Colorado Elk — GMU 123
Colorado GMU 123 covers 335,570 acres and lies 16 miles north-east of Pueblo and 36 miles south-east of Colorado Springs. 56% of it is public land, mostly state land (49%) and military (7%). In 2024, 48 people hunted elk here and took 17 — 35% of them killed something.
Your chance of drawing here
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has not offered an elk license in GMU 123 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48 | 17 | 35% |
| 2023 | 39 | 8 | 21% |
| 2022 | 59 | 24 | 41% |
| 2021 | 88 | 20 | 23% |
What people carried (2024 harvest)
- Rifle 17 · 100% · 48 hunters, 35% success
Boundary: CPW GMU Boundary (Big Game)
Harvest: 2024 Statewide Elk Harvest
Harvest: 2023 Statewide Elk Hunting Harvest Estimates
Harvest: 2022 Statewide Elk Harvest