Colorado Elk — GMU 371

Colorado GMU 371 covers 109,939 acres and lies 40 miles east of Gypsum and 53 miles west of Golden. 86% of it is public land, mostly national forest (85%). In 2024, 1,031 people hunted elk here and took 113 — 11% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 330 tags here for 2 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):761 Nonresident share:capped at 25% Applicants:216 Hunter success (2024):11% Public land:86% Size:109,939 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in GMU 371, 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

EE028O1M elk either-sex muzzleloader season 1 GMU 28 [28, 37, 371] 23 tags · 82 applicants · needed 1 pts · Standard

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
EE028O1M elk either-sex muzzleloader season 1 GMU 28 [28, 37, 371] 1 tags · 1 applicants · Youth

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
EE028P1A elk either-sex archery private-land-only GMU 28 [28, 37, 371] 43 tags · 8 applicants · Standard

100% Undersubscribed 25% as 2nd choice
EE028V1A elk either-sex archery nonresident-only GMU 28 [28, 37, 371] 249 tags · 92 applicants · Standard

100% Undersubscribed 35% as 2nd choice
EE028V1A elk either-sex archery nonresident-only GMU 28 [28, 37, 371] 330 tags · 2 applicants · Youth

100% Undersubscribed 0% as 2nd choice
EE371O1R elk either-sex rifle season 1 GMU 371 7 tags · 25 applicants · needed 0 pts · Standard

6% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
EE371O1R elk either-sex rifle season 1 GMU 371 30 tags · 0 applicants · Youth

100% No first-choice applicants 0% as 2nd choice
EE371O4R elk either-sex rifle season 4 GMU 371 3 tags · 2 applicants · Standard

100% Undersubscribed 73% as 2nd choice
EE371P1R elk either-sex rifle private-land-only GMU 371 [371] 27 tags · 0 applicants · Standard

100% No first-choice applicants 75% as 2nd choice
EE371P4R elk either-sex rifle private-land-only GMU 371 30 tags · 0 applicants · Standard

100% No first-choice applicants 0% as 2nd choice
EF028O1M elk female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 28 [28, 37, 371] 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard

— Not open to nonresidents
EF371O1R elk female rifle season 1 GMU 371 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard

— Undersubscribed
EF371O2R elk female rifle season 2 GMU 371 [371] 2 tags · 1 applicants · needed 0 pts · Standard

100% Undersubscribed 0% as 2nd choice
EF371O3R elk female rifle season 3 GMU 371 [371] 2 tags · 3 applicants · needed 0 pts · Standard

33% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
EF371O4R elk female rifle season 4 GMU 371 4 tags · 0 applicants · Standard

— Cut level
EF371P5R elk female rifle private-land-only GMU 371 10 tags · 0 applicants · Standard

100% No first-choice applicants 0% as 2nd choice

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
EE028O1M ↗ elk either-sex muzzleloader season 1 GMU 28 [28, 37, 371] Muzzleloader	0% Point builder	0%	1 +1 since 2025	23 / 82	Standard	Sep 12–20, 2026
EE028O1M ↗ elk either-sex muzzleloader season 1 GMU 28 [28, 37, 371] Muzzleloader	0% Point builder	0%	— steady since 2021	1 / 1	Youth	Sep 12–20, 2026
EE028P1A ↗ elk either-sex archery private-land-only GMU 28 [28, 37, 371] Archery	100% Undersubscribed	25%	—	43 / 8 undersubscribed	Standard	Sep 2–30, 2026
EE028V1A ↗ elk either-sex archery nonresident-only GMU 28 [28, 37, 371] Archery	100% Undersubscribed	35%	—	249 / 92 undersubscribed	Standard	Sep 2–30, 2026
EE028V1A ↗ elk either-sex archery nonresident-only GMU 28 [28, 37, 371] Archery	100% Undersubscribed	0%	—	330 / 2 undersubscribed	Youth	Sep 2–30, 2026
EE371O1R ↗ elk either-sex rifle season 1 GMU 371 Rifle	6% Point builder	0%	0	7 / 25	Standard	Oct 14–18, 2026
EE371O1R ↗ elk either-sex rifle season 1 GMU 371 Rifle	100% No first-choice applicants	0%	—	30 / 0	Youth	Oct 14–18, 2026
EE371O4R ↗ elk either-sex rifle season 4 GMU 371 Rifle	100% Undersubscribed	73%	—	3 / 2 undersubscribed	Standard	Nov 18–22, 2026
EE371P1R ↗ elk either-sex rifle private-land-only GMU 371 [371] Rifle	100% No first-choice applicants	75%	—	27 / 0	Standard	Oct 14–18, 2026
EE371P4R ↗ elk either-sex rifle private-land-only GMU 371 Rifle	100% No first-choice applicants	0%	—	30 / 0	Standard	Nov 18–22, 2026
EF028O1M ↗ elk female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 28 [28, 37, 371] Muzzleloader	Not open to nonresidents	—	—	0 / 0	Standard	Sep 12–20, 2026
EF371O1R ↗ elk female rifle season 1 GMU 371 Rifle	— Undersubscribed	—	—	0 / 0 undersubscribed	Standard	Oct 14–18, 2026
EF371O2R ↗ elk female rifle season 2 GMU 371 [371] Rifle	100% Undersubscribed	0%	0	2 / 1 undersubscribed	Standard	Oct 24 – Nov 1, 2026
EF371O3R ↗ elk female rifle season 3 GMU 371 [371] Rifle	33% Long shot	0%	0	2 / 3	Standard	Nov 7–15, 2026
EF371O4R ↗ elk female rifle season 4 GMU 371 Rifle	— Cut level	—	—	4 / 0	Standard	Nov 18–22, 2026
EF371P5R ↗ elk female rifle private-land-only GMU 371 Rifle	100% No first-choice applicants	0%	—	10 / 0	Standard	Sep 1 – Jan 31, 2027

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.

1 hunt not offered in 2026 is 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 371

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

EF371L1R — elk female rifle late season GMU 371 [371] Standard

The country

GMU 371 within Colorado

GMU 371 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

National Forest 93,953 ac · 85%
Private 15,944 ac · 15%
County or city land 41 ac · 0%

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.