Colorado Elk · GMU 83
Colorado GMU 83 covers 801,273 acres and lies 27 miles south-east of Alamosa. 2% of it is public land. In 2024, 884 people hunted elk here and took 367, a 41% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, EE083V1A, put up 100 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 94 first-choice applicants (one pool for residents and nonresidents).
13 licenses · NR capped at 25%
first choice, NR
2024, all licenses
1% Fish & Wildlife Service
801,273 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Best Bets at 0 Points
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2024. Nonresident, first choice, 2026 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
- Success
- 41%
- Season
- Sep 12–20
- Tags / Apps
- 75 / 17
- If Drawn
- $974.27
- Success
- 41%
- Season
- Oct 14–18
- Tags / Apps
- 175 / 20
- If Drawn
- $974.27
- Success
- 41%
- Season
- Oct 24 – Nov 1
- Tags / Apps
- 200 / 28
- If Drawn
- $974.27
- Success
- 41%
- Season
- Sep 2–30
- Tags / Apps
- 100 / 94
- If Drawn
- $974.27
Every License in GMU 83
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE083O1M Standard | Elk either-sex muzzleloader season 1 GMU 83 | 85% | 0 | |
| EE083O1R Standard | Elk either-sex rifle season 1 GMU 83 | 88% | 0 | |
| EE083O1R Youth | Elk either-sex rifle season 1 GMU 83 | 100% (small sample) | 0 | |
| EE083O2R Standard | Elk either-sex rifle season 2 GMU 83 | 100% | — | |
| EE083O2R Youth | Elk either-sex rifle season 2 GMU 83 | 100% (small sample) | 0 | |
| EE083O3R Standard | Elk either-sex rifle season 3 GMU 83 | 59% | 0 | |
| EE083O3R Youth | Elk either-sex rifle season 3 GMU 83 | 100% (small sample) | 0 | |
| EE083O4R Standard | Elk either-sex rifle season 4 GMU 83 | 5% (small sample) | 0 | |
| EE083O4R Youth | Elk either-sex rifle season 4 GMU 83 | 0% (small sample) | — | |
| EE083V1A Standard | Elk either-sex archery nonresident-only GMU 83 | 100% | — | |
| EE083V1A Youth | Elk either-sex archery nonresident-only GMU 83 | 100% (small sample) | 0 | |
| EF083O1M Standard | Elk female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 83 | not open | — | |
| EF083O4R Standard | Elk female rifle season 4 GMU 83 | 100% (small sample) | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2026 result: EE083W1R, EE851J2R, EF083W1R, EF083W2R, EF083W3R, EF083W4R, EF083W5R.
Draw results: CPW 2026 Primary ELK Post Draw Report, retrieved Aug 31, 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 | 884 | 367 | 41% |
| 2023 | 878 | 228 | 26% |
| 2022 | 1,029 | 377 | 37% |
| 2021 | 1,120 | 284 | 25% |
2024 split: rifle 316 (86%) from 637 hunters, 50%, archery 34 (9%) from 181 hunters, 19%, muzzleloader 18 (5%) from 66 hunters, 27%
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 | 781,002 ac | 97% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 11,535 ac | 1% |
| BLM | 3,792 ac | <1% |
| State land | 2,462 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 794 ac | <1% |
| National Forest | 576 ac | <1% |
Source: Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency.
▸ Sources 10
- CPW 2026 Primary ELK Post Draw Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 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 2026 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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