Colorado Elk — GMU 22

Colorado GMU 22 covers 632,172 acres and lies 36 miles north-west of Rifle and 55 miles north-west of Glenwood Springs. 73% of it is public land, mostly BLM (70%) and county or city land (3%). In 2024, 2,668 people hunted elk here and took 770 — 29% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 812 tags here for 499 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):3,043 Nonresident share:capped at 25% Applicants:1,793 Hunter success (2024):29% Public land:73% Size:632,172 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in GMU 22, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level

EE021O1M elk either-sex muzzleloader season 1 GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32] 58 tags · 168 applicants · needed 4 pts · Standard

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
EE021O1M elk either-sex muzzleloader season 1 GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32] 5 tags · 10 applicants · needed 4 pts · Youth

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
EE021O1R elk either-sex rifle season 1 GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32 -Sex] 127 tags · 485 applicants · needed 1 pts · Standard

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
EE021O1R elk either-sex rifle season 1 GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32 -Sex] 15 tags · 38 applicants · needed 1 pts · Youth

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
EE021O4R elk either-sex rifle season 4 GMU 21 [-Sex] 132 tags · 113 applicants · Standard

100% Undersubscribed 25% as 2nd choice
EE021O4R elk either-sex rifle season 4 GMU 21 [-Sex] 9 tags · 10 applicants · Youth

100% Undersubscribed 14% as 2nd choice
EE021P1A elk either-sex archery private-land-only GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32] 633 tags · 39 applicants · Standard

100% Undersubscribed 25% as 2nd choice
EE021P1R elk either-sex rifle private-land-only GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32] 125 tags · 67 applicants · Standard

100% Undersubscribed 70% as 2nd choice
EE021P1R elk either-sex rifle private-land-only GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32] 125 tags · 3 applicants · Youth

100% Undersubscribed 67% as 2nd choice
EE021V1A elk either-sex archery nonresident-only GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32] 812 tags · 499 applicants · Standard

100% Undersubscribed 47% as 2nd choice
EE021V1A elk either-sex archery nonresident-only GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32] 305 tags · 8 applicants · Youth

100% Undersubscribed 33% as 2nd choice
EF021O1M elk female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32] 11 tags · 1 applicants · Standard

100% Undersubscribed 59% as 2nd choice
EF021O1R elk female rifle season 1 GMU 21 13 tags · 8 applicants · needed 0 pts · Standard

100% Undersubscribed 0% as 2nd choice
EF021O1R elk female rifle season 1 GMU 21 3 tags · 2 applicants · needed 0 pts · Youth

100% Undersubscribed 0% as 2nd choice
EF021O2R elk female rifle season 2 GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32] 58 tags · 150 applicants · needed 2 pts · Standard

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
EF021O2R elk female rifle season 2 GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32] 8 tags · 6 applicants · needed 0 pts · Youth

100% Undersubscribed 0% as 2nd choice
EF021O3R elk female rifle season 3 GMU 21 [21, 22] 26 tags · 110 applicants · needed 2 pts · Standard

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
EF021O3R elk female rifle season 3 GMU 21 [21, 22] 1 tags · 13 applicants · needed 0 pts · Youth

38% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
EF021O4R elk female rifle season 4 GMU 21 [21, 22] 6 tags · 3 applicants · Standard

100% Undersubscribed 8% as 2nd choice
EF021O4R elk female rifle season 4 GMU 21 [21, 22] 100 tags · 0 applicants · Youth

100% No first-choice applicants 75% as 2nd choice
EF021V1A elk female archery nonresident-only GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32] 20 tags · 1 applicants · Standard

100% Undersubscribed 0% as 2nd choice
EF022L1R elk female rifle late season GMU 22 [22] 4 tags · 15 applicants · needed 3 pts · Standard

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
EF022L1R elk female rifle late season GMU 22 [22] 50 tags · 2 applicants · needed 0 pts · Youth

100% Undersubscribed 0% as 2nd choice
EF022P5R elk female rifle private-land-only GMU 22 [22, 31, 32] 397 tags · 42 applicants · Standard

100% Undersubscribed 44% as 2nd choice

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
EE021O1M ↗ elk either-sex muzzleloader season 1 GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32] Muzzleloader	0% Point builder	0%	4 +1 since 2021	58 / 168	Standard	Sep 12–20, 2026
EE021O1M ↗ elk either-sex muzzleloader season 1 GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32] Muzzleloader	0% Point builder	0%	4 steady since 2021	5 / 10	Youth	Sep 12–20, 2026
EE021O1R ↗ elk either-sex rifle season 1 GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32 -Sex] Rifle	0% Point builder	0%	1	127 / 485	Standard	Oct 14–18, 2026
EE021O1R ↗ elk either-sex rifle season 1 GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32 -Sex] Rifle	0% Point builder	0%	1	15 / 38	Youth	Oct 14–18, 2026
EE021O4R ↗ elk either-sex rifle season 4 GMU 21 [-Sex] Rifle	100% Undersubscribed	25%	—	132 / 113 undersubscribed	Standard	Nov 18–22, 2026
EE021O4R ↗ elk either-sex rifle season 4 GMU 21 [-Sex] Rifle	100% Undersubscribed	14%	—	9 / 10 undersubscribed	Youth	Nov 18–22, 2026
EE021P1A ↗ elk either-sex archery private-land-only GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32] Archery	100% Undersubscribed	25%	—	633 / 39 undersubscribed	Standard	Sep 2–30, 2026
EE021P1R ↗ elk either-sex rifle private-land-only GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32] Rifle	100% Undersubscribed	70%	—	125 / 67 undersubscribed	Standard	Oct 14–18, 2026
EE021P1R ↗ elk either-sex rifle private-land-only GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32] Rifle	100% Undersubscribed	67%	—	125 / 3 undersubscribed	Youth	Oct 14–18, 2026
EE021V1A ↗ elk either-sex archery nonresident-only GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32] Archery	100% Undersubscribed	47%	—	812 / 499 undersubscribed	Standard	Sep 2–30, 2026
EE021V1A ↗ elk either-sex archery nonresident-only GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32] Archery	100% Undersubscribed	33%	—	305 / 8 undersubscribed	Youth	Sep 2–30, 2026
EF021O1M ↗ elk female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32] Muzzleloader	100% Undersubscribed	59%	—	11 / 1 undersubscribed	Standard	Sep 12–20, 2026
EF021O1R ↗ elk female rifle season 1 GMU 21 Rifle	100% Undersubscribed	0%	0 steady since 2021	13 / 8 undersubscribed	Standard	Oct 14–18, 2026
EF021O1R ↗ elk female rifle season 1 GMU 21 Rifle	100% Undersubscribed	0%	0 steady since 2021	3 / 2 undersubscribed	Youth	Oct 14–18, 2026
EF021O2R ↗ elk female rifle season 2 GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32] Rifle	0% Point builder	0%	2 +2 since 2023	58 / 150	Standard	Oct 24 – Nov 1, 2026
EF021O2R ↗ elk female rifle season 2 GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32] Rifle	100% Undersubscribed	0%	0 steady since 2023	8 / 6 undersubscribed	Youth	Oct 24 – Nov 1, 2026
EF021O3R ↗ elk female rifle season 3 GMU 21 [21, 22] Rifle	0% Point builder	0%	2 +1 since 2023	26 / 110	Standard	Nov 7–15, 2026
EF021O3R ↗ elk female rifle season 3 GMU 21 [21, 22] Rifle	38% Long shot	0%	0 steady since 2023	1 / 13	Youth	Nov 7–15, 2026
EF021O4R ↗ elk female rifle season 4 GMU 21 [21, 22] Rifle	100% Undersubscribed	8%	—	6 / 3 undersubscribed	Standard	Nov 18–22, 2026
EF021O4R ↗ elk female rifle season 4 GMU 21 [21, 22] Rifle	100% No first-choice applicants	75%	—	100 / 0	Youth	Nov 18–22, 2026
EF021V1A ↗ elk female archery nonresident-only GMU 21 [21, 22, 30, 31, 32] Archery	100% Undersubscribed	0%	—	20 / 1 undersubscribed	Standard	Sep 2–30, 2026
EF022L1R ↗ elk female rifle late season GMU 22 [22] Rifle	0% Point builder	0%	3 +3 since 2021	4 / 15	Standard	Dec 1–31, 2026
EF022L1R ↗ elk female rifle late season GMU 22 [22] Rifle	100% Undersubscribed	0%	0 steady since 2021	50 / 2 undersubscribed	Youth	Dec 1–31, 2026
EF022P5R ↗ elk female rifle private-land-only GMU 22 [22, 31, 32] Rifle	100% Undersubscribed	44%	—	397 / 42 undersubscribed	Standard	Oct 15 – Dec 31, 2026

What these columns mean

Your odds: the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge: plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
As 2nd choice: Colorado lets you name more than one hunt on the application. Miss on your first choice and you go into the pot for whatever tags are left, alongside everyone else's second choices. Points never help a lower choice, so this number is the same whatever you have banked — it is usually worth naming a hunt that goes undersubscribed.
Points needed: the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants: tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.

3 hunts not offered in 2026 are hidden — show discontinued hunts.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License	Up front	Gone if you miss	If you draw
Standard license	$129.11	$129.11	$974.27
Youth license	$129.11	$129.11	$974.27

Application window: opens Mar 1, closes Apr 7, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Other licenses valid in GMU 22

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2026 draw.

EF022O2R — elk female rifle season 2 GMU 22 [10/29/2022 - 11/06/2022 Antlerless 22] Youth EF022O3R — elk female rifle season 3 GMU 22 [22 11/12/2022 - 11/18/2022 Antlerless] EF022O4R — elk female rifle season 4 GMU 22 [22 11/23/2022 - 11/27/2022 Antlerless] Youth

The country

GMU 22 within Colorado

GMU 22 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

BLM 445,073 ac · 70%
Private 170,146 ac · 27%
County or city land 16,951 ac · 3%

Source: BLM Colorado Surface Management Agency

Nearby areas

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.