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All Hunting in Colorado GMU 54 - Gunnison County

Terrain is varied from sage brush hills to alpine tundra. Be prepared for cold and snowy weather during all seasons.

GMU 54 - Gunnison County

Scores

Scores
User Scores
Ease of Drawing
27
 
27
Success
34
 
34
Trophy Potential
55
 
55
Public Access
100
 
100
Ease of Terrain
82
 
82
Room to Breathe
69
 
69
Opportunity
15
 
15
Convenience
24
 
24
Ease of Effort
43
 
43
68
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Bounded on N by Gunnison River-N Fork of Gunnison River divide and County Road 12 (Kebler Pass Road); on E by County Highway 135; on S by U.S.50, Blue Mesa Reservoir and Gunnison River; on W by Curecanti Creek.

Public land in the area is abundant. Motorized travel is limited to designated routes; please consult the current Motor Vehicle Use Maps available from the USFS and BLM.

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County

Gunnison

Size

584 Square Miles (374,042 Acres)

Land Ownership

23% Private, 77% Public, 60% USFS, 13% BLM, 4% State, 26% Wilderness

Latitude/Longitude

38.6468, -107.1200

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Amenities

There are 0 hospitals, 2 hotels, 3 campgrounds, and 2 grocery stores within a 20 mile radius.

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HuntScore Tip

Many units in pronghorn country are located on private land. However, many have been rated as good access locations. Landowners are more likely to give you permission to hunt pronghorn than deer.

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Other Species in Unit

Deer, Elk, Shiras Moose, Black Bear, Mountain Lion, Turkey, Pronghorn,

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GMU 54 - Gunnison County
GMU 54 - Gunnison County
GMU 54 - Gunnison County
GMU 54 - Gunnison County

Terrain is varied from sage brush hills to alpine tundra. Be prepared for cold and snowy weather during all seasons. The dominant geographical features of this unit are Flattop Red Mountains on the... Create a free account to read the rest of this terrain note!

All Over The Counter Hunts (2022)

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All Drawing Stats (2022)

Total Quota
1,913
Licenses Drawn
1,864
Licenses Surplus
49
Resident Quota
1,242
Nonresident Quota
533
Landowner Quota
198
Youth Quota
78
43.7%
Overall Unit
1st Choice Draw Odds
Choose a hunt below to take a deeper dive into quotas, drawing odds, drawing trends, and harvest data.
Stats Apply For Sex Manner Season Type Draw Odds HuntScore Notes
DF054O2R
F
R
O2
LL
30.9%
75
DM054O1M
M
M
O1
LL
53.2%
79
DM054O1A
M
A
O1
LL
39%
78
DF054O3R
F
R
O3
LL
100%
88
BE054O1A
E
A
O1
LL
98.5%
80 Permit Type A; License Valid for Units: 54, 55, 551;
BE054O5R
E
R
O5
LL
45%
71 Permit Type A; License Valid for Units: 54, 55, 551;
BE054O1R
E
R
O1
LL
60.7%
74 Permit Type A; License Valid for Units: 54, 55, 551;
BE054O1M
E
M
O1
LL
100%
80 Permit Type A; License Valid for Units: 54, 55, 551;
DM054O3R
M
R
O3
LL
18%
75
DM054O2R
M
R
O2
LL
43.5%
85
EM054O1R
M
R
O1
LL
67.1%
83
DM054O4R
M
R
O4
LL
8.8%
69
EE054O1A
E
A
O1
LL
43%
79
EF054O1M
F
M
O1
LL
69.4%
80
EF054O1R
F
R
O1
LL
55.6%
75
EF054O3R
F
R
O3
LL
34.3%
73
EF054O2R
F
R
O2
LL
38.8%
75
EF054O4R
F
R
O4
LL
75%
79
EF054P5R
F
R
P5
LL
100%
84 private land only; 54 S of S Castle Creek, CR 730, Carbon Creek and Squaw Gulch; W of Colo. 135; N of U.S. 50; E of Gunnison River, Antelope Creek, CR 818, CR 727 and USFS Trail 438.
EM054O1M
M
M
O1
LL
40.5%
74
EM054O4R
M
R
O4
LL
100%
86
MM053O1X
M
X
O1
LL
2.4%
72 Permit Type A; License Valid for Units: 53, 54, 63;
HuntScore Tip: Nonresident allocations are determined by the average number of preference points a Colorado resident needs to draw a specific license during a 3-year period. For hunt codes that require six or more points for a Colorado resident to draw an elk or deer license, up to 20 percent of licenses may go to nonresidents. For elk and deer hunt codes that require fewer than six points for a Colorado resident to draw, up to 35 percent may go to nonresidents.

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All Harvest Stats (2022)

Total Hunters
2,835
Total Harvest
936
Harvest Male
781
Harvest Female
145
30.7%
Average Success
Manner Season Type Sex Hunters Harvest Male Female Youth
SC
LL
N/A 3 3
0
0
0
ALL
LL
N/A 3 3
3
0
0
A
A
LL
N/A 54 15
15
0
0
A
A
E
0 1
1
0
0
A
A
N/A 183 34
30
4
0
ALL
ALL
E
0 8
4
4
0
ALL
ALL
LL
N/A 569 355
312
41
0
ALL
ALL
N/A 2266 573
465
100
0
AS
AS
E
0 8
4
4
0
CR
CR
E
0 0
0
0
0
M
M
E
0 3
1
2
0
M
M
N/A 78 31
25
4
0
M
M
LL
N/A 44 20
20
0
0
R
O4
LL
F
29 14
0
14
0
R
R
E
0 4
2
2
0
R
R
LL
N/A 471 320
277
41
0
R
PLO
PLO
N/A 62 36
0
36
0
R
PLO
PLO
N/A 62 36
0
36
0
R
R
N/A 2005 508
410
91
0
R
O4
N/A 134 46
32
14
0
R
O4
LL
M
105 32
32
0
0
R
O2
LL
N/A 336 232
216
16
0
R
O4
LL
N/A 15 12
12
0
0
R
O3
LL
N/A 120 76
49
25
0
R
O3
LL
F
33 15
0
15
0
R
O3
N/A 636 142
127
15
0
R
O2
N/A 940 217
207
6
0
R
O1
N/A 215 51
44
8
0
R
O1
LL
F
32 8
0
8
0
R
O1
LL
M
182 44
44
0
0
R
D
R
N/A 19 15
0
13
0
R
O2
LL
F
44 10
0
6
0
HuntScore Tip: With more than 300,000 hunting licenses sold in Colorado each year, Colorado Parks and Wildlife thinks it's impossible to contact every hunter. So, harvest data is not actual. It's a statistical sample calculation based on license sales data and an estimate of hunter numbers and hunter success. Hunter activity and success is gathered through the hunter survey sent to all Colorado licensed hunters. Response is voluntary and therefore not complete.

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