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Unit 114 takes in the far east edge of Prowers County—the corner of Colorado that bumps against Kansas right at Holly, with the Arkansas River cutting across the top of the unit. Elevations 3,700 to 4,400 feet. The Arkansas River bottom on the north edge holds cottonwood, willow, and Russian olive habitat with whitetail in the brush; off the river, the country is shortgrass and sandsage prairie with significant dryland wheat, irrigated corn under center pivot, and aged CRP that functions as real grassland habitat. Pronghorn dominate the open ground and densities can be excellent in good rainfall years; mule deer hold the sand draws, shelterbelts, and the cottonwood corridors along the river and Clay Creek drainage. Whitetail are present in the river bottom but rare elsewhere.
The unit is almost entirely private deeded ag ground. Public access is thin—a few state trust sections, Two Buttes Reservoir SWA south on the unit edge, modest state wildlife areas along the river, and a Walk-In Access roster with a handful of properties enrolled most years. Holly itself is tiny but historically interesting—the Holly tornado country, ag-elevator culture, and the Kansas line a mile east. US-50 cuts east-west across the river country through Holly and Granada; US-385 runs north out of Granada. Lamar is the bigger supply town 25 minutes west. Cell service is fair on US-50 and patchy on the gravel grid. The wind here is straight off Kansas with nothing to slow it down—pronghorn glassing requires a tripod and the patience to wait for it to lay down a little. Pronghorn rifle in early October is the obvious play.
Unit Stats
Mule Deer Harvest
42.5%
2025 season
Mule Deer Trophy
170
Some big animals · 2 records
Hunting Season Temps (3-yr avg)
Sep
81°
54°
Oct
66°
40°
Nov
54°
29°
Dec
45°
22°
Jan
39°
18°
Feb
41°
16°
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
Cheyenne
Mule Deer
Archery
1
170
170
Kit Carson
Mule Deer
Archery
1
151
151
Colorado Unit 114 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 114 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.