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Colorado Elk EF013L1R — GMU 13

elk female rifle late season GMU 13 [13]

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GMU 13 within Colorado
Everything about GMU 13
What you may take
elk female rifle late season GMU 13 [13]
Weapon
Rifle
Where
GMU 13
22% public of 231,732 acres
Season (2026)
Dec 1–31, 2026
Tags (2026)
18
for 37 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 25%
Hunter success here (2024)
41%
of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2026 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 18 tags, 37 first-choice applicants, drew out at 1 points. Source: 2026 Primary ELK Post Draw... · p. 393.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0 0% 19 0
1 70% 10 7
2 100% 8 8
3–10 100% same chance at every one of these levels — —

Preference points, computed from published point-level pools. A dash means Colorado Parks and Wildlife did not publish a count for that level. How we compute these.

What it costs (2026 nonresident fees)

Cash to apply
$129.11
Out of pocket if unsuccessful
$129.11
Total if drawn
$974.27
Refunded if unsuccessful
$0

At the 2026 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $974.27 (enough points to draw) to $1,029.60 (lowest published odds).

Nonresident limited-license application-processing fee (per species, per draw) · paid at application $11.49 source
Nonresident annual small game license (cheapest qualifying license to enter the draws; base $102.11 + surcharges) · paid at application $104.86 or $194.21 source
Colorado Wildlife Habitat Stamp (ages 18-64, once per license year, added automatically) · paid at application $12.76 source
Preference point fee, deer/elk/pronghorn (none until the 2028 draw) · only for a point bought without applying — an unsuccessful applicant gets the point free $0 source
Nonresident elk license (bull, either-sex or cow; includes annual fishing combo; base $842.41 + surcharges) - charged only if drawn · paid if drawn, refundable $845.16 source

Optional, not counted above: Hunt-code exchange fee (same species, quota remaining, before season starts) $5 and License refund processing fee (most refunds) $15.

Not applying this year? A point-only purchase costs $0 (Mar 1 – Apr 7, expected) and keeps you moving toward the 1-point cut.

Next application window: opens Mar 1, closes Apr 7, 2027 (expected) · results ~May 26. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.

Point creep & years to draw

Drew out at 0 → 0 → 1 → 1 → 1 points (2022–2026): +0.0 points/yr (range +0.0 to +1.0). Projecting that pace forward:

Your points nowYears until a sure thing
01 yr (1–∞)
1now

A projection of the last five draws' median creep (capped at 2 points/yr), not a forecast. Random-pass odds still apply every year you're below the cut.

Seasons (2026)

Split 1: Dec 1–31, 2026 p. 393

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in GMU 13, Colorado Parks and Wildlife counted 1,219 hunters and 496 elk taken in 2024 — 41% of them killed something. Full GMU 13 profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →

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: 2024 Statewide Elk Harvest 2023 Statewide Elk Hunting Harvest Estimates

As a lower choice

2nd choice
0%

Tags issued to lower choices ÷ lower-choice applicants, as published. Points do not help a lower choice.

Year by year

The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year. Colorado runs a second, random pass after the points pass; it is shown beside the year it belongs to.

Year Tags Applicants Applicants per tag Points needed Random pass Source
2026 18 37 2.1 1 — 2026 Primary ELK Post Draw... · p. 393
2025 10 33 3.3 1 1 tagfrom 3 applications 2025 Primary ELK Post Draw... · p. 331
2024 11 21 1.9 1 1 tagfrom 3 applications 2024 Primary ELK Post Draw... · p. 296
2023 17 48 2.8 0 — 2023 Primary ELK Post Draw... · p. 303
2022 46 48 1.0 0 3 tagsfrom 4 applications 2022 Primary ELK Post Draw... · p. 306
2021 49 56 1.1 0 1 tagfrom 8 applications 2021 Primary Elk Post Draw... · p. 311

Other licenses valid in GMU 13

EE011O1M — elk either-sex muzzleloader season 1 GMU 11 [11, 13, 131, 211] Muzzleloader EE011P1A — elk either-sex archery private-land-only GMU 11 [11, 12, 13, 23, 24, 25, 26, 33, 34 131, 211, 231] Archery EE011P1R — elk either-sex rifle private-land-only GMU 11 [11, 12, 13, 23, 24 25, 26, 33, 34, 131 211, 231] Rifle EE011V1A — elk either-sex archery nonresident-only GMU 11 [11, 13, 131, 211] Archery EE011W2R — elk either-sex rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 11 Rifle EE011W4R — elk either-sex rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 11 Rifle EE012P1M — elk either-sex muzzleloader private-land-only GMU 12 [12, 13, 23, 24, 33] Muzzleloader EE012W1R — elk either-sex rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 12 Rifle EE012W2R — elk either-sex rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 12 Rifle EF011O1M — elk female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 11 [11, 13, 131, 211] Muzzleloader EF011O1R — elk female rifle season 1 GMU 11 [11, 12, 13, 23, 24, 33, 131, 211, 231] Rifle EF011O4R — elk female rifle season 4 GMU 11 [11, 12, 13, 23, 24, 211] Rifle EF011P5R — elk female rifle private-land-only GMU 11 [11, 12, 13, 23, 24 211] Rifle EF011W2R — elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 11 Rifle EF011W4R — elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 11 Rifle EF011W6R — elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 11 Rifle EF012O2R — elk female rifle season 2 GMU 12 [12, 13, 23, 24] Rifle EF012O3R — elk female rifle season 3 GMU 12 [12, 13, 23, 24] Rifle EF012P1M — elk female muzzleloader private-land-only GMU 12 [12, 13, 23, 24, 33] Muzzleloader EF012W1R — elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 12 Rifle EF012W2R — elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 12 Rifle EF012W3R — elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 12 Rifle EM011O1R — elk male rifle season 1 GMU 11 [11, 12, 13, 23, 24, 25, 26, 33, 34, 131, 211 231] Rifle EM011O2R — elk male rifle season 2 GMU 11 [Antlered 11, 12, 13, 23, 24, 131, 211, 231] Rifle EM011O3R — elk male rifle season 3 GMU 11 [11, 12, 13, 23, 24, 131, 211, 231 Antlered] Rifle EM012O4R — elk male rifle season 4 GMU 12 [12, 13, 23, 24] Rifle

Legal cartridges for elk in Colorado

From the Colorado hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.

.243 Winchester depends from $1.11/rd
.25-06 Remington
6.5 Creedmoor
6.5 Grendel
.270 Winchester from $0.16/rd
7mm-08 Remington
7mm Remington Magnum
.30-06 Springfield
.300 AAC Blackout from $0.56/rd
.300 Winchester Magnum from $1.25/rd
.30-30 Winchester
.308 Winchester
.338 Winchester Magnum
.350 Legend from $1.07/rd
.35 Whelen
.360 Buckhammer
.400 Legend
.444 Marlin
.450 Bushmaster from $2.00/rd
.45-70 Government from $1.97/rd
.50 Beowulf
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How to read these numbers

Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.

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