Colorado Elk · GMU 682
Colorado GMU 682 covers 163,065 acres and lies 35 miles north of Alamosa and 54 miles south-west of Cañon City. 14% of it is public land, mostly state land (9%) and BLM (3%). In 2024, 86 people hunted elk here and took 54, a 63% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, EF682O1M (youth class), put up 10 tags (all residencies) in the 2021 draw for 0 first-choice applicants (one pool for residents and nonresidents).
No more draws here. The last one was 2021.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife held its 2026 elk draw without GMU 682. No current hunt code lists this unit; the Colorado elk hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.
2 licenses · NR capped at 25%
first choice, NR
2024, all licenses
9% State
163,065 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in GMU 682
The last draw held in GMU 682 was 2021. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EF682O1M Standard | Elk female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 682 | not open | — | |
| EF682O1M Youth | Elk female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 682 | 100% (small sample) | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2021 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2021 result: EF682V1A.
Draw results: CPW 2021 Primary Elk Post Draw Report, retrieved Sep 1, 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 | 86 | 54 | 63% |
| 2023 | 75 | 47 | 63% |
| 2022 | 89 | 59 | 67% |
| 2021 | 123 | 55 | 45% |
2024 split: rifle 54 (100%) from 86 hunters, 63%
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
| Private | 139,714 ac | 86% |
| State land | 14,850 ac | 9% |
| BLM | 5,060 ac | 3% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 3,382 ac | 2% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 58 ac | <1% |
Source: Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency.
▸ Sources 10
- CPW 2021 Primary Elk Post Draw Report draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 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 2021 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.
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