Colorado Elk · GMU 97
Colorado GMU 97 covers 378,979 acres and lies 19 miles south of Sterling and 32 miles east of Fort Morgan. 14% of it is public land, mostly state land (14%).
0 licenses · NR capped at 25%
first choice, NR
not published
14% State
378,979 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Licenses
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has not offered an elk license in GMU 97 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.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0% |
2022 split: rifle 0
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 2022 Statewide Elk Harvest.
The Ground
| Private | 326,483 ac | 86% |
| State land | 52,460 ac | 14% |
| BLM | 35 ac | <1% |
Source: Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency.
▸ Sources 3
- CPW 2022 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
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. How we compute these.
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We don't take applications: check Colorado Parks and Wildlife's site and apply there.
Prior-draw odds from Colorado Parks and Wildlife's results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Colorado elk hunts