Colorado Deer — GMU 62
Colorado GMU 62 covers 880,843 acres and lies 17 miles south-west of Delta and 43 miles south-east of Grand Junction. 70% of it is public land, mostly BLM (40%) and national forest (29%). In 2024, 1,374 people hunted deer here and took 599 — 44% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 299 tags here for 18 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in GMU 62, 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-
DE062P6R deer either-sex rifle private-land-only GMU 62 [62 – Those portions bounded on the north by the unit boundary; on the east by the unit boundary; on the south by West Ca] 199 tags · 1 applicants · Standard0% Undersubscribed
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100% No first-choice applicants
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100% No first-choice applicants
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0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
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0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
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DM062O1M deer male muzzleloader season 1 GMU 62 [62] 39 tags · 50 applicants · needed 0 pts · Standard35% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
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0% Point builder
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0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
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0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
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0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
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0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
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0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
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0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
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0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
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0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed 40% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed 57% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed 100% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed 41% as 2nd choice
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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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| DE062P6R ↗ deer either-sex rifle private-land-only GMU 62 [62 – Those portions bounded on the north by the unit boundary; on the east by the unit boundary; on the south by West Ca] Rifle | 0% Undersubscribed | — | — | 199 / 1 undersubscribed | Standard | Aug 15–25, 2026 |
| DF062P2R ↗ deer female rifle private-land-only GMU 62 Rifle | 100% No first-choice applicants | — | — | 135 / 0 | Standard | Oct 24 – Nov 1, 2026 |
| DF062P3R ↗ deer female rifle private-land-only GMU 62 Rifle | 100% No first-choice applicants | — | — | 120 / 0 | Standard | Nov 7–15, 2026 |
| DM062O1A ↗ deer male archery season 1 GMU 62 [62] Archery | 0% Point builder | 0% | 1 steady since 2021 | 44 / 138 | Standard | Sep 2–30, 2026 |
| DM062O1A ↗ deer male archery season 1 GMU 62 [62] Archery | 0% Point builder | 0% | — | 3 / 1 | Youth | Sep 2–30, 2026 |
| DM062O1M ↗ deer male muzzleloader season 1 GMU 62 [62] Muzzleloader | 35% Long shot | 0% | 0 −2 since 2021 | 39 / 50 | Standard | Sep 12–20, 2026 |
| DM062O1M ↗ deer male muzzleloader season 1 GMU 62 [62] Muzzleloader | 0% Point builder | — | — −2 since 2021 | 4 / 1 | Youth | Sep 12–20, 2026 |
| DM062O1R ↗ deer male rifle season 1 GMU 62 Rifle | 0% Point builder | 0% | 1 steady since 2025 | 65 / 104 | Standard | Oct 14–18, 2026 |
| DM062O1R ↗ deer male rifle season 1 GMU 62 Rifle | 0% Point builder | 0% | 1 −1 since 2025 | 9 / 8 | Youth | Oct 14–18, 2026 |
| DM062O2R ↗ deer male rifle season 2 GMU 62 [62] Rifle | 0% Point builder | 0% | 2 +1 since 2021 | 73 / 219 | Standard | Oct 24 – Nov 1, 2026 |
| DM062O2R ↗ deer male rifle season 2 GMU 62 [62] Rifle | 0% Point builder | 0% | 2 +1 since 2021 | 3 / 13 | Youth | Oct 24 – Nov 1, 2026 |
| DM062O3R ↗ deer male rifle season 3 GMU 62 [62] Rifle | 0% Point builder | 0% | 5 +1 since 2021 | 67 / 333 | Standard | Nov 7–15, 2026 |
| DM062O3R ↗ deer male rifle season 3 GMU 62 [62] Rifle | 0% Point builder | 0% | — +1 since 2021 | 2 / 25 | Youth | Nov 7–15, 2026 |
| DM062O4R ↗ deer male rifle season 4 GMU 62 Rifle | 0% Point builder | 0% | 10 | 17 / 148 | Standard | Nov 18–22, 2026 |
| DM062O4R ↗ deer male rifle season 4 GMU 62 Rifle | 0% Point builder | 0% | — | 2 / 17 | Youth | Nov 18–22, 2026 |
| DM062P1R ↗ deer male rifle private-land-only GMU 62 Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 40% | — | 203 / 10 undersubscribed | Standard | Oct 14–18, 2026 |
| DM062P2R ↗ deer male rifle private-land-only GMU 62 [62] Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 57% | — | 299 / 18 undersubscribed | Standard | Oct 24 – Nov 1, 2026 |
| DM062P2R ↗ deer male rifle private-land-only GMU 62 [62] Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 100% | — | 99 / 1 undersubscribed | Youth | Oct 24 – Nov 1, 2026 |
| DM062P3R ↗ deer male rifle private-land-only GMU 62 [62] Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 41% | — steady since 2021 | 207 / 21 undersubscribed | Standard | Nov 7–15, 2026 |
| DM062P3R ↗ deer male rifle private-land-only GMU 62 [62] Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 100% | — steady since 2021 | 200 / 2 undersubscribed | Youth | Nov 7–15, 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.
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 | 1,374 | 599 | 44% |
| 2023 | 1,403 | 644 | 46% |
| 2022 | 1,246 | 598 | 48% |
| 2021 | 1,271 | 663 | 52% |
What people carried (2024 harvest)
- Rifle 512 · 85% · 1,067 hunters, 48% success
- Archery 30 · 5% · 174 hunters, 17% success
- Muzzleloader 58 · 10% · 133 hunters, 44% success
Boundary: CPW GMU Boundary (Big Game)
Harvest: 2024 Statewide Deer Harvest
Harvest: 2023 Statewide Deer Hunting Harvest Estimates
Harvest: 2022 Statewide Deer Harvest