Colorado Antelope (Pronghorn) — GMU 501
Colorado GMU 501 covers 321,077 acres and lies 31 miles south-west of Littleton. 90% of it is public land, mostly national forest (89%). In 2024, 9 people hunted pronghorn here and took 4 — 44% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 20 tags here for 3 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every pronghorn license type on offer in GMU 501, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
AF049O1A pronghorn female archery season 1 GMU 49 [49, 50, 500, 501] 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard— Not open to nonresidents
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AF049O1M pronghorn female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 49 [49, 50, 500, 501] 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard— Not open to nonresidents
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— Not open to nonresidents 0% as 2nd choice
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0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
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AM049O1A pronghorn male archery season 1 GMU 49 [49, 50, 500, 501] 1 tags · 10 applicants · needed 6 pts · Standard0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
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AM049O1M pronghorn male muzzleloader season 1 GMU 49 [49, 50, 500, 501] 1 tags · 3 applicants · needed 7 pts · Standard0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
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AM049O1R pronghorn male rifle season 1 GMU 49 [49, 50, 500, 501] 3 tags · 50 applicants · needed 18 pts · Standard0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
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0% Point builder
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | License | Season |
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| AF049O1A ↗ pronghorn female archery season 1 GMU 49 [49, 50, 500, 501] Archery | Not open to nonresidents | — | — | 0 / 0 | Standard | Sep 1–20, 2026 |
| AF049O1M ↗ pronghorn female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 49 [49, 50, 500, 501] Muzzleloader | Not open to nonresidents | — | — | 0 / 0 | Standard | Sep 21–29, 2026 |
| AF049O1R ↗ pronghorn female rifle season 1 GMU 49 [49, 50, 500, 501] Rifle | Not open to nonresidents | 0% | — | 0 / 1 | Standard | Oct 3–11, 2026 |
| AF049O1R ↗ pronghorn female rifle season 1 GMU 49 [49, 50, 500, 501] Rifle | 0% Point builder | 0% | — | 10 / 1 | Youth | Oct 3–11, 2026 |
| AM049O1A ↗ pronghorn male archery season 1 GMU 49 [49, 50, 500, 501] Archery | 0% Point builder | 0% | 6 steady since 2021 | 1 / 10 | Standard | Aug 15 – Sep 20, 2026 |
| AM049O1M ↗ pronghorn male muzzleloader season 1 GMU 49 [49, 50, 500, 501] Muzzleloader | 0% Point builder | 0% | 7 +1 since 2024 | 1 / 3 | Standard | Sep 21–29, 2026 |
| AM049O1R ↗ pronghorn male rifle season 1 GMU 49 [49, 50, 500, 501] Rifle | 0% Point builder | 0% | 18 +6 since 2021 | 3 / 50 | Standard | Oct 3–11, 2026 |
| AM049O1R ↗ pronghorn male rifle season 1 GMU 49 [49, 50, 500, 501] Rifle | 0% Point builder | — | — | 20 / 3 | Youth | Oct 3–11, 2026 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
- The badge —
- plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
- As 2nd choice —
- Colorado lets you name more than one hunt on the application. Miss on your first choice and you go into the pot for whatever tags are left, alongside everyone else's second choices. Points never help a lower choice, so this number is the same whatever you have banked — it is usually worth naming a hunt that goes undersubscribed.
- Points needed —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
- Tags / applicants —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.
What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)
| License | Up front | Gone if you miss | If you draw |
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| Standard license | $129.11 | $129.11 | $636.03 |
| Youth license | $129.11 | $129.11 | $636.03 |
Application window: opens Mar 1, closes Apr 7, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
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 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 4 | 44% |
| 2023 | 11 | 2 | 16% |
| 2022 | 17 | 7 | 40% |
| 2021 | 9 | 2 | 22% |
What people carried (2024 harvest)
- Rifle 3 · 75% · 3 hunters, 100% success
- Archery 1 · 25% · 5 hunters, 20% success
- Muzzleloader 0 · 0% · 1 hunters, 0% success
Boundary: CPW GMU Boundary (Big Game)
Harvest: 2024 Statewide Pronghorn Harvest
Harvest: 2023 Statewide Pronghorn Harvest Estimates
Harvest: 2022 Statewide Pronghorn Harvest