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Unit 951 is a Yuma and Phillips County subunit covering the eastern plains country around Yuma and east toward Wray—the Republican River drainage and the upper Arikaree headwaters in the heart of the northeast Colorado ag belt. Elevations 4,000 to 4,500 feet. The terrain is rolling shortgrass and sandsage prairie with substantial irrigated corn under center pivot, dryland wheat, milo, sunflowers, and significant CRP that has aged into productive grassland. The Arikaree and the headwaters of the Republican cut shallow draws across the unit with cottonwood-and-plum-thicket riparian corridors that hold a quietly excellent whitetail population—genetics, ag groceries, and brushy bottom cover all in one place. Mule deer hold the sand draws and shelterbelts; pronghorn cover the open ag and CRP; the late-November whitetail rut produces 150- to 170-class bucks for hunters with access.
Public ground is limited but present: Sandsage Ranch SWA, Stalker Lake SWA, Hale Ponds SWA pieces, and a strong Walk-In Access roster (Yuma County is consistently one of the better WIA counties). Outside of those, the unit is private deeded ag and ranch ground. US-34 cuts east-west through Yuma and Wray; CO-59 runs north-south; US-385 is the major regional spine to the east. Yuma is a real working town—gas, motels, processors, hospital; Wray east is similar. Cell service is fair on the highways and weaker on the gravel grid. The country looks dead-flat from a moving truck and isn't—subtle terrain folds, shelterbelts, and CRP corners hide game in ways that reward patient scouting. Late November is the marquee whitetail window; pronghorn rifle in October is the easier-to-draw counterpart.
Unit Stats
Mule Deer Harvest
44.4%
2025 season
Mule Deer Trophy
158
Some big animals · 2 records
Hunting Season Temps (3-yr avg)
Sep
83°
53°
Oct
67°
40°
Nov
53°
27°
Dec
45°
22°
Jan
40°
18°
Feb
42°
15°
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
Morgan
Mule Deer
Archery
2
157
158
Weld
Pronghorn
Archery
11
72
80
Weld
Pronghorn
Rifle
1
80
80
Colorado Unit 951 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 951 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.