining, before season starts) $5 and License refund processing fee (most refunds) $15.

Not applying this year? A point-only purchase costs $0 (Mar 1 – Apr 7, expected) and keeps you moving toward the 4-point cut.

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

Drew out at 2 → 2 → 3 → 3 → 4 points (2022–2026): +0.5 points/yr (range +0.0 to +1.0). Projecting that pace forward:

Your points now	Years until a sure thing
0	8 yrs (4–∞)
1	6 yrs (3–∞)
2	4 yrs (2–∞)
3	2 yrs (1–∞)
4	now

A projection of the last five draws' median creep (capped at 2 points/yr), not a forecast. Random-pass odds still apply every year you're below the cut.

Seasons (2026)

Split 1: Sep 2–30, 2026 p. 707

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in GMU 40, Colorado Parks and Wildlife counted 363 hunters and 268 deer taken in 2024 — 74% of them killed something. Full GMU 40 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

Tags issued to lower choices ÷ lower-choice applicants, as published. Points do not help a lower choice.

Year by year

The standard draw for nonresidents, 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	15	64	4.3	4	1 tagfrom 12 applications	2026 Primary DEER Post Draw... · p. 707
2025	15	45	3.0	3	1 tagfrom 7 applications	2025 Primary DEER Post Draw... · p. 647
2024	15	41	2.7	3	1 tagfrom 10 applications	2024 Primary DEER Post Draw... · p. 641
2023	20	58	2.9	2	2 tagsfrom 12 applications	2023 Primary DEER Post Draw... · p. 636
2022	21	45	2.1	2	2 tagsfrom 11 applications	2022 Primary DEER Post Draw... · p. 630
2021	22	56	2.5	2	—	2021 Primary Deer Post Draw... · p. 643

Other licenses valid in GMU 40

DM040O1M — deer male muzzleloader season 1 GMU 40 [40] Muzzleloader DM040O2R — deer male rifle season 2 GMU 40 [40] Rifle DM040O3R — deer male rifle season 3 GMU 40 Rifle DM040O4R — deer male rifle season 4 GMU 40 Rifle DM040P2R — deer male rifle private-land-only GMU 40 [40] Rifle DM040P3R — deer male rifle private-land-only GMU 40 [40] Rifle DM040W1R — deer male rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 40 Rifle

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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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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.