Colorado Elk — GMU 88

Colorado GMU 88 covers 439,218 acres and lies 40 miles north of Fort Morgan and 52 miles north-east of Greeley. 21% of it is public land, mostly national forest (16%) and state land (4%). In 2024, 5 people hunted elk here and took 0 — 0% of them killed something.

Hunter success (2024):0% Public land:21% Size:439,218 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has not offered an elk license in GMU 88 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

Fort Morgan Sterling Wellington Commerce City Parker
GMU 88 within Colorado
87 89 95 951
GMU 88 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 345,604 ac · 79%
  • National Forest 68,807 ac · 16%
  • State land 18,422 ac · 4%
  • County or city land 6,256 ac · 1%

Source: BLM Colorado Surface Management Agency

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 0 0%
2023 8 0 0%
2022 2 0 0%
2021 9 0 0%

What people carried (2024 harvest)

  • Rifle 0 · 5 hunters, 0% success

Boundary: CPW GMU Boundary (Big Game)

Harvest: 2024 Statewide Elk Harvest

Harvest: 2023 Statewide Elk Hunting Harvest Estimates

Harvest: 2022 Statewide Elk Harvest

How we compute draw odds · All Colorado elk hunts