Colorado Elk — GMU 122

Colorado GMU 122 covers 631,703 acres and lies 122 miles east of Pueblo. 5% of it is public land, mostly state land (3%) and national park (2%). In 2024, 6 people hunted elk here and took 3 — 40% of them killed something.

Hunter success (2024):40% Public land:5% Size:631,703 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has not offered an elk license in GMU 122 in any draw we hold. It has a page because the agency still publishes harvest for it — the Colorado elk hunts that are on offer are drawn elsewhere.

The country

Pueblo Fountain Fort Morgan Monument Parker
GMU 122 within Colorado
115 116 117 121 126 127
GMU 122 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 602,812 ac · 95%
  • State land 16,205 ac · 3%
  • National Park Service 12,529 ac · 2%

Source: BLM Colorado Surface Management Agency

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
2024 6 3 40%
2023 8 0 0%
2022 2 0 0%
2021 10 0 0%

What people carried (2024 harvest)

  • Rifle 3 · 100% · 6 hunters, 50% success

Boundary: CPW GMU Boundary (Big Game)

Harvest: 2024 Statewide Elk Harvest

Harvest: 2023 Statewide Elk Hunting Harvest Estimates

Harvest: 2022 Statewide Elk Harvest

How we compute draw odds · All Colorado elk hunts