Colorado Antelope (Pronghorn) · 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%). In 2024, 36 people hunted pronghorn here and took 28, a 77% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, AM093O1M, put up 2 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 3 nonresident first-choice applicants, 2 of whom drew, and the last tag went to someone with 6 points.
3 licenses · NR capped at 25%
first choice, NR
2024, all licenses
14% State
378,979 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in GMU 97
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AF097L1R | Pronghorn female rifle late season GMU 97 | not open | — | |
| AM093O1M | Pronghorn male muzzleloader season 1 GMU 93 | 0% (small sample) | 6 | |
| AM097O1R | Pronghorn male rifle season 1 GMU 97 | not open | — |
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): $636.03 ($129.11 to apply). Open Mar 1 – Apr 6, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Pronghorn | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36 | 28 | 77% |
| 2023 (summed) | 25 | 15 | 60% |
| 2022 | 42 | 22 | 53% |
| 2021 | 28 | 21 | 75% |
2024 split: rifle 23 (82%) from 28 hunters, 82%, archery 4 (14%), muzzleloader 1 (4%)
What Colorado Parks and Wildlife publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Colorado Parks and Wildlife publishes no whole-GMU line for some years; a year's total is the sum of published rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. 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
| 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 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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Prior-draw odds from Colorado Parks and Wildlife's results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Colorado pronghorn hunts