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All Hunting in Colorado GMU 21 - Rio Blanco and Garfield Counties

GMU 21 - Rio Blanco and Garfield Counties

Scores

Scores
User Scores
Ease of Drawing
45
 
45
Success
41
 
41
Trophy Potential
61
 
61
Public Access
91
 
91
Ease of Terrain
81
 
81
Room to Breathe
65
 
65
Opportunity
22
 
22
Convenience
11
 
11
Ease of Effort
40
 
40
70
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Bounded on N by the White River; on E by Monument Gulch, County Highway 64, Monument Gulch Road, Rio Blanco County Roads 103 and 26; on S by Douglas Creek-Roan Creek divide, the Douglas Creek-Salt CreeKansas divide, the Evacuation Creek-Salt Creeks divide and the Bitter Creek-West Salt Creek divide; and on W by Utah.

Rains bring muddy roads. High elevation snows make roads impassible without chains.

75% of area is BLM land.

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County

Rio Blanco, Garfield

Size

888 Square Miles (568,304 Acres)

Land Ownership

12% Private, 88% Public, 87% BLM, 1% State, 3% Wilderness

Latitude/Longitude

39.8575, -108.8031

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Amenities

There are 0 hospitals, 1 hotels, 1 campgrounds, and 1 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, Pronghorn, Black Bear, Mountain Lion, Turkey,

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Pinyon-juniper, with pockets of sagebrush, cover most of area at lower elevations. Higher elevations are characterized by sagebrush interspersed with aspen stands and some dark timber. Terrain vari... Create a free account to read the rest of this terrain note!

All Over The Counter Hunts (2023)

There are 6 OTC hunts in this unit. Get a free account to view the details!

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All Drawing Stats (2022)

Total Quota
3,550
Licenses Drawn
2,568
Licenses Surplus
982
Resident Quota
1,688
Nonresident Quota
786
Landowner Quota
231
Youth Quota
137
51.6%
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
EM021O4R
M
R
O4
LL
100%
75 Permit Type A; License Valid for Units: 21, 22, 30, 31, 32;
EM021O1R
M
R
O1
LL
100%
77 Permit Type A; License Valid for Units: 21, 22, 30, 31, 32;
EF021O4R
F
R
O4
LL
100%
79 Permit Type B; License Valid for Units: 21, 30;
EF021O3R
F
R
O3
LL
100%
80 Permit Type B; License Valid for Units: 21, 30;
EF021O2R
F
R
O2
LL
100%
79 Permit Type B; License Valid for Units: 21, 30;
EF021O1R
F
R
O1
LL
50.8%
64 Permit Type B; License Valid for Units: 21, 22, 30, 31, 32;
EF021O1M
F
M
O1
LL
100%
73 Permit Type B; License Valid for Units: 21, 22, 30, 31, 32;
EE021P1R
E
R
P1
LL
100%
72 Permit Type A; License Valid for Units: 21, 22, 30, 31, 32; private land only
EE021O1M
E
M
O1
LL
63.2%
67 Permit Type A; License Valid for Units: 21, 22, 30, 31, 32;
DM021O3R
M
R
O3
LL
14.8%
74
DM021O2R
M
R
O2
LL
29.2%
81
DM021O1M
M
M
O1
LL
25.3%
70 Permit Type A; License Valid for Units: 21, 30;
DM021O1A
M
A
O1
LL
29.7%
72 License Valid for Units: 21, 30;
BE021O1R
E
R
O1
LL
100%
78 Permit Type B; License Valid for Units: 21, 22, 30, 31, 32;
BE021O1M
E
M
O1
LL
100%
80 21, 22, 30, 31, 32
BE021O1A
E
A
O1
LL
100%
74 Permit Type B; License Valid for Units: 21, 22, 30, 31, 32;
HuntScore Tip: Ninety to ninety-five percent of Colorado's GMUs require no preference points - or just a single preference point - in order to draw a limited license in those units.

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All Harvest Stats (2022)

Total Hunters
2,584
Total Harvest
776
Harvest Male
633
Harvest Female
128
36.3%
Average Success
Manner Season Type Sex Hunters Harvest Male Female Youth
A
A
N/A 681 72
55
17
0
A
A
E
0 3
2
1
0
A
A
LL
N/A 50 18
18
0
0
ALL
ALL
E
0 9
5
4
0
ALL
ALL
LL
N/A 425 362
362
0
0
ALL
ALL
N/A 2159 405
266
124
0
AS
AS
E
0 7
4
3
0
CR
CR
E
0 2
1
1
0
M
M
E
0 0
0
0
0
M
M
LL
N/A 12 12
12
0
0
M
M
N/A 64 4
0
0
0
R
O4
LL
M
91 4
4
0
0
R
R
LL
N/A 363 331
331
0
0
R
R
E
0 4
2
2
0
R
PLO
PLO
N/A 66 41
35
6
0
R
R
N/A 1414 330
211
108
0
R
PLO
PLO
N/A 6 0
0
0
0
R
O4
N/A 168 32
4
23
0
R
O4
LL
F
77 28
0
23
0
R
O2
N/A 506 101
61
33
0
R
O3
LL
F
151 30
0
30
0
R
O3
LL
N/A 77 69
69
0
0
R
O3
N/A 414 65
35
30
0
R
O2
LL
N/A 286 262
262
0
0
R
O2
LL
F
126 40
0
33
0
R
O1
LL
M
206 75
75
0
0
R
O1
N/A 300 116
110
6
0
R
O1
LL
F
34 0
0
0
0
R
D
R
N/A 21 16
0
16
0
SG
S
LL
N/A 10 8
0
0
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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Average Temps

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