Colorado deer hunting units: 2024 harvest, success and crowding

Every Game Management Unit with deer harvest reported in 2024: how many people hunted it, how many filled a tag, and how crowded it was.

Across all rifle seasons in 2024, an estimated 58,313 rifle deer hunters took 28,524 deer statewide, a success rate of 49%.

Highest rifle success

Units with at least 100 rifle hunters. High success often goes with limited licenses or private land, so check how the unit's licenses are issued.

Unit 66: 86% of 339 hunters
Unit 21: 85% of 361 hunters
Unit 53: 80% of 327 hunters
Unit 67: 80% of 374 hunters
Unit 44: 79% of 165 hunters
Unit 40: 78% of 266 hunters
Unit 70: 76% of 1,073 hunters
Unit 9: 75% of 202 hunters
Unit 32: 74% of 115 hunters
Unit 79: 74% of 238 hunters

Fewest rifle hunters per square mile

Units with at least 100 rifle hunters. Uses the whole unit, private land included.

Unit 139: 11 per 100 sq mi, 54% success
Unit 127: 13 per 100 sq mi, 38% success
Unit 132: 14 per 100 sq mi, 73% success
Unit 89: 15 per 100 sq mi, 64% success
Unit 100: 15 per 100 sq mi, 63% success
Unit 88: 16 per 100 sq mi, 35% success
Unit 59: 17 per 100 sq mi, 37% success
Unit 122: 17 per 100 sq mi, 44% success
Unit 98: 18 per 100 sq mi, 48% success
Unit 144: 18 per 100 sq mi, 43% success

All units

Unit	Counties	Hunters, all seasons	Success, all seasons	Rifle hunters	Rifle success	Rifle hunters per 100 sq mi
1	Moffat	15	60%	13	62%	10
2	Moffat	54	59%	40	73%	3
3	Moffat	867	56%	789	59%	93
4	Moffat, Routt	678	57%	548	70%	117
5	Moffat, Routt	275	47%	156	71%	52
6	Jackson	215	50%	148	66%	42
7	Larimer	1,006	12%	407	14%	167
8	Larimer	1,335	18%	616	19%	147
9	Larimer, Weld	270	63%	202	75%	52
10	Moffat, Rio Blanco	67	87%	47	94%	6
11	Moffat, Rio Blanco	600	48%	560	51%	92
12	Moffat, Routt, Rio Blanco	467	31%	330	41%	67
13	Moffat, Routt	245	44%	227	44%	63
14	Routt, Grand	172	20%	55	35%	13
15	Routt, Grand, Eagle	1,460	34%	1,179	39%	240
16	Jackson	153	14%	102	18%	32
17	Jackson	81	9%	68	7%	24
18	Grand	609	18%	489	21%	76
19	Larimer	1,138	29%	778	37%	184
20	Larimer, Boulder, Weld	1,994	41%	1,681	44%	139
21	Rio Blanco, Garfield	420	79%	361	85%	41
22	Rio Blanco, Garfield	494	59%	410	65%	41
23	Rio Blanco, Garfield	565	27%	388	36%	92
24	Rio Blanco, Garfield	309	17%	161	23%	37
25	Garfield, Eagle	1,398	30%	1,153	35%	497
26	Eagle, Garfield, Routt	979	36%	873	40%	364
27	Grand, Routt	223	24%	180	27%	91
28	Grand	385	23%	283	27%	43
29	Boulder, Jefferson, Gilpin	829	23%	647	23%	147
30	Garfield, Mesa	218	59%	167	72%	19
31	Mesa, Garfield, Rio Blanco	467	54%	323	58%	46
32	Garfield	172	65%	115	74%	38
33	Garfield, Rio Blanco	1,242	35%	965	38%	232
34	Garfield, Eagle	1,067	16%	812	17%	421
35	Eagle	1,013	44%	852	49%	318
36	Eagle, Grand	900	34%	723	36%	263
37	Summit, Grand	338	33%	222	45%	42
38	Gilpin, Boulder, Clear Creek, Jefferson	1,129	24%	952	27%	209
39	Jefferson, Clear Creek, Park	528	28%	328	34%	89
40	Mesa	363	74%	266	78%	36
41	Mesa, Delta	579	50%	446	59%	136
42	Mesa, Garfield	849	53%	685	63%	113
43	Garfield, Pitkin, Eagle, Gunnison	632	44%	390	51%	74
44	Eagle	299	57%	165	79%	44
45	Eagle, Pitkin	437	32%	272	33%	81
46	Jefferson, Clear Creek, Park	376	39%	235	43%	110
47	Eagle, Pitkin	173	38%	110	44%	37
48	Lake, Chaffee	187	29%	110	36%	37
49	Lake, Park, Chaffee	729	47%	516	57%	96
50	Park	220	34%	144	47%	29
51	Douglas	559	59%	385	66%	77
52	Delta, Gunnison	1,007	55%	934	57%	352
53	Delta, Gunnison	387	72%	327	80%	83
54	Gunnison	651	57%	518	64%	89
55	Gunnison	695	66%	537	70%	61
56	Chaffee	344	32%	274	33%	115
57	Chaffee, Park, Fremont	303	49%	251	59%	92
58	Fremont, Park	495	46%	353	56%	40
59	Pueblo, Fremont, El Paso, Teller	166	33%	109	37%	17
60	Mesa, Montrose	258	50%	210	55%	88
61	Mesa, Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel	240	57%	172	70%	19
62	Delta, Mesa, Montrose, Ouray	1,374	44%	1,067	48%	77
63	Delta, Gunnison, Montrose	393	65%	327	69%	89
64	Delta, Montrose	304	49%	251	54%	93
65	Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray	717	38%	533	43%	79
66	Gunnison, Hinsdale, Saguache	465	74%	339	86%	38
67	Gunnison, Hinsdale, Saguache	517	68%	374	80%	55
68	Saguache	426	38%	323	43%	54
69	Custer, Fremont	917	48%	708	52%	242
70	Dolores, Montrose, San Miguel	1,249	69%	1,073	76%	71
71	Dolores County, Montezum County	506	44%	384	48%	74
72	Montezuma	876	66%	776	70%	79
73	Montezuma	622	49%	478	52%	54
74	La Plata County, San Juan County	304	43%	154	45%	26
75	La Plata County, San Juan County	1,131	55%	852	59%	132
76	Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande	82	56%	42	69%	4
77	Archuleta, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mineral	1,356	45%	1,021	47%	183
78	Archuleta, Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande	1,138	50%	808	54%	106
79	Alamosa, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache	266	69%	238	74%	56
80	Alamosa, Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande	633	48%	424	63%	48
81	Alamosa, Archuleta, Conejos, Rio Grande	585	50%	329	59%	27
82	Alamosa, Saguache	419	50%	326	59%	30
83	Alamosa, Costilla	101	74%	77	74%	6
84	Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo	1,179	45%	975	48%	76
85	Huerfano, Las Animas	763	46%	620	47%	53
86	Fremont, Custer, Chaffee	450	37%	339	42%	68
87	Larimer, Weld	450	34%	428	34%	38
88	Weld	128	32%	108	35%	16
89	Weld, Logan	130	60%	115	64%	15
90	Logan, Sedgwick	42	50%	39	54%	10
91	Sedgwick	329	40%	236	44%	306
92	Logan, Sedgwick	344	33%	254	39%	438
93	Logan, Segwick, Phillips	476	34%	433	36%	46
94	Larimer, Adams, Weld	264	41%	186	42%	25
95	Weld, Logan, Morgan, Washington	87	38%	72	36%	10
96	Logan, Washington, Morgan	656	29%	509	32%	206
97	Logan, Washington, Morgan	79	47%	75	49%	13
98	Logan, Phillips, Yuma, Washington	370	46%	321	48%	18
99	Weld, Morgan, Adams	427	48%	351	50%	21
100	Washington, Morgan	169	60%	155	63%	15
101	Washington, Yuma	377	41%	330	42%	48
102	Washington, Yuma	261	39%	179	47%	24
103	Yuma	385	32%	281	32%	218
104	Denver, Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert	1,015	50%	629	54%	43
105	Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert	852	49%	635	57%	56
106	Arapahoe, Elbert, Washington, Lincoln	170	48%	157	52%	26
107	Washington, Lincoln, Kit Carson	379	42%	346	45%	28
109	Washington, Yuma, Kit Carson	449	27%	357	30%	34
110	El Paso	310	44%	151	58%	24
111	Elbert, Lincoln, El Paso	142	49%	92	59%	13
112	Lincoln	104	27%	67	28%	23
113	Lincoln, Cheyenne	86	27%	52	31%	25
114	Lincoln, Kit Carson, Cheyenne	68	51%	66	53%	12
115	Kit Carson, Cheyenne	93	34%	76	42%	21
116	Kit Carson, Cheyenne	226	39%	193	40%	20
117	Kit Carson, Cheyenne	101	41%	91	45%	20
118	El Paso	106	47%	68	44%	14
119	El Paso, Lincoln	143	22%	90	32%	15
120	Lincoln, Crowley, Kiowa	96	15%	78	18%	15
121	Cheyenne, Lincoln, Kiowa	93	37%	71	34%	7
122	Cheyenne, Kiowa	239	38%	163	44%	17
123	El Paso, Pueblo	70	77%	41	78%	8
124	Crowley, Pueblo	55	36%	55	36%	9
125	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	198	32%	117	41%	20
126	Kiowa, Bent, Prowers	230	33%	148	39%	22
127	Kiowa, Prowers	269	30%	128	38%	13
128	Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	174	47%	98	57%	8
129	Crowley, Otero, Pueblo	241	43%	159	49%	45
130	Otero, Bent	84	57%	56	61%	12
131	Routt, Rio Blanco	60	32%	31	39%	16
132	Prowers	170	60%	116	73%	14
133	Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo	42	21%	26	19%	5
134	Las Animas, Pueblo	80	43%	49	47%	12
135	Las Animas, Pueblo, Otero	107	47%	72	51%	10
136	Las Animas	160	46%	125	46%	22
137	Las Animas, Baca	87	48%	83	51%	14
139	Baca	177	48%	138	54%	11
140	Las Animas	183	25%	134	26%	29
141	Las Animas	40	68%	33	70%	14
142	Las Animas	84	19%	32	22%	9
143	Las Animas	68	15%	63	16%	9
144	Baca	148	43%	119	43%	18
145	Baca	38	34%	28	39%	9
146	Bent, Prowers	168	26%	92	38%	10
147	Las Animas	76	13%	55	18%	17
161	Jackson	249	28%	150	27%	37
171	Jackson	134	8%	103	8%	40
181	Grand	159	27%	133	32%	73
191	Larimer	1,389	43%	1,111	50%	350
201	Moffat	58	91%	45	96%	19
211	Moffat, Rio Blanco	452	40%	444	41%	103
214	Routt	115	17%	40	35%	17
231	Routt, Rio Blanco, Garfield	143	15%	42	12%	24
301	Moffat	547	67%	500	67%	136
361	Eagle, Grand	196	33%	166	37%	200
371	Summit	76	14%	55	20%	32
391	Jefferson, Denver, Araphoe, Douglas	263	44%	226	50%	81
411	Mesa, Delta	485	40%	446	41%	194
421	Mesa, Garfield	934	43%	591	53%	109
431	Pitkin	52	31%	40	35%	18
441	Moffat, Routt	206	64%	158	71%	81
444	Eagle, Garfield, Pitkin	613	39%	444	44%	120
461	Jefferson, Park	277	46%	218	57%	152
471	Pitkin	64	42%	32	38%	31
481	Chaffee	322	40%	231	50%	82
500	Park	108	19%	49	27%	30
501	Park, Jefferson	368	59%	253	72%	50
511	Teller, El Paso, Park	534	55%	355	58%	98
512	El Paso	25	96%	25	96%	89
521	Delta, Gunnison	463	46%	364	53%	72
551	Gunnison, Saguache	448	54%	330	62%	60
561	Chaffee, Saguache	176	23%	123	28%	96
581	Park, Teller, Fremont	572	51%	450	57%	65
591	Pueblo, Fremont, El Paso	189	53%	183	55%	85
681	Saguache	404	49%	287	56%	65
682	Saguache	19	32%	19	32%	7
691	Custer, Fremont	161	46%	133	49%	53
711	Dolores, Montezuma, San Miguel	652	51%	576	55%	70
741	La Plata County	365	54%	311	57%	64
751	Archuleta, Hinsdale, La Plata, San Juan	769	56%	645	61%	139
771	Archuleta	634	56%	584	59%	160
791	Alamosa, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache	19	79%	19	79%	5
851	Costilla, Las Animas	95	51%	72	57%	16
861	Huerfano	58	33%	39	46%	19
951	Weld, Morgan	350	30%	264	33%	29

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Where these numbers come from

The 2024 Colorado Deer Harvest Estimates from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. They are survey estimates, not counts.