Colorado Elk — GMU 741

Colorado GMU 741 covers 309,501 acres and lies 15 miles south-west of Durango and 30 miles south-east of Cortez. 10% of it is public land, mostly Bureau of Reclamation (4%) and state land (3%). A further 38% is tribal land rather than public land. In 2024, 317 people hunted elk here and took 96 — 30% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 347 tags here for 337 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):1,049 Nonresident share:capped at 25% Applicants:862 Hunter success (2024):30% Public land:10% Size:309,501 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in GMU 741, 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

EE074P1A elk either-sex archery private-land-only GMU 74 [74, 741] 81 tags · 36 applicants · Standard

100% Undersubscribed 45% as 2nd choice
EE074P1A elk either-sex archery private-land-only GMU 74 [74, 741] 75 tags · 0 applicants · Youth

100% No first-choice applicants 100% as 2nd choice
EF074O1A elk female archery season 1 GMU 74 [74, 741] 6 tags · 6 applicants · needed 0 pts · Standard

100% Undersubscribed 0% as 2nd choice
EF074O1M elk female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 74 [74, 741] 2 tags · 4 applicants · needed 0 pts · Standard

50% Real chance 0% as 2nd choice
EF074O1R elk female rifle season 1 GMU 74 [74, 741] 1 tags · 7 applicants · needed 3 pts · Standard

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
EF074O1R elk female rifle season 1 GMU 74 [74, 741] 15 tags · 0 applicants · Youth

100% No first-choice applicants 0% as 2nd choice
EF074P1R elk female rifle private-land-only GMU 74 [74, 741] 11 tags · 2 applicants · Standard

50% Real chance 30% as 2nd choice
EF074P4R elk female rifle private-land-only GMU 74 11 tags · 2 applicants · Standard

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
EF074P4R elk female rifle private-land-only GMU 74 10 tags · 0 applicants · Youth

100% No first-choice applicants 100% as 2nd choice
EF741O2R elk female rifle season 2 GMU 741 10 tags · 1 applicants · Standard

100% Undersubscribed 50% as 2nd choice
EF741O3R elk female rifle season 3 GMU 741 [741] 6 tags · 1 applicants · Standard

100% Undersubscribed 60% as 2nd choice
EF741O4R elk female rifle season 4 GMU 741 9 tags · 1 applicants · Standard

100% Undersubscribed
EF741P5R elk female rifle private-land-only GMU 741 [741] 51 tags · 10 applicants · needed 1 pts · Standard

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
EF741P5R elk female rifle private-land-only GMU 741 [741] 50 tags · 1 applicants · Youth

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
EM074O1A elk male archery season 1 GMU 74 [74, 741] 347 tags · 337 applicants · needed 0 pts · Standard

97% Likely draw 0% as 2nd choice
EM074O1A elk male archery season 1 GMU 74 [74, 741] 12 tags · 5 applicants · needed 0 pts · Youth

100% Undersubscribed 0% as 2nd choice
EM074O1M elk male muzzleloader season 1 GMU 74 [74, 741] 126 tags · 188 applicants · needed 0 pts · Standard

35% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
EM074O1M elk male muzzleloader season 1 GMU 74 [74, 741] 4 tags · 7 applicants · needed 0 pts · Youth

60% Real chance 0% as 2nd choice
EM074O1R elk male rifle season 1 GMU 74 154 tags · 195 applicants · needed 0 pts · Standard

59% Real chance 0% as 2nd choice
EM074O1R elk male rifle season 1 GMU 74 8 tags · 8 applicants · needed 0 pts · Youth

80% Likely draw 0% as 2nd choice
EM074O4R elk male rifle season 4 GMU 74 9 tags · 8 applicants · Standard

100% Undersubscribed 38% as 2nd choice
EM074O4R elk male rifle season 4 GMU 74 1 tags · 0 applicants · Youth

100% No first-choice applicants 0% as 2nd choice
EM074P1R elk male rifle private-land-only GMU 74 15 tags · 29 applicants · needed 0 pts · Standard

32% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
EM074P1R elk male rifle private-land-only GMU 74 15 tags · 3 applicants · needed 0 pts · Youth

67% Real chance 0% as 2nd choice
EM074P4R elk male rifle private-land-only GMU 74 [74, 741] 10 tags · 11 applicants · needed 0 pts · Standard

50% Real chance 0% as 2nd choice
EM074P4R elk male rifle private-land-only GMU 74 [74, 741] 10 tags · 0 applicants · Youth

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

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
EE074P1A ↗ elk either-sex archery private-land-only GMU 74 [74, 741] Archery	100% Undersubscribed	45%	—	81 / 36 undersubscribed	Standard	Sep 2–30, 2026
EE074P1A ↗ elk either-sex archery private-land-only GMU 74 [74, 741] Archery	100% No first-choice applicants	100%	—	75 / 0	Youth	Sep 2–30, 2026
EF074O1A ↗ elk female archery season 1 GMU 74 [74, 741] Archery	100% Undersubscribed	0%	0 steady since 2022	6 / 6 undersubscribed	Standard	Sep 2–30, 2026
EF074O1M ↗ elk female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 74 [74, 741] Muzzleloader	50% Real chance	0%	0 −1 since 2021	2 / 4	Standard	Sep 12–20, 2026
EF074O1R ↗ elk female rifle season 1 GMU 74 [74, 741] Rifle	0% Point builder	0%	3 +2 since 2021	1 / 7	Standard	Oct 14–18, 2026
EF074O1R ↗ elk female rifle season 1 GMU 74 [74, 741] Rifle	100% No first-choice applicants	0%	—	15 / 0	Youth	Oct 14–18, 2026
EF074P1R ↗ elk female rifle private-land-only GMU 74 [74, 741] Rifle	50% Real chance	30%	— steady since 2021	11 / 2	Standard	Oct 14–18, 2026
EF074P4R ↗ elk female rifle private-land-only GMU 74 Rifle	0% Point builder	0%	— steady since 2022	11 / 2	Standard	Nov 18–22, 2026
EF074P4R ↗ elk female rifle private-land-only GMU 74 Rifle	100% No first-choice applicants	100%	—	10 / 0	Youth	Nov 18–22, 2026
EF741O2R ↗ elk female rifle season 2 GMU 741 Rifle	100% Undersubscribed	50%	—	10 / 1 undersubscribed	Standard	Oct 24 – Nov 1, 2026
EF741O3R ↗ elk female rifle season 3 GMU 741 [741] Rifle	100% Undersubscribed	60%	—	6 / 1 undersubscribed	Standard	Nov 7–15, 2026
EF741O4R ↗ elk female rifle season 4 GMU 741 Rifle	100% Undersubscribed	—	—	9 / 1 undersubscribed	Standard	Nov 18–22, 2026
EF741P5R ↗ elk female rifle private-land-only GMU 741 [741] Rifle	0% Point builder	0%	1 steady since 2021	51 / 10	Standard	Sep 1 – Jan 15, 2027
EF741P5R ↗ elk female rifle private-land-only GMU 741 [741] Rifle	0% Point builder	0%	—	50 / 1	Youth	Sep 1 – Jan 15, 2027
EM074O1A ↗ elk male archery season 1 GMU 74 [74, 741] Archery	97% Likely draw	0%	0	347 / 337	Standard	Sep 2–30, 2026
EM074O1A ↗ elk male archery season 1 GMU 74 [74, 741] Archery	100% Undersubscribed	0%	0 steady since 2022	12 / 5 undersubscribed	Youth	Sep 2–30, 2026
EM074O1M ↗ elk male muzzleloader season 1 GMU 74 [74, 741] Muzzleloader	35% Long shot	0%	0 steady since 2021	126 / 188	Standard	Sep 12–20, 2026
EM074O1M ↗ elk male muzzleloader season 1 GMU 74 [74, 741] Muzzleloader	60% Real chance	0%	0 steady since 2021	4 / 7	Youth	Sep 12–20, 2026
EM074O1R ↗ elk male rifle season 1 GMU 74 Rifle	59% Real chance	0%	0 steady since 2021	154 / 195	Standard	Oct 14–18, 2026
EM074O1R ↗ elk male rifle season 1 GMU 74 Rifle	80% Likely draw	0%	0 steady since 2021	8 / 8	Youth	Oct 14–18, 2026
EM074O4R ↗ elk male rifle season 4 GMU 74 Rifle	100% Undersubscribed	38%	—	9 / 8 undersubscribed	Standard	Nov 18–22, 2026
EM074O4R ↗ elk male rifle season 4 GMU 74 Rifle	100% No first-choice applicants	0%	—	1 / 0	Youth	Nov 18–22, 2026
EM074P1R ↗ elk male rifle private-land-only GMU 74 Rifle	32% Long shot	0%	0 steady since 2022	15 / 29	Standard	Oct 14–18, 2026
EM074P1R ↗ elk male rifle private-land-only GMU 74 Rifle	67% Real chance	0%	0 −1 since 2023	15 / 3	Youth	Oct 14–18, 2026
EM074P4R ↗ elk male rifle private-land-only GMU 74 [74, 741] Rifle	50% Real chance	0%	0 steady since 2022	10 / 11	Standard	Nov 18–22, 2026
EM074P4R ↗ elk male rifle private-land-only GMU 74 [74, 741] Rifle	100% No first-choice applicants	0%	— steady since 2023	10 / 0	Youth	Nov 18–22, 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.

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 741

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

EM741O4R — elk male rifle season 4 GMU 741 [741 11/24/2021– 11/28/2021 Antlered] Standard

The country

GMU 741 within Colorado

GMU 741 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

Private 162,048 ac · 52%
Tribal 117,393 ac · 38%
Bureau of Reclamation 11,517 ac · 4%
State land 8,865 ac · 3%
BLM 6,546 ac · 2%
County or city land 2,945 ac · 1%
Department of Defense 125 ac · 0%
National Forest 10 ac · 0%
Other public 9 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.