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Unit 119 sits in northern Cheyenne County and southern Kit Carson County country around the towns of Kit Carson and Cheyenne Wells, with the unit reaching to the Kansas line. Elevations 4,200 to 4,800 feet. Terrain is rolling shortgrass and sandsage prairie with a heavy footprint of dryland wheat sections and aged CRP fields. The Big Sandy Creek and Smoky Hill River headwaters cut shallow draws across the unit with cottonwood-and-elm shelterbelt corridors that hold mule deer. Pronghorn are the dominant species and densities are typically strong in average rainfall years. Mule deer concentrate in the sand draws, shelterbelts, and the better CRP blocks; whitetail are rare and hold the few well-watered creek bottoms.
The unit is overwhelmingly private deeded ag ground. Public access is thin—scattered state trust quarters, a few small state wildlife areas, and a Walk-In Access program that turns over each year (Kit Carson and Cheyenne County WIA enrollments are typically reasonable for pronghorn rifle, less so for deer). US-40 cuts east-west through Kit Carson and Cheyenne Wells; US-287 runs north-south. Kit Carson is a tiny ag town with gas and a small store; Cheyenne Wells is the regional supply hub for fuel, food, and motels. Cell service is reliable on the highways and weaker off them. The wind blows hard and constant—a pronghorn at 600 yards will see you breathing if you don't read the air. The country is open enough that good optics matter more than fitness; getting onto a band and closing for a shot is a chess game played across a quarter-section.
Unit Stats
Mule Deer Harvest
32.3%
2025 season
Mule Deer Trophy
192
Trophy unit · 9 records
Hunting Season Temps (3-yr avg)
Sep
80°
56°
Oct
66°
43°
Nov
53°
31°
Dec
45°
25°
Jan
41°
22°
Feb
42°
19°
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.
County
Species
Method
Count
Avg Score
Top Score
El Paso
Elk
Archery
1
268
268
El Paso
Mule Deer
Archery
7
165
186
El Paso
Mule Deer
Rifle
2
187
192
El Paso
Pronghorn
Archery
2
69
71
Colorado Unit 119 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 119 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.
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.