Colorado Deer — GMU 83

Colorado GMU 83 covers 801,273 acres and lies 27 miles south-east of Alamosa and 81 miles south of Cañon City. 5% of it is public land, mostly county or city land (3%) and wildlife refuge (1%). In 2024, 101 people hunted deer here and took 75 — 75% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 30 tags here for 1 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):88 Nonresident share:capped at 25% Applicants:128 Hunter success (2024):75% Public land:5% Size:801,273 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in GMU 83, 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

DM083O1A deer male archery season 1 GMU 83 [83] 4 tags · 11 applicants · needed 3 pts · Standard

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
DM083O1A deer male archery season 1 GMU 83 [83] 1 tags · 2 applicants · Youth

0% Point builder
DM083O1M deer male muzzleloader season 1 GMU 83 [83] 2 tags · 20 applicants · needed 6 pts · Standard

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
DM083O2R deer male rifle season 2 GMU 83 2 tags · 36 applicants · needed 5 pts · Standard

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
DM083O2R deer male rifle season 2 GMU 83 30 tags · 1 applicants · Youth

0% Point builder
DM083O3R deer male rifle season 3 GMU 83 [83] 4 tags · 28 applicants · needed 5 pts · Standard

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
DM083O3R deer male rifle season 3 GMU 83 [83] 30 tags · 1 applicants · Youth

0% Point builder
DM083O4R deer male rifle season 4 GMU 83 0 tags · 27 applicants · Standard

— Not open to nonresidents 0% as 2nd choice
DM083O4R deer male rifle season 4 GMU 83 15 tags · 2 applicants · Youth

0% Point builder

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
DM083O1A ↗ deer male archery season 1 GMU 83 [83] Archery	0% Point builder	0%	3 −2 since 2023	4 / 11	Standard	Sep 2–30, 2026
DM083O1A ↗ deer male archery season 1 GMU 83 [83] Archery	0% Point builder	—	—	1 / 2	Youth	Sep 2–30, 2026
DM083O1M ↗ deer male muzzleloader season 1 GMU 83 [83] Muzzleloader	0% Point builder	0%	6 −1 since 2023	2 / 20	Standard	Sep 12–20, 2026
DM083O2R ↗ deer male rifle season 2 GMU 83 Rifle	0% Point builder	0%	5 −1 since 2023	2 / 36	Standard	Oct 24 – Nov 1, 2026
DM083O2R ↗ deer male rifle season 2 GMU 83 Rifle	0% Point builder	—	—	30 / 1	Youth	Oct 24 – Nov 1, 2026
DM083O3R ↗ deer male rifle season 3 GMU 83 [83] Rifle	0% Point builder	0%	5 −2 since 2023	4 / 28	Standard	Nov 7–15, 2026
DM083O3R ↗ deer male rifle season 3 GMU 83 [83] Rifle	0% Point builder	—	—	30 / 1	Youth	Nov 7–15, 2026
DM083O4R ↗ deer male rifle season 4 GMU 83 Rifle	Not open to nonresidents	0%	— steady since 2024	0 / 27	Standard	Nov 18–22, 2026
DM083O4R ↗ deer male rifle season 4 GMU 83 Rifle	0% Point builder	—	—	15 / 2	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.

11 hunts not offered in 2026 are hidden — show discontinued hunts.

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.

Other licenses valid in GMU 83

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2026 draw.

DF083W1R — deer female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 83 Standard DF083W2R — deer female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 83 Standard DF083W3R — deer female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 83 Standard DF083W4R — deer female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 83 Standard DF083W5R — deer female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 83 Standard DM083P1A — deer male archery private-land-only GMU 83 [Orchard Mesa Canal; and on the west by the 28 Rd alignment. 83 ] Standard DM083P1M — deer male muzzleloader private-land-only GMU 83 [83] Youth DM083P2R — deer male rifle private-land-only GMU 83 [Antlered] Youth DM083P3R — deer male rifle private-land-only GMU 83 [83 Antlered] Youth DM083P4R — deer male rifle private-land-only GMU 83 [Antlered] Youth DM083W1R — deer male rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 83 Standard

The country

GMU 83 within Colorado

GMU 83 and its neighbours

Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Who owns the ground

Private 761,230 ac · 95%
County or city land 22,382 ac · 3%
National Wildlife Refuge 11,535 ac · 1%
BLM 3,792 ac · 0%
State land 646 ac · 0%
National Forest 576 ac · 0%

Source: BLM Colorado Surface Management Agency

Nearby areas

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.