Colorado Antelope (Pronghorn) — GMU 42

Colorado GMU 42 covers 387,357 acres and lies 10 miles south of Rifle and 24 miles south-west of Glenwood Springs. 55% of it is public land, mostly national forest (30%) and BLM (22%). In 2023, 2 people hunted pronghorn here and took 0 — 0% of them killed something.

Hunter success (2023):0% Public land:55% Size:387,357 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has not offered a pronghorn license in GMU 42 in any draw we hold. It has a page because the agency still publishes harvest for it — the Colorado pronghorn hunts that are on offer are drawn elsewhere.

The country

Rifle Grand Junction Delta Craig Golden
GMU 42 within Colorado
25 30 31 32 33 34 41 421 43 431 444 52 521 Rifle Glenwood Springs Grand Junction
GMU 42 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 173,322 ac · 45%
  • National Forest 115,326 ac · 30%
  • BLM 85,314 ac · 22%
  • County or city land 12,884 ac · 3%
  • Bureau of Reclamation 509 ac · 0%

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
2023 2 0 0%
2021 2 0 0%

What people carried (2023 harvest)

  • Archery 0 · 2 hunters, 0% success

Boundary: CPW GMU Boundary (Big Game)

Harvest: 2023 Statewide Pronghorn Harvest Estimates

Harvest: 2021 Statewide Pronghorn Harvest

How we compute draw odds · All Colorado pronghorn hunts