Colorado Deer · GMU 751

Colorado GMU 751 covers 296,472 acres and lies 22 miles north-east of Durango and 59 miles east of Cortez. 73% of it is public land, mostly national forest (71%) and Bureau of Reclamation (1%). In 2024, 769 people hunted deer here and took 431, a 56% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, DM075O3R, put up 425 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 230 nonresident first-choice applicants, 94 of whom drew, and the last tag went to someone with 1 point.

Tags, 2026
4,729

32 licenses · NR capped at 25%

Applicants
1,002

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
56%

2024, all licenses

Public Land
73%

71% Forest Service

Size
463 mi²

296,472 acres

Durango Cortez 751
56%hunter success 2024 · 769 hunters, 431 deer

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.

Every License in GMU 751

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
DE075O1A Standard 11% 0
Youth 100% (small sample) 0
DF075O1M Standard 100% (small sample) —
Youth 100% (small sample) —
DF075O2R Standard 50% (small sample) 0 ▼1
Youth 0% (small sample) —
DF075O3R Standard 100% (small sample) —
Youth 100% (small sample) —
DF075O4R Standard 100% (small sample) —
Youth 100% (small sample) —
DF075P2R Standard · private 100% —
Youth · private 100% (small sample) —
DF075P3R Standard · private 100% —
DF075P4R Standard · private 100% —
Youth · private 100% (small sample) —
DF075P5R Standard · private 100% —
DM075O1M Standard 100% —
Youth 100% (small sample) —
DM075O1R Standard 0% 1
Youth 0% (small sample) —
DM075O2R Standard 100% —
Youth 100% —
DM075O3R Standard 0% 1 ▲1
Youth 0% (small sample) 0
DM075O4R Standard 0% 5 ▲3
Youth 0% (small sample) —
DM075P2R Standard · private 100% —
Youth · private 100% (small sample) —
DM075P3R Standard · private 100% —
Youth · private 100% (small sample) 0
DM075P4R Standard · private 43% 0 ▼1
Youth · private 100% (small sample) 0

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): Standard $636.03 ($129.11 to apply) · Youth $636.03 ($129.11 to apply). Open Mar 1 – Apr 6, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Harvest

Year Hunters Deer Success
2024 769 431 56%
2023 637 301 47%
2022 769 373 49%
2021 763 291 38%

2024 split: rifle 392 (91%) from 645 hunters, 61%, archery 22 (5%) from 62 hunters, 35%, muzzleloader 17 (4%) from 62 hunters, 27%

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

National Forest 209,538 ac 71%
Private 60,107 ac 20%
Tribal 21,260 ac 7%
Bureau of Reclamation 3,156 ac 1%
State land 1,346 ac <1%
BLM 837 ac <1%
Other public 224 ac <1%

Source: Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency.

▸ Sources 10
  1. CPW 2026 Primary DEER Post Draw Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. CPW 2026 2 CCR 406-0 Chapter W-0 General… fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. CPW 2026 Big Game Hunting brochure fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. CPW 2026 web page fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. CPW 2024 Statewide Deer Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  6. CPW 2023 Statewide Deer Hunting Harvest… harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  7. CPW 2022 Statewide Deer Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  8. CPW 2021 Statewide Deer Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  9. CPW 2026 GMU Boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  10. 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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