Colorado Elk — GMU 512
Colorado GMU 512 covers 17,638 acres and lies 6 miles south of Monument and 23 miles north-west of Fountain. 100% of it is public land, mostly military (100%). In 2024, 5 people hunted elk here and took 4 — 80% of them killed something.
Your chance of drawing here
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has not offered an elk license in GMU 512 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 | 5 | 4 | 80% |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | 100% |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
What people carried (2024 harvest)
- Rifle 4 · 100% · 5 hunters, 80% success
Boundary: CPW GMU Boundary (Big Game)
Harvest: 2024 Statewide Elk Harvest
Harvest: 2023 Statewide Elk Hunting Harvest Estimates
Harvest: 2022 Statewide Elk Harvest