Colorado Elk · GMU 201
Colorado GMU 201 covers 153,622 acres and lies 74 miles west of Craig. 91% of it is public land, mostly BLM (71%) and state land (15%). In 2024, 205 people hunted elk here and took 108, a 53% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, EE201E1R, put up 4 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 675 nonresident first-choice applicants, 4 of whom drew, and the last tag went to someone with 34 points.
17 licenses · NR capped at 25%
first choice, NR
2024, all licenses
71% BLM
153,622 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.
None of these licenses drew anyone at your points in 2026: see the table below for the cut on each.
Every License in GMU 201
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE201E1R Standard | Elk either-sex rifle early season GMU 201 | 0% (small sample) | 34 ▲4 | |
| EE201E1R Youth | Elk either-sex rifle early season GMU 201 | 0% (small sample) | — | |
| EE201O1A Standard | Elk either-sex archery season 1 GMU 201 | 0% (small sample) | 34 ▲5 | |
| EE201O1A Youth | Elk either-sex archery season 1 GMU 201 | 0% (small sample) | — | |
| EF002L1R Standard | Elk female rifle late season GMU 2 | 0% (small sample) | 6 ▲3 | |
| EF002L1R Youth | Elk female rifle late season GMU 2 | 0% (small sample) | — | |
| EF201O1M Standard | Elk female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 201 | 0% (small sample) | 3 ▼9 | |
| EF201O1R Standard | Elk female rifle season 1 GMU 201 | 0% | 3 ▲1 | |
| EF201O1R Youth | Elk female rifle season 1 GMU 201 | 0% (small sample) | 0 | |
| EF201O2R Standard | Elk female rifle season 2 GMU 201 | 0% | 1 | |
| EF201O2R Youth | Elk female rifle season 2 GMU 201 | 67% | — | |
| EF201O3R Standard | Elk female rifle season 3 GMU 201 | 0% (small sample) | 2 ▲2 | |
| EF201O3R Youth | Elk female rifle season 3 GMU 201 | 75% (small sample) | 0 | |
| EF201O4R Standard | Elk female rifle season 4 GMU 201 | 100% (small sample) | 0 | |
| EF201O4R Youth | Elk female rifle season 4 GMU 201 | 100% (small sample) | 0 | |
| EM201O1M Standard | Elk male muzzleloader season 1 GMU 201 | 0% (small sample) | 34 ▲4 | |
| EM201O1M Youth | Elk male muzzleloader season 1 GMU 201 | 0% (small sample) | — |
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 | 205 | 108 | 53% |
| 2023 | 187 | 96 | 51% |
| 2022 | 181 | 80 | 44% |
| 2021 | 174 | 79 | 45% |
2024 split: rifle 89 (82%) from 181 hunters, 49%, archery 6 (6%), muzzleloader 13 (12%) from 15 hunters, 87%
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 | 109,360 ac | 71% |
| State land | 22,546 ac | 15% |
| Private | 13,152 ac | 9% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 8,159 ac | 5% |
| National Park Service | 369 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 1 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. How we compute these.
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