Colorado Deer — GMU 34
Colorado GMU 34 covers 123,483 acres and lies 8 miles north-east of Glenwood Springs and 18 miles west of Gypsum. 92% of it is public land, mostly national forest (73%) and BLM (19%). In 2024, 1,067 people hunted deer here and took 173 — 16% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 307 tags here for 17 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in GMU 34, 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 46% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed 0% as 2nd choice
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100% No first-choice applicants
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100% No first-choice applicants
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— Cut level
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— Undersubscribed
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100% No first-choice applicants 0% as 2nd choice
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— Undersubscribed
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100% No first-choice applicants 0% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed 79% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed 37% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed 29% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed 55% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed 57% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed 37% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed 0% as 2nd choice
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | License | Season |
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| DE034O1A ↗ deer either-sex archery season 1 GMU 34 [34] Archery | 100% Undersubscribed | 46% | — | 61 / 14 undersubscribed | Standard | Sep 2–30, 2026 |
| DE034O1A ↗ deer either-sex archery season 1 GMU 34 [34] Archery | 100% Undersubscribed | 0% | — | 46 / 1 undersubscribed | Youth | Sep 2–30, 2026 |
| DE034P2R ↗ deer either-sex rifle private-land-only GMU 34 [34] Rifle | 100% No first-choice applicants | — | — | 25 / 0 | Standard | Oct 24 – Nov 1, 2026 |
| DE034P3R ↗ deer either-sex rifle private-land-only GMU 34 [34] Rifle | 100% No first-choice applicants | — | — | 27 / 0 | Standard | Nov 7–15, 2026 |
| DF034O1M ↗ deer female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 34 [34] Muzzleloader | — Cut level | — | — | 28 / 0 | Standard | Sep 12–20, 2026 |
| DF034O2R ↗ deer female rifle season 2 GMU 34 Rifle | — Undersubscribed | — | — | 1 / 0 undersubscribed | Standard | Oct 24 – Nov 1, 2026 |
| DF034O2R ↗ deer female rifle season 2 GMU 34 Rifle | 100% No first-choice applicants | 0% | — | 1 / 0 | Youth | Oct 24 – Nov 1, 2026 |
| DF034O3R ↗ deer female rifle season 3 GMU 34 Rifle | — Undersubscribed | — | — | 16 / 0 undersubscribed | Standard | Nov 7–15, 2026 |
| DF034O3R ↗ deer female rifle season 3 GMU 34 Rifle | 100% No first-choice applicants | 0% | — | 16 / 0 | Youth | Nov 7–15, 2026 |
| DM034O1M ↗ deer male muzzleloader season 1 GMU 34 [34] Muzzleloader | 100% Undersubscribed | 79% | — | 106 / 8 undersubscribed | Standard | Sep 12–20, 2026 |
| DM034O2R ↗ deer male rifle season 2 GMU 34 Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 37% | — | 307 / 17 undersubscribed | Standard | Oct 24 – Nov 1, 2026 |
| DM034O2R ↗ deer male rifle season 2 GMU 34 Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 29% | — | 288 / 2 undersubscribed | Youth | Oct 24 – Nov 1, 2026 |
| DM034O3R ↗ deer male rifle season 3 GMU 34 Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 55% | — | 154 / 17 undersubscribed | Standard | Nov 7–15, 2026 |
| DM034O3R ↗ deer male rifle season 3 GMU 34 Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 57% | — | 132 / 5 undersubscribed | Youth | Nov 7–15, 2026 |
| DM034O4R ↗ deer male rifle season 4 GMU 34 [34] Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 37% | — | 33 / 24 undersubscribed | Standard | Nov 18–22, 2026 |
| DM034O4R ↗ deer male rifle season 4 GMU 34 [34] Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 0% | 0 | 8 / 1 undersubscribed | Youth | Nov 18–22, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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 | 1,067 | 173 | 16% |
| 2023 | 667 | 140 | 21% |
| 2022 | 661 | 101 | 15% |
| 2021 | 680 | 130 | 19% |
What people carried (2024 harvest)
- Rifle 141 · 82% · 812 hunters, 17% success
- Archery 7 · 4% · 93 hunters, 8% success
- Muzzleloader 25 · 14% · 162 hunters, 15% success
Boundary: CPW GMU Boundary (Big Game)
Harvest: 2024 Statewide Deer Harvest
Harvest: 2023 Statewide Deer Hunting Harvest Estimates
Harvest: 2022 Statewide Deer Harvest