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Unit 105

Colorado Hunting Guide — Pronghorn, Mule Deer

Unit 105 lies in Adams, Arapahoe and Elbert counties and covers about 1,141 square miles. Ground runs from 5,291 to 6,757 feet. CPW bounds it by U.S. 36 and U.S. 24 among others. CPW's harvest estimates put pronghorn success here as high as 58%. No federal land falls inside it, so every acre is a permission question. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.

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5,291–6,757 ft
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Pronghorn Hunting in Unit 105

Unit 105 lies in Adams, Arapahoe and Elbert counties and covers about 1,141 square miles. Ground runs from 5,291 to 6,757 feet. CPW bounds it by U.S. 36 and U.S. 24 among others. CPW's harvest estimates put pronghorn success here as high as 58%. No federal land falls inside it, so every acre is a permission question. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.

Where to Find Pronghorn in Unit 105

CPW draws an exact line around unit 105 and says nothing about where the pronghorn stand inside it. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's. The unit lies in Adams, Arapahoe and Elbert counties. It runs to about 1,141 square miles.

The lines of the unit: U.S. 36, U.S. 24 and Elbert-El Paso Co. line

CPW has unit 105 bounded on the north by U.S. 36; on the east by I-70; on the south by U.S. 24 and Elbert-El Paso Co. line; on the west by Arapahoe CR 137 (Kiowa- Bennett Mile Rd.), Elbert CRs 53, 166, & 45–49, Colo. 86 and Elbert CR 25–41. Read it as a frame, not as a hint about animals. Those features are what you will check against the map all week, and the divides among them are the ones that matter.

High ground inside the line: Eagle Rock and Rocky Peak

Named high points inside the unit include Eagle Rock at 6,232 feet and Rocky Peak at 5,961 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Pronghorn live in the open and trust their eyes, which is the whole problem.

Holding ground: Sixshooter Gulch, Water Gulch and Beuck Draw

Below them sit Sixshooter Gulch at 5,684 feet, Water Gulch at 5,670 feet, Beuck Draw at 5,572 feet, Willow Gulch at 5,551 feet and East Gulch at 5,506 feet. Those are the basins, parks and bottoms this unit has, and they are what you glass into from above. Two you can watch from a single knob is worth more than five you have to drive between.

Public ground to start from: Jumping Cow STL and Jumping Cow SWA

CPW lists Jumping Cow STL and Jumping Cow SWA inside this unit as ground open to public hunting. Each property sets its own restrictions, and the agency's page for it is where they are written down. Federal land covers about 0% of the unit on top of those.

Water in this unit

The water inside the unit line comes to 208 mapped stream reaches, 4 lakes and 91 stock tanks. Nothing in the data says which of them run in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.

The herd this unit belongs to: A-35

CPW does not manage pronghorn unit by unit. It manages them as data analysis unit A-35, and unit 105 is one piece of it. The rest of A-35 is unit 104. So the objective behind your tag was written for that whole area, and a neighbouring unit in the same herd is a fairer comparison than the statewide figure.

Reading the land status

Our ownership read for this unit is approximate — it comes out as Private / Other 100%, so treat it as a starting point and check a current land-status layer before you plan a route. A grid sample of the unit reads 5,291 to 6,757 feet, averaging 5,917 — a sample rather than a survey, so read the ends as approximate. There is not much relief, so the animals move laterally rather than up and down.

Unit 105 terrain and land status

Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up

The lay of it

  • 5,291–6,757 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 5,917 ft ; peaks can run higher.
  • 1,141.3 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.

Who owns the ground

  • Private / Other — 100%

Roughly 0% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.

Water on the ground

  • 91 tanks
  • 208 stream segments
  • 4 lakes

Counts from mapping data, so this is how many exist, not how many hold water in a dry year. Sitting water only pays where you find fresh tracks.

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Rocky Peak (5,961 ft), Eagle Rock (6,232 ft)

Holding ground: Beuck Draw (5,572 ft), Bijou Basin (6,393 ft), Station Gulch (5,902 ft), Jumping Cow STL, Jumping Cow SWA

Every one of these was tested against the unit polygon before it went on the map. They are starting points, not agency recommendations.

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Pronghorn Success Rates

All manners of take58%

CPW's 2023 harvest estimates put pronghorn success in unit 105 at 58% — 601 animals taken by 1,040 hunters. That is a lot of hunters in one unit, and the percentage is what it looks like after all of them have been through it.

These are the agency's own printed figures for this unit, not a modelled estimate and not a state average. They describe one season, so check CPW's current harvest estimates before you read a trend into them.

Pronghorn Draw Odds

SeasonTagsApplicantsDraw %Pts Req
Rifle — 1st Season doe only (resident) 6246313.4% —
Rifle — 1st Season doe only (nonresident) 4757.1% —
Rifle — 1st Season doe only (resident) 16473422.3% —
Rifle — 1st Season doe only (nonresident) 1128.3% —
Rifle — 1st Season buck only (resident) 1671,00016.7% 2
Rifle — 1st Season buck only (nonresident) 2910727.1% 2

Data from 2026 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number.

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CPW's 2026 draw recap for pronghorn in unit 105, by hunt code, with resident and nonresident kept apart because the two draw from different licence pools:

  • AM105O1R — Rifle, 1st Season, Buck Only, resident: 1,000 applicants for 167 licences, 16.7% drawn, 2 preference points needed
  • AF105O1R — Rifle, 1st Season, Doe Only, resident: 734 applicants for 164 licences, 22.3% drawn, no preference points needed
  • AF105L1R — Rifle, 1st Season, Doe Only, resident: 463 applicants for 62 licences, 13.4% drawn, no preference points needed
  • AM105O1R — Rifle, 1st Season, Buck Only, nonresident: 107 applicants for 29 licences, 27.1% drawn, 2 preference points needed

Colorado runs a pure preference-point draw, so the point figure above is the requirement the agency published for that code in that year, not a forecast for the next one. There are 2 further code-and-residency combinations in the recap for this unit. Figures checked against CPW's own statistics pages on 2026-06-09.

Unit Logistics & Expectations

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Colorado unit 105?
Unit 105 lies in Adams, Arapahoe and Elbert counties, and CPW has it bounded on the north by U.S. 36; on the east by I-70; on the south by U.S. 24 and Elbert-El Paso Co. line; on the west by Arapahoe CR 137 (Kiowa- Bennett Mile Rd.), Elbert CRs 53, 166, & 45–49, Colo. 86 and Elbert CR 25–41. It covers about 1,141 square miles.
What is the pronghorn success rate in unit 105?
CPW's 2023 harvest estimates put pronghorn success in unit 105 at 58% across all manners of take. Those are the agency's own figures for this unit, not a statewide average.
Where do you stay and resupply for a unit 105 hunt?
The nearest services our logistics pipeline finds for unit 105 are at Kiowa, about 15 miles from the unit's centre, with Deer Trail at about 18 miles. There are also 6 developed campgrounds in or beside the unit.
What is the mule deer success rate in unit 105?
CPW's 2023 harvest estimates put mule deer success in unit 105 at 48% across all manners of take, and archery 32% and rifle 52% by weapon. Those are the agency's own figures for this unit, not a statewide average.

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Sources & Verification

Every fact on this page is tied to a primary source below. Last fact-checked 2026-10-23.

  1. Colorado Big Game Hunting Brochure — Game Management Unit (GMU) Descriptions (pp. 79-80-81-82) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife · supports: GMU boundary description, Counties the unit lies in, Data analysis unit (DAU) the unit belongs to · accessed 2026-10-22
  2. 2023 Colorado Pronghorn Harvest Estimates — Colorado Parks and Wildlife · supports: Percent success for pronghorn in unit 105, Hunters and harvest by weapon and season · accessed 2026-10-22
  3. CPW CPWAdminData feature service — GMU and sheep/goat unit boundaries — Colorado Parks and Wildlife GIS Unit · supports: Mapped extent of the unit, Which named ground falls inside the unit line · accessed 2026-10-22
  4. 2023 Colorado Deer Harvest Estimates — Colorado Parks and Wildlife · supports: Percent success for mule deer in unit 105, Hunters and harvest by weapon and season · accessed 2026-10-22