Colorado Antelope (Pronghorn) · GMU 161
Colorado GMU 161 covers 261,039 acres and lies 32 miles north-east of Steamboat Springs and 59 miles north-east of Craig. 71% of it is public land, mostly national forest (40%) and BLM (26%). In 2024, 169 people hunted pronghorn here and took 120, a 71% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, AM161O1R, put up 4 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 122 nonresident first-choice applicants, 4 of whom drew, and the last tag went to someone with 25 points.
14 licenses · NR capped at 25%
first choice, NR
2024, all licenses
40% Forest Service
261,039 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.
Every License in GMU 161
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AE006W1R Standard | Pronghorn either-sex rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 6 | 100% (small sample) | — | |
| AF006O1A Standard | Pronghorn female archery season 1 GMU 6 | — | — | |
| AF006O1M Standard | Pronghorn female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 6 | 50% (small sample) | 0 | |
| AF006O2R Standard | Pronghorn female rifle season 2 GMU 6 | 0% (small sample) | 4 | |
| AF006O2R Youth | Pronghorn female rifle season 2 GMU 6 | 0% (small sample) | 0 | |
| AF006W1R Standard | Pronghorn female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 6 | 100% | — | |
| AF161O1R Standard | Pronghorn female rifle season 1 GMU 161 | 0% (small sample) | — | |
| AF161O1R Youth | Pronghorn female rifle season 1 GMU 161 | 0% (small sample) | 0 | |
| AM006O1A Standard | Pronghorn male archery season 1 GMU 6 | 0% | 5 ▲2 | |
| AM006O1A Youth | Pronghorn male archery season 1 GMU 6 | 0% (small sample) | 0 | |
| AM006O1M Standard | Pronghorn male muzzleloader season 1 GMU 6 | 0% | 9 ▲2 | |
| AM006O1M Youth | Pronghorn male muzzleloader season 1 GMU 6 | 0% (small sample) | — | |
| AM161O1R Standard | Pronghorn male rifle season 1 GMU 161 | 0% (small sample) | 25 ▲9 | |
| AM161O1R Youth | Pronghorn male rifle season 1 GMU 161 | 0% (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.
Draw results: CPW 2026 Primary PRONGHORN Post Draw Report, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): Standard $636.03 ($129.11 to apply) · Youth $636.03 ($129.11 to apply). Open Mar 1 – Apr 6, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Pronghorn | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 169 | 120 | 71% |
| 2023 | 193 | 124 | 64% |
| 2022 | 114 | 73 | 64% |
| 2021 | 99 | 60 | 61% |
2024 split: rifle 68 (57%) from 70 hunters, 97%, archery 22 (18%) from 51 hunters, 43%, muzzleloader 29 (24%) from 48 hunters, 60%
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 Pronghorn Harvest; CPW 2023 Statewide Pronghorn Harvest Estimates; CPW 2022 Statewide Pronghorn Harvest.
The Ground
| National Forest | 105,408 ac | 40% |
| Private | 75,635 ac | 29% |
| BLM | 66,608 ac | 26% |
| State land | 13,277 ac | 5% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 42 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 8 ac | <1% |
Source: Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency.
▸ Sources 10
- CPW 2026 Primary PRONGHORN 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 Pronghorn Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2023 Statewide Pronghorn Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2022 Statewide Pronghorn Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2021 Statewide Pronghorn 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. How we compute these.
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