Colorado Elk — GMU 138

Colorado GMU 138 covers 199,477 acres and lies 112 miles south-east of Pueblo. 2% of it is public land, mostly state land (2%). In 2024, 3 people hunted elk here and took 0 — 0% of them killed something.

Hunter success (2024):0% Public land:2% Size:199,477 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has not offered an elk license in GMU 138 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 Monument Alamosa Castle Rock
GMU 138 within Colorado
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GMU 138 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 195,387 ac · 98%
  • State land 4,089 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 3 0 0%
2023 6 0 0%
2022 5 3 55%
2021 10 0 0%

What people carried (2024 harvest)

  • Rifle 0 · 3 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

How we compute draw odds · All Colorado elk hunts