Colorado Deer — GMU 88
Colorado GMU 88 covers 439,218 acres and lies 40 miles north of Fort Morgan and 52 miles north-east of Greeley. 21% of it is public land, mostly national forest (16%) and state land (4%). In 2024, 128 people hunted deer here and took 41 — 32% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 275 tags here for 0 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in GMU 88, 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-
DE087O1A deer either-sex archery season 1 GMU 87 [87, 88, 89, 90, 95] 1 tags · 1 applicants · needed 0 pts · Standard100% Undersubscribed 0% as 2nd choice
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DE087O2X deer either-sex rifle (season choice) season 2 GMU 87 [87, 88, 89, 90, 95] 6 tags · 1 applicants · Standard100% Undersubscribed 43% as 2nd choice
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DE087O2X deer either-sex rifle (season choice) season 2 GMU 87 [87, 88, 89, 90, 95] 275 tags · 0 applicants · Youth100% No first-choice applicants 0% as 2nd choice
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DF087O2M deer female muzzleloader season 2 GMU 87 [87, 88, 89, 90, 95] 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard— Not open to nonresidents
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DF087O2X deer female rifle (season choice) season 2 GMU 87 [87, 88, 89, 90, 95] 183 tags · 0 applicants · Standard— Cut level
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— Not open to nonresidents
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— Not open to nonresidents
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DM087O2M deer male muzzleloader season 2 GMU 87 [87, 88, 89, 90, 95] 2 tags · 1 applicants · Standard100% Undersubscribed 25% as 2nd choice
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— Not open to nonresidents 0% as 2nd choice
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0% Point builder
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100% No first-choice applicants
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0% Undersubscribed
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | License | Season |
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| DE087O1A ↗ deer either-sex archery season 1 GMU 87 [87, 88, 89, 90, 95] Archery | 100% Undersubscribed | 0% | 0 steady since 2021 | 1 / 1 undersubscribed | Standard | Nov 4–30, 2026 |
| DE087O2X ↗ deer either-sex rifle (season choice) season 2 GMU 87 [87, 88, 89, 90, 95] Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 43% | — | 6 / 1 undersubscribed | Standard | Oct 1 – Dec 31, 2026 |
| DE087O2X ↗ deer either-sex rifle (season choice) season 2 GMU 87 [87, 88, 89, 90, 95] Rifle | 100% No first-choice applicants | 0% | — | 275 / 0 | Youth | Oct 1 – Dec 31, 2026 |
| DF087O2M ↗ deer female muzzleloader season 2 GMU 87 [87, 88, 89, 90, 95] Muzzleloader | Not open to nonresidents | — | — | 0 / 0 | Standard | Oct 10–18, 2026 |
| DF087O2X ↗ deer female rifle (season choice) season 2 GMU 87 [87, 88, 89, 90, 95] Rifle | — Cut level | — | — | 183 / 0 | Standard | Oct 1 – Dec 31, 2026 |
| DF088L1R ↗ deer female rifle late season GMU 88 [88] Rifle | Not open to nonresidents | — | — | 0 / 0 | Standard | Dec 1–14, 2026 |
| DF088O1R ↗ deer female rifle season 1 GMU 88 [88] Rifle | Not open to nonresidents | — | — | 0 / 0 | Standard | Oct 24 – Nov 3, 2026 |
| DM087O2M ↗ deer male muzzleloader season 2 GMU 87 [87, 88, 89, 90, 95] Muzzleloader | 100% Undersubscribed | 25% | — steady since 2021 | 2 / 1 undersubscribed | Standard | Oct 10–18, 2026 |
| DM088L1R ↗ deer male rifle late season GMU 88 [88] Rifle | Not open to nonresidents | 0% | — steady since 2021 | 0 / 1 | Standard | Dec 1–14, 2026 |
| DM088L1R ↗ deer male rifle late season GMU 88 [88] Rifle | 0% Point builder | — | — | 40 / 1 | Youth | Dec 1–14, 2026 |
| DM088O1R ↗ deer male rifle season 1 GMU 88 [88] Rifle | 100% No first-choice applicants | — | — steady since 2021 | 2 / 0 | Standard | Oct 24 – Nov 3, 2026 |
| DM088O1R ↗ deer male rifle season 1 GMU 88 [88] Rifle | 0% Undersubscribed | — | 1 −2 since 2022 | 40 / 2 undersubscribed | Youth | Oct 24 – Nov 3, 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 | 128 | 41 | 32% |
| 2023 | 172 | 51 | 30% |
| 2022 | 201 | 79 | 39% |
| 2021 | 212 | 98 | 46% |
What people carried (2024 harvest)
- Rifle 38 · 93% · 108 hunters, 35% success
- Archery 0 · 0% · 9 hunters, 0% success
- Muzzleloader 3 · 7% · 11 hunters, 27% success
Boundary: CPW GMU Boundary (Big Game)
Harvest: 2024 Statewide Deer Harvest
Harvest: 2023 Statewide Deer Hunting Harvest Estimates
Harvest: 2022 Statewide Deer Harvest