Colorado Deer · GMU 29
Colorado GMU 29 covers 282,388 acres and lies 4 miles south-west of Boulder. 29% of it is public land, mostly national forest (22%) and county or city land (5%). In 2024, 829 people hunted deer here and took 191, a 23% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, DE029O1A, put up 150 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 6 nonresident first-choice applicants.
11 licenses · NR capped at 25%
first choice, NR
2024, all licenses
22% Forest Service
282,388 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.
- Success
- 23%
- Season
- Sep 2–30
- Tags / Apps
- 150 / 6
- If Drawn
- $636.03
- Success
- 23%
- Season
- Sep 12–20
- Tags / Apps
- 60 / 1
- If Drawn
- $636.03
- Success
- 23%
- Season
- Oct 24 – Nov 1
- Tags / Apps
- 225 / 4
- If Drawn
- $636.03
- Success
- 23%
- Season
- Nov 7–15
- Tags / Apps
- 175 / 1
- If Drawn
- $636.03
Every License in GMU 29
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE029O1A | Deer either-sex archery season 1 GMU 29 | 100% | — | |
| DF029O1M | Deer female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 29 | not open | — | |
| DF029O2R | Deer female rifle season 2 GMU 29 | not open | — | |
| DF029O3R | Deer female rifle season 3 GMU 29 | not open | — | |
| DF029O4R | Deer female rifle season 4 GMU 29 | not open | — | |
| DF029P5R · private | Deer female rifle private-land-only GMU 29 | 100% | — | |
| DM029O1M | Deer male muzzleloader season 1 GMU 29 | 100% (small sample) | — | |
| DM029O2R | Deer male rifle season 2 GMU 29 | 100% (small sample) | — | |
| DM029O3R | Deer male rifle season 3 GMU 29 | 100% (small sample) | — | |
| DM029O4R | Deer male rifle season 4 GMU 29 | 100% (small sample) | — | |
| DM029P5R · private | Deer male rifle private-land-only GMU 29 | 100% | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: CPW 2026 Primary DEER Post Draw Report, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $636.03 ($129.11 to apply). Open Mar 1 – Apr 6, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 829 | 191 | 23% |
| 2023 | 918 | 249 | 27% |
| 2022 | 890 | 211 | 24% |
| 2021 | 961 | 241 | 25% |
2024 split: rifle 146 (76%) from 647 hunters, 23%, archery 19 (10%) from 99 hunters, 19%, muzzleloader 26 (14%) from 83 hunters, 31%
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 | 200,662 ac | 71% |
| National Forest | 62,869 ac | 22% |
| County or city land | 14,232 ac | 5% |
| State land | 2,016 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 1,881 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 721 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 1 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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