Colorado Antelope (Pronghorn) · GMU 53
Colorado GMU 53 covers 253,633 acres and lies 33 miles north-east of Montrose and 51 miles south of Glenwood Springs. 77% of it is public land, mostly national forest (68%) and BLM (9%).
0 licenses · NR capped at 25%
first choice, NR
not published
68% Forest Service
253,633 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Licenses
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has not offered a pronghorn license in GMU 53 in any draw we hold. It has a page because the agency still publishes it by name; the Colorado pronghorn hunts that are on offer are drawn elsewhere.
The Ground
| National Forest | 172,707 ac | 68% |
| Private | 58,705 ac | 23% |
| BLM | 22,104 ac | 9% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 115 ac | <1% |
| State land | 0 ac | <1% |
Source: Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency.
▸ Sources 2
- 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 pronghorn hunts