Colorado Deer — GMU 20
Colorado GMU 20 covers 772,317 acres and lies 17 miles west of Loveland. 49% of it is public land, mostly national forest (25%) and national park (22%). In 2024, 1,994 people hunted deer here and took 811 — 41% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 1,056 tags here for 18 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in GMU 20, 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-
100% Undersubscribed 4% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed
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— Not open to nonresidents
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100% No first-choice applicants 0% as 2nd choice
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— Not open to nonresidents
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— Not open to nonresidents
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— Not open to nonresidents
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100% No first-choice applicants 0% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed 0% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed
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100% Undersubscribed 71% as 2nd choice
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100% No first-choice applicants 0% as 2nd choice
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92% Likely draw 3% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed 0% as 2nd choice
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35% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
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24% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
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20% Long shot
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100% Undersubscribed 100% as 2nd choice
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | License | Season |
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| DE020O1A ↗ deer either-sex archery season 1 GMU 20 [20] Archery | 100% Undersubscribed | 4% | — | 24 / 18 undersubscribed | Standard | Sep 2–30, 2026 |
| DE020O1A ↗ deer either-sex archery season 1 GMU 20 [20] Archery | 100% Undersubscribed | — | 0 steady since 2022 | 5 / 1 undersubscribed | Youth | Sep 2–30, 2026 |
| DF020O1M ↗ deer female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 20 [20] Muzzleloader | Not open to nonresidents | — | — | 0 / 0 | Standard | Sep 12–20, 2026 |
| DF020O1M ↗ deer female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 20 [20] Muzzleloader | 100% No first-choice applicants | 0% | — | 15 / 0 | Youth | Sep 12–20, 2026 |
| DF020O2R ↗ deer female rifle season 2 GMU 20 [20] Rifle | Not open to nonresidents | — | — | 0 / 0 | Standard | Oct 24 – Nov 1, 2026 |
| DF020O3R ↗ deer female rifle season 3 GMU 20 Rifle | Not open to nonresidents | — | — | 0 / 0 | Standard | Nov 7–15, 2026 |
| DF020O4R ↗ deer female rifle season 4 GMU 20 Rifle | Not open to nonresidents | — | — | 0 / 0 | Standard | Nov 18–22, 2026 |
| DF020O4R ↗ deer female rifle season 4 GMU 20 Rifle | 100% No first-choice applicants | 0% | — | 10 / 0 | Youth | Nov 18–22, 2026 |
| DF020P5R ↗ deer female rifle private-land-only GMU 20 [20] Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 0% | — | 867 / 3 undersubscribed | Standard | Sep 1 – Nov 30, 2026 |
| DF020P5R ↗ deer female rifle private-land-only GMU 20 [20] Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | — | — | 550 / 1 undersubscribed | Youth | Sep 1 – Nov 30, 2026 |
| DM020O1M ↗ deer male muzzleloader season 1 GMU 20 [20] Muzzleloader | 100% Undersubscribed | 71% | — | 23 / 3 undersubscribed | Standard | Sep 12–20, 2026 |
| DM020O1M ↗ deer male muzzleloader season 1 GMU 20 [20] Muzzleloader | 100% No first-choice applicants | 0% | — | 100 / 0 | Youth | Sep 12–20, 2026 |
| DM020O2R ↗ deer male rifle season 2 GMU 20 Rifle | 92% Likely draw | 3% | — steady since 2021 | 21 / 14 | Standard | Oct 24 – Nov 1, 2026 |
| DM020O2R ↗ deer male rifle season 2 GMU 20 Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 0% | 0 steady since 2021 | 245 / 2 undersubscribed | Youth | Oct 24 – Nov 1, 2026 |
| DM020O3R ↗ deer male rifle season 3 GMU 20 Rifle | 35% Long shot | 0% | 0 steady since 2021 | 34 / 47 | Standard | Nov 7–15, 2026 |
| DM020O4R ↗ deer male rifle season 4 GMU 20 [20] Rifle | 24% Long shot | 0% | 0 steady since 2021 | 20 / 32 | Standard | Nov 18–22, 2026 |
| DM020O4R ↗ deer male rifle season 4 GMU 20 [20] Rifle | 20% Long shot | — | 0 steady since 2021 | 3 / 5 | Youth | Nov 18–22, 2026 |
| DM020P5R ↗ deer male rifle private-land-only GMU 20 [20] Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 100% | — | 1,056 / 18 undersubscribed | Standard | Oct 24 – Nov 30, 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.
What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)
| License | Up front | Gone if you miss | If you draw |
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| 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.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- Private 393,412 ac · 51%
- National Forest 192,121 ac · 25%
- National Park Service 170,139 ac · 22%
- County or city land 10,112 ac · 1%
- State land 4,239 ac · 1%
- Other public 1,740 ac · 0%
- BLM 550 ac · 0%
- National Wildlife Refuge 2 ac · 0%
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.
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
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| 2024 | 1,994 | 811 | 41% |
| 2023 | 1,895 | 784 | 41% |
| 2022 | 1,889 | 752 | 40% |
| 2021 | 1,793 | 858 | 48% |
What people carried (2024 harvest)
- Rifle 745 · 92% · 1,681 hunters, 44% success
- Archery 43 · 5% · 216 hunters, 20% success
- Muzzleloader 23 · 3% · 97 hunters, 24% success
Boundary: CPW GMU Boundary (Big Game)
Harvest: 2024 Statewide Deer Harvest
Harvest: 2023 Statewide Deer Hunting Harvest Estimates
Harvest: 2022 Statewide Deer Harvest