Colorado Elk — GMU 135
Colorado GMU 135 covers 475,623 acres and lies 55 miles south-east of Pueblo and 78 miles south-east of Fountain. 43% of it is public land, mostly national forest (32%) and county or city land (8%). In 2024, 188 people hunted elk here and took 26 — 14% of them killed something.
Your chance of drawing here
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has not offered an elk license in GMU 135 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 | 188 | 26 | 14% |
| 2023 | 207 | 25 | 12% |
| 2022 | 166 | 29 | 17% |
| 2021 | 228 | 29 | 13% |
What people carried (2024 harvest)
- Rifle 26 · 100% · 178 hunters, 15% success
- Archery 0 · 0% · 10 hunters, 0% success
Boundary: CPW GMU Boundary (Big Game)
Harvest: 2024 Statewide Elk Harvest
Harvest: 2023 Statewide Elk Hunting Harvest Estimates
Harvest: 2022 Statewide Elk Harvest