Colorado Deer — GMU 146

Colorado GMU 146 covers 596,638 acres and lies 98 miles east of Pueblo. 6% of it is public land, mostly state land (4%) and county or city land (2%). In 2024, 168 people hunted deer here and took 44 — 26% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 300 tags here for 1 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):681 Nonresident share:capped at 25% Applicants:96 Hunter success (2024):26% Public land:6% Size:596,638 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in GMU 146, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level

DE122O1A deer either-sex archery season 1 GMU 122 [122, 125, 126, 127, 129, 130, 132 139, 145, 146] 43 tags · 36 applicants · needed 0 pts · Standard

97% Likely draw 0% as 2nd choice
DE122O1A deer either-sex archery season 1 GMU 122 [122, 125, 126, 127, 129, 130, 132 139, 145, 146] 300 tags · 1 applicants · needed 0 pts · Youth

100% Undersubscribed
DE122O3A deer either-sex archery season 3 GMU 122 [122, 125, 126, 127 129, 130, 132, 139 145, 146] 4 tags · 2 applicants · Standard

100% Undersubscribed 8% as 2nd choice
DE122O3A deer either-sex archery season 3 GMU 122 [122, 125, 126, 127 129, 130, 132, 139 145, 146] 130 tags · 1 applicants · needed 0 pts · Youth

100% Undersubscribed
DE122O3M deer either-sex muzzleloader season 3 GMU 122 [122, 125, 126 127, 129, 130 132, 139, 145 146] 24 tags · 2 applicants · Standard

100% Undersubscribed 63% as 2nd choice
DE126L2R deer either-sex rifle late season GMU 126 [126, 146] 9 tags · 6 applicants · Standard

100% Undersubscribed 47% as 2nd choice
DE126O2R deer either-sex rifle season 2 GMU 126 [126, 146] 5 tags · 5 applicants · Standard

100% Undersubscribed 13% as 2nd choice
DF122O2M deer female muzzleloader season 2 GMU 122 [122, 125, 126, 127, 129, 130, 132, 139, 145 146] 1 tags · 0 applicants · Standard

— Cut level
DF122O3A deer female archery season 3 GMU 122 [129, 130, 132, 139 145, 146] 63 tags · 0 applicants · Standard

— Cut level
DF122O3M deer female muzzleloader season 3 GMU 122 [122, 125, 126 127, 129, 130 132, 139, 145 146] 13 tags · 0 applicants · Standard

— Cut level
DF126L1R deer female rifle late season GMU 126 [126, 146] 2 tags · 0 applicants · Standard

— Cut level
DF126L2R deer female rifle late season GMU 126 [126, 146] 1 tags · 0 applicants · Standard

— Undersubscribed
DF126O1R deer female rifle season 1 GMU 126 [126, 146] 2 tags · 1 applicants · needed 0 pts · Standard

100% Undersubscribed
DF126O2R deer female rifle season 2 GMU 126 [126, 146] 5 tags · 0 applicants · Standard

— Cut level
DM122O2M deer male muzzleloader season 2 GMU 122 [122, 125, 126, 127, 129, 130, 132, 139, 145 146] 6 tags · 4 applicants · needed 0 pts · Standard

100% Undersubscribed 0% as 2nd choice
DM126L1R deer male rifle late season GMU 126 [126, 146] 12 tags · 18 applicants · needed 1 pts · Standard

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
DM126L1R deer male rifle late season GMU 126 [126, 146] 1 tags · 1 applicants · Youth

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
DM126O1R deer male rifle season 1 GMU 126 [126, 146] 10 tags · 17 applicants · needed 1 pts · Standard

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
DM126O1R deer male rifle season 1 GMU 126 [126, 146] 50 tags · 2 applicants · Youth

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
DE122O1A ↗ deer either-sex archery season 1 GMU 122 [122, 125, 126, 127, 129, 130, 132 139, 145, 146] Archery	97% Likely draw	0%	0 steady since 2024	43 / 36	Standard	Nov 4–30, 2026
DE122O1A ↗ deer either-sex archery season 1 GMU 122 [122, 125, 126, 127, 129, 130, 132 139, 145, 146] Archery	100% Undersubscribed	—	0 −2 since 2024	300 / 1 undersubscribed	Youth	Nov 4–30, 2026
DE122O3A ↗ deer either-sex archery season 3 GMU 122 [122, 125, 126, 127 129, 130, 132, 139 145, 146] Archery	100% Undersubscribed	8%	—	4 / 2 undersubscribed	Standard	Nov 4–30, 2026
DE122O3A ↗ deer either-sex archery season 3 GMU 122 [122, 125, 126, 127 129, 130, 132, 139 145, 146] Archery	100% Undersubscribed	—	0	130 / 1 undersubscribed	Youth	Nov 4–30, 2026
DE122O3M ↗ deer either-sex muzzleloader season 3 GMU 122 [122, 125, 126 127, 129, 130 132, 139, 145 146] Muzzleloader	100% Undersubscribed	63%	—	24 / 2 undersubscribed	Standard	Oct 10–18, 2026
DE126L2R ↗ deer either-sex rifle late season GMU 126 [126, 146] Rifle	100% Undersubscribed	47%	—	9 / 6 undersubscribed	Standard	Dec 1–14, 2026
DE126O2R ↗ deer either-sex rifle season 2 GMU 126 [126, 146] Rifle	100% Undersubscribed	13%	— steady since 2022	5 / 5 undersubscribed	Standard	Oct 24 – Nov 3, 2026
DF122O2M ↗ deer female muzzleloader season 2 GMU 122 [122, 125, 126, 127, 129, 130, 132, 139, 145 146] Muzzleloader	— Cut level	—	—	1 / 0	Standard	Oct 10–18, 2026
DF122O3A ↗ deer female archery season 3 GMU 122 [129, 130, 132, 139 145, 146] Archery	— Cut level	—	—	63 / 0	Standard	Nov 4–30, 2026
DF122O3M ↗ deer female muzzleloader season 3 GMU 122 [122, 125, 126 127, 129, 130 132, 139, 145 146] Muzzleloader	— Cut level	—	—	13 / 0	Standard	Oct 10–18, 2026
DF126L1R ↗ deer female rifle late season GMU 126 [126, 146] Rifle	— Cut level	—	—	2 / 0	Standard	Dec 1–14, 2026
DF126L2R ↗ deer female rifle late season GMU 126 [126, 146] Rifle	— Undersubscribed	—	—	1 / 0 undersubscribed	Standard	Dec 1–14, 2026
DF126O1R ↗ deer female rifle season 1 GMU 126 [126, 146] Rifle	100% Undersubscribed	—	0	2 / 1 undersubscribed	Standard	Oct 24 – Nov 3, 2026
DF126O2R ↗ deer female rifle season 2 GMU 126 [126, 146] Rifle	— Cut level	—	—	5 / 0	Standard	Oct 24 – Nov 3, 2026
DM122O2M ↗ deer male muzzleloader season 2 GMU 122 [122, 125, 126, 127, 129, 130, 132, 139, 145 146] Muzzleloader	100% Undersubscribed	0%	0 steady since 2022	6 / 4 undersubscribed	Standard	Oct 10–18, 2026
DM126L1R ↗ deer male rifle late season GMU 126 [126, 146] Rifle	0% Point builder	0%	1 steady since 2022	12 / 18	Standard	Dec 1–14, 2026
DM126L1R ↗ deer male rifle late season GMU 126 [126, 146] Rifle	0% Point builder	0%	— steady since 2022	1 / 1	Youth	Dec 1–14, 2026
DM126O1R ↗ deer male rifle season 1 GMU 126 [126, 146] Rifle	0% Point builder	0%	1 steady since 2022	10 / 17	Standard	Oct 24 – Nov 3, 2026
DM126O1R ↗ deer male rifle season 1 GMU 126 [126, 146] Rifle	0% Point builder	0%	—	50 / 2	Youth	Oct 24 – Nov 3, 2026

What these columns mean

Your odds: the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge: plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
As 2nd choice: Colorado lets you name more than one hunt on the application. Miss on your first choice and you go into the pot for whatever tags are left, alongside everyone else's second choices. Points never help a lower choice, so this number is the same whatever you have banked — it is usually worth naming a hunt that goes undersubscribed.
Points needed: the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants: tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.

4 hunts not offered in 2026 are hidden — show discontinued hunts.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License	Up front	Gone if you miss	If you draw
Standard license	$129.11	$129.11	$636.03
Youth license	$129.11	$129.11	$636.03

Application window: opens Mar 1, closes Apr 7, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Other licenses valid in GMU 146

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2026 draw.

DF138L1R — deer female rifle late season GMU 138 [138, 146 DM138L1R 35] Standard DF138O1R — deer female rifle season 1 GMU 138 [138, 146 DM138O1R 35] Standard DM138L1R — deer male rifle late season GMU 138 [138, 146] Standard DM138O1R — deer male rifle season 1 GMU 138 [138, 146] Youth

The country

GMU 146 within Colorado

GMU 146 and its neighbours

Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Who owns the ground

Private 559,357 ac · 94%
State land 23,957 ac · 4%
County or city land 12,299 ac · 2%
Department of Defense 602 ac · 0%
BLM 420 ac · 0%

Source: BLM Colorado Surface Management Agency

Nearby areas

How the hunting has gone

What Colorado Parks and Wildlife publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. 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.