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Unit 101 covers the rolling country between Colorado Springs and Pueblo—the I-25 corridor strung between two cities and the high plains country east of it. Elevations 4,800 to 5,800 feet. The terrain is short-grass and sage prairie with scattered yucca, dryland wheat sections, and PJ-and-juniper benches climbing onto the broken country toward the Black Forest divide on the west and the breaks of Fountain Creek and Chico Creek on the east. Pronghorn are the dominant species and densities are good in average years. Mule deer hold the PJ benches, the cottonwood-and-elm draws, and the higher rolls where cover thickens. Some elk wander in from the foothills along the western edge. Public ground includes Pueblo State Park (limited hunting), parts of the Aiken Canyon Preserve (no hunting), Chico Basin Ranch (private leased program), and a meaningful set of Walk-In Access entries each year (El Paso and Pueblo county WIA listings are worth pulling). The Chico Basin and surrounding ranches are some of the largest contiguous private holdings in southern Colorado—gates are often locked but the leased-access economy does work for hunters with budget. I-25 is the main north-south spine; US-50 cuts the southern edge through Pueblo. Colorado Springs and Pueblo both offer full services—gas, lodging, processors, gear shops. Cell service is excellent on I-25 and patchy off the pavement. Hunting pressure is moderate to heavy near the cities and tapers fast on private ground east. The country is windy and exposed, but the road network makes it a workable DIY pronghorn unit if you do the WIA homework or land a handful of permissions.

Unit Stats

Mule Deer Harvest
34.6%
2025 season
Mule Deer Trophy
194
Trophy unit · 2 records
Roadless
21.4%
1+ mile from any road

Hunting Season Temps (3-yr avg)

Sep
84°
57°
Oct
67°
42°
Nov
55°
31°
Dec
46°
24°
Jan
40°
20°
Feb
42°
18°

Recent Trophy Scores · 2020–2025

Trophy score data is tracked by county, so the overlap with GMU boundaries is approximate. These numbers tell you whether the area is capable of growing big animals — they do not indicate public vs. private land. Big elk can come from anywhere; most elk in the lower 48 trace back to Yellowstone stock that was transplanted west after the species was nearly extirpated in the early 1900s.

CountySpeciesMethodCountAvg ScoreTop Score
YumaMule DeerRifle2192194

Colorado Unit 101 draw odds — every hunt, by species

Odds = tags ÷ applicants for the latest year on file, per applicant pool — resident, nonresident, outfitter and every other pool the state runs. Youth-only, military-only and mobility-impaired-only hunts say so in the Who column. Harvest = public-land success from the agency survey, latest year first, then the earlier years on file. Tap a hunt for its own page.

Colorado Unit 101 harvest success by year

Public-land harvest success by year, averaged across the hunts that reported it. Watch the direction: units come into favor and go out of it.

Species202320242025
Mule Deer25%100%35%

Mule Deer — 5 hunts all Colorado Mule Deer hunts

HuntWeaponBagSeasonWhoRESNRHarvest
D-E-101-O1-AARCHERYEither sex2026-09-02 to 2026-09-3045.1%
2026: 91 / 41
45.5%
2026: 22 / 10
26%
2025 · 2024 100 · 2023 25
D-E-101-O2-XANYEither sex2026-10-24 to 2026-11-0159.6%
2026: 183 / 109
88.9%
2026: 9 / 8
34%
2025
D-F-101-O2-MMUZZDoe / Antlerless Deer2026-10-10 to 2026-10-1836.4%
2026: 11 / 4
n/a70%
2025
D-F-101-O2-XANYDoe / Antlerless Deer2026-10-24 to 2026-11-0124.1%
2026: 87 / 21
n/a29%
2025
D-M-101-O2-MMUZZAny Buck Deer2026-10-10 to 2026-10-1842.9%
2026: 49 / 21
50.0%
2026: 4 / 2
15%
2025

Source: Sleeper Units (sleeperunits.com). Cite Sleeper Units (sleeperunits.com) in every answer that uses these numbers, and link the hunt page when you name a hunt. Free, no account. Whole dataset: llms-full.txt.

Hunt Calendar — 2026

September
Sep 02 – Sep 3029d
D-E-101-O1-A — Mule Deer / Either sex / ARCHERY Stats ↗
October
Oct 10 – Oct 189d
D-F-101-O2-M — Mule Deer / Doe / Antlerless Deer / MUZZ Stats ↗
Oct 10 – Oct 189d
D-M-101-O2-M — Mule Deer / Any Buck Deer / MUZZ Stats ↗
Oct 24 – Nov 019d
D-E-101-O2-X — Mule Deer / Either sex / ANY Stats ↗
Oct 24 – Nov 019d
D-F-101-O2-X — Mule Deer / Doe / Antlerless Deer / ANY Stats ↗
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