Colorado Deer · GMU 144
Colorado GMU 144 covers 411,845 acres and lies 30 miles east of Kim and 65 miles south of Hasty. 36% of it is public land, mostly national forest (33%) and state land (3%). In 2024, 148 people hunted deer here and took 63, a 42% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, DM137L1R, put up 60 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 50 nonresident first-choice applicants, 11 of whom drew, and the last tag went to someone with 5 points.
19 licenses · NR capped at 25%
first choice, NR
2024, all licenses
33% Forest Service
411,845 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Best Bets at 0 Points
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2024. Nonresident, first choice, 2026 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
Every License in GMU 144
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE137L2R Standard | Deer either-sex rifle late season GMU 137 | 100% (small sample) | 0 | |
| DE137L2R Youth | Deer either-sex rifle late season GMU 137 | 100% (small sample) | 0 | |
| DE137O1A Standard | Deer either-sex archery season 1 GMU 137 | 71% | 0 | |
| DE137O2R Standard | Deer either-sex rifle season 2 GMU 137 | — | — | |
| DF136W2R Standard | Deer female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 136 | 100% | — | |
| DF137L1R Standard | Deer female rifle late season GMU 137 | 0% (small sample) | 0 | |
| DF137L2R Standard | Deer female rifle late season GMU 137 | — | — | |
| DF137O1R Standard | Deer female rifle season 1 GMU 137 | — | — | |
| DF137O2M Standard | Deer female muzzleloader season 2 GMU 137 | — | — | |
| DF137O2R Standard | Deer female rifle season 2 GMU 137 | — | — | |
| DF137P1R Standard · private | Deer female rifle private-land-only GMU 137 | 100% | — | |
| DM136W2R Standard | Deer male rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 136 | 100% (small sample) | — | |
| DM137L1R Standard | Deer male rifle late season GMU 137 | 0% | 5 ▲1 | |
| DM137L1R Youth | Deer male rifle late season GMU 137 | 100% (small sample) | — | |
| DM137O1R Standard | Deer male rifle season 1 GMU 137 | not open | — | |
| DM137O1R Youth | Deer male rifle season 1 GMU 137 | 0% (small sample) | — | |
| DM137O2M Standard | Deer male muzzleloader season 2 GMU 137 | 0% (small sample) | 1 ▲1 | |
| DM137P1R Standard · private | Deer male rifle private-land-only GMU 137 | 100% | — | |
| DM137P1R Youth · private | Deer male rifle private-land-only GMU 137 | 100% (small sample) | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2026 result: DE143L2R, DE143O1A, DE143O2R, DE143O3A, DE143O3M, DF143L2R, DF143O1R, DF143O2M, DF143O2R, DF143O3A, DF143O3M, DF143P1R, DF144L1R, DM143O1R, DM143O2M, DM143P1R, DM144L1R.
Draw results: CPW 2026 Primary DEER Post Draw Report, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): Standard $636.03 ($129.11 to apply) · Youth $636.03 ($129.11 to apply). Open Mar 1 – Apr 6, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 148 | 63 | 42% |
| 2023 | 155 | 73 | 47% |
| 2022 | 156 | 72 | 46% |
| 2021 | 196 | 84 | 43% |
2024 split: rifle 51 (82%) from 119 hunters, 43%, archery 0 (0%), muzzleloader 11 (18%) from 19 hunters, 58%
What Colorado Parks and Wildlife publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. 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: CPW 2024 Statewide Deer Harvest; CPW 2023 Statewide Deer Hunting Harvest…; CPW 2022 Statewide Deer Harvest.
The Ground
| Private | 263,343 ac | 64% |
| National Forest | 135,167 ac | 33% |
| State land | 13,186 ac | 3% |
| BLM | 89 ac | <1% |
Source: Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency.
▸ Sources 10
- CPW 2026 Primary DEER Post Draw Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2026 2 CCR 406-0 Chapter W-0 General… fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2026 Big Game Hunting brochure fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2026 web page fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2024 Statewide Deer Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2023 Statewide Deer Hunting Harvest… harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2022 Statewide Deer Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2021 Statewide Deer Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2026 GMU Boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2026 draw, the latest on file, computed from Colorado Parks and Wildlife's published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.
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