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 (6%). In 2024, 829 people hunted deer here and took 191 — 23% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 307 tags here for 1 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in GMU 29, 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 36% as 2nd choice
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100% No first-choice applicants 100% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed 89% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed 0% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed 100% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed 20% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
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| DE029O1A ↗ deer either-sex archery season 1 GMU 29 [29] Archery | 100% Undersubscribed | 36% | — | 41 / 6 undersubscribed | Sep 2–30, 2026 |
| DF029O1M ↗ deer female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 29 [29] Muzzleloader | Not open to nonresidents | — | — | 0 / 0 | Sep 12–20, 2026 |
| DF029O2R ↗ deer female rifle season 2 GMU 29 [29] Rifle | Not open to nonresidents | — | — | 0 / 0 | Oct 24 – Nov 1, 2026 |
| DF029O3R ↗ deer female rifle season 3 GMU 29 Rifle | Not open to nonresidents | — | — | 0 / 0 | Nov 7–15, 2026 |
| DF029O4R ↗ deer female rifle season 4 GMU 29 Rifle | Not open to nonresidents | — | — | 0 / 0 | Nov 18–22, 2026 |
| DF029P5R ↗ deer female rifle private-land-only GMU 29 [29] Rifle | 100% No first-choice applicants | 100% | — | 284 / 0 | Sep 1 – Nov 30, 2026 |
| DM029O1M ↗ deer male muzzleloader season 1 GMU 29 [29] Muzzleloader | 100% Undersubscribed | 89% | — | 11 / 1 undersubscribed | Sep 12–20, 2026 |
| DM029O2R ↗ deer male rifle season 2 GMU 29 Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 0% | — | 110 / 4 undersubscribed | Oct 24 – Nov 1, 2026 |
| DM029O3R ↗ deer male rifle season 3 GMU 29 Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 100% | — | 67 / 1 undersubscribed | Nov 7–15, 2026 |
| DM029O4R ↗ deer male rifle season 4 GMU 29 [29] Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 20% | — | 67 / 1 undersubscribed | Nov 18–22, 2026 |
| DM029P5R ↗ deer male rifle private-land-only GMU 29 [29] Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | — | — | 307 / 1 undersubscribed | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per application | $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 200,740 ac · 71%
- National Forest 62,791 ac · 22%
- County or city land 15,626 ac · 6%
- BLM 1,881 ac · 1%
- Other public 721 ac · 0%
- State land 622 ac · 0%
- National Wildlife Refuge 1 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 | 829 | 191 | 23% |
| 2023 | 918 | 249 | 27% |
| 2022 | 890 | 211 | 24% |
| 2021 | 961 | 241 | 25% |
What people carried (2024 harvest)
- Rifle 146 · 76% · 647 hunters, 23% success
- Archery 19 · 10% · 99 hunters, 19% success
- Muzzleloader 26 · 14% · 83 hunters, 31% success
Boundary: CPW GMU Boundary (Big Game)
Harvest: 2024 Statewide Deer Harvest
Harvest: 2023 Statewide Deer Hunting Harvest Estimates
Harvest: 2022 Statewide Deer Harvest