Colorado Elk · GMU 1
Colorado GMU 1 covers 81,261 acres and lies 73 miles north-west of Meeker. 91% of it is public land, mostly BLM (61%) and national park (23%). In 2024, 82 people hunted elk here and took 30, a 37% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, EE001E1R, put up 1 tag (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 161 nonresident first-choice applicants, 1 of whom drew, and the last tag went to someone with 32 points.
18 licenses · NR capped at 25%
first choice, NR
2024, all licenses
61% BLM
81,261 acres
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 1
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE001E1R Standard | Elk either-sex rifle early season GMU 1 | 0% (small sample) | 32 ▲4 | |
| EE001E1R Youth | Elk either-sex rifle early season GMU 1 | 0% (small sample) | — | |
| EE001O1A Standard | Elk either-sex archery season 1 GMU 1 | 0% (small sample) | — | |
| EE001O1A Youth | Elk either-sex archery season 1 GMU 1 | 0% (small sample) | — | |
| EF001L1R Standard | Elk female rifle late season GMU 1 | 0% (small sample) | 1 | |
| EF001L1R Youth | Elk female rifle late season GMU 1 | 100% (small sample) | — | |
| EF001O1M Standard | Elk female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 1 | not open | — | |
| EF001O1M Youth | Elk female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 1 | 100% (small sample) | — | |
| EF001O1R Standard | Elk female rifle season 1 GMU 1 | 100% (small sample) | 0 | |
| EF001O1R Youth | Elk female rifle season 1 GMU 1 | 100% (small sample) | 0 | |
| EF001O2R Standard | Elk female rifle season 2 GMU 1 | 100% (small sample) | — | |
| EF001O2R Youth | Elk female rifle season 2 GMU 1 | 100% (small sample) | 0 | |
| EF001O3R Standard | Elk female rifle season 3 GMU 1 | — | — | |
| EF001O3R Youth | Elk female rifle season 3 GMU 1 | 100% (small sample) | — | |
| EF001O4R Standard | Elk female rifle season 4 GMU 1 | 100% (small sample) | — | |
| EF001O4R Youth | Elk female rifle season 4 GMU 1 | 100% (small sample) | 0 | |
| EF001P5R Standard · private | Elk female rifle private-land-only GMU 1 | 100% | — | |
| EM001O1M Standard | Elk male muzzleloader season 1 GMU 1 | 0% (small sample) | 26 |
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 ELK Post Draw Report, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): Standard $974.27 ($129.11 to apply) · Youth $974.27 ($129.11 to apply). Open Mar 1 – Apr 6, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 82 | 30 | 37% |
| 2023 | 106 | 40 | 38% |
| 2022 | 79 | 36 | 46% |
| 2021 | 81 | 7 | 9% |
2024 split: rifle 30 (100%) from 77 hunters, 39%, archery 0 (0%), muzzleloader 0 (0%)
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 Elk Harvest; CPW 2023 Statewide Elk Hunting Harvest Estimates; CPW 2022 Statewide Elk Harvest.
The Ground
| BLM | 49,723 ac | 61% |
| National Park Service | 18,863 ac | 23% |
| Private | 7,516 ac | 9% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 3,963 ac | 5% |
| State land | 1,161 ac | 1% |
Source: Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency.
▸ Sources 10
- CPW 2026 Primary ELK Post Draw Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2026 2 CCR 406-0 Chapter W-0 General… fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2026 Big Game Hunting brochure fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2026 web page fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2024 Statewide Elk Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2023 Statewide Elk Hunting Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2022 Statewide Elk Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2021 Statewide Elk Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2026 GMU Boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- 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.
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