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Unit 109

Colorado Hunting Guide — Mule Deer, Pronghorn

Unit 109 lies in Washington, Yuma and Kit Carson counties and covers about 1,041 square miles. Ground runs from 3,869 to 4,721 feet. CPW bounds it by U.S. 36 and U.S. 385 among others. CPW's harvest estimates put mule deer success here as high as 28%. 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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3,869–4,721 ft
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Mule Deer Hunting in Unit 109

Unit 109 lies in Washington, Yuma and Kit Carson counties and covers about 1,041 square miles. Ground runs from 3,869 to 4,721 feet. CPW bounds it by U.S. 36 and U.S. 385 among others. CPW's harvest estimates put mule deer success here as high as 28%. 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 Mule Deer in Unit 109

CPW's material on unit 109 stops at the boundary — there is no agency account of where its mule deer live. Every place named below sits inside the unit line. Which of them holds animals in your season is for you to find out. The unit lies in Washington, Yuma and Kit Carson counties. It runs to about 1,041 square miles.

The lines of the unit: U.S. 36, U.S. 385 and Yuma-Kit Carson Co. line

CPW has unit 109 bounded on the north by U.S. 36; on the east by U.S. 385, Yuma-Kit Carson Co. line and KS; on the south by I-70; on the west by Colo. 59. It tells you the shape of the unit and nothing about its inhabitants. Its value is practical — those are the features you will navigate by, and the ridges that separate one day's country from another's.

Holding ground: Dry Gulch

Below them sit Dry Gulch at 3,818 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Reaching the edge of one before light beats reaching its middle at noon.

Public ground to start from: Settlement STL, South Fork Republican STL and Spring Valley STL

CPW lists Settlement STL, South Fork Republican STL and Spring Valley STL 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 59 mapped stream reaches, 1 lakes and 65 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: D-47

CPW does not manage mule deer unit by unit. It manages them as data analysis unit D-47, and unit 109 is one piece of it. The rest of D-47 is unit 103, unit 116 and unit 117. 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 85% and BLM 15%, 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 3,869 to 4,721 feet, averaging 4,153 — 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 109 terrain and land status

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

The lay of it

  • 3,869–4,721 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 4,153 ft ; peaks can run higher.
  • 1,040.6 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.

Who owns the ground

  • BLM — 15%
  • Private / Other — 85%

Roughly 15% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.

Water on the ground

  • 65 tanks
  • 59 stream segments
  • 1 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

Holding ground: Dry Gulch (3,818 ft), Settlement STL, South Fork Republican STL, Spring Valley STL

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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Mule Deer Success Rates

All manners of take25%
Archery11%
Rifle28%

CPW's 2023 harvest estimates put mule deer success in unit 109 at 25% — 112 animals taken by 451 hunters. The hunter count is large enough for the percentage to mean something and small enough that a good or bad year still moves it.

  • Archery — 11% success, 7 taken by 61 hunters
  • Rifle — 28% success, 98 taken by 350 hunters

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.

Mule Deer Draw Odds

SeasonTagsApplicantsDraw %Pts Req
Rifle — 2nd Season either sex (resident) 82828.6% —
Rifle — 2nd Season either sex (nonresident) 000.0% —
Rifle — 2nd Season either sex (resident) 214645.7% —
Rifle — 2nd Season either sex (nonresident) 5771.4% —
Rifle — 1st Season doe only (resident) 135125.5% —
Rifle — 1st Season doe only (nonresident) 11100.0% —
Rifle — 2nd Season doe only (resident) 21513.3% —
Rifle — 2nd Season doe only (nonresident) 000.0% —
Rifle — 1st Season doe only (resident) 176625.8% —
Rifle — 1st Season doe only (nonresident) 010.0% —
Rifle — 2nd Season doe only (resident) 1156.7% —
Rifle — 2nd Season doe only (nonresident) 000.0% —
Rifle — 1st Season buck only (resident) 359935.4% —
Rifle — 1st Season buck only (nonresident) 132846.4% —
Rifle — 1st Season buck only (resident) 2511022.7% —
Rifle — 1st Season buck only (nonresident) 71450.0% —
Archery — 1st Season either sex (resident) 224252.4% —
Archery — 1st Season either sex (nonresident) 5771.4% —
Archery — 3rd Season either sex (resident) 31127.3% —
Archery — 3rd Season either sex (nonresident) 020.0% —
Muzzleloader — 3rd Season either sex (resident) 22100.0% —
Muzzleloader — 3rd Season either sex (nonresident) 000.0% —
Muzzleloader — 2nd Season doe only (resident) 11100.0% —
Muzzleloader — 2nd Season doe only (nonresident) 000.0% —
Muzzleloader — 2nd Season buck only (resident) 71163.6% —
Muzzleloader — 2nd Season buck only (nonresident) 010.0% —
Muzzleloader — 3rd Season doe only (resident) 000.0% —

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 mule deer in unit 109, by hunt code, with resident and nonresident kept apart because the two draw from different licence pools:

  • DM109O1R — Rifle, 1st Season, Buck Only, resident: 110 applicants for 25 licences, 22.7% drawn, no preference points needed
  • DM109L1R — Rifle, 1st Season, Buck Only, resident: 99 applicants for 35 licences, 35.4% drawn, no preference points needed
  • DF109O1R — Rifle, 1st Season, Doe Only, resident: 66 applicants for 17 licences, 25.8% drawn, no preference points needed
  • DF109L1R — Rifle, 1st Season, Doe Only, resident: 51 applicants for 13 licences, 25.5% drawn, no preference points needed

No preference points were needed for the codes above in that year, which can change the moment applicant numbers do. There are 17 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 109?
Unit 109 lies in Washington, Yuma and Kit Carson counties, and CPW has it bounded on the north by U.S. 36; on the east by U.S. 385, Yuma-Kit Carson Co. line and KS; on the south by I-70; on the west by Colo. 59. It covers about 1,041 square miles.
What is the mule deer success rate in unit 109?
CPW's 2023 harvest estimates put mule deer success in unit 109 at 25% across all manners of take, and archery 11% and rifle 28% by weapon. Those are the agency's own figures for this unit, not a statewide average.
Where do you stay and resupply for a unit 109 hunt?
The nearest services our logistics pipeline finds for unit 109 are at Bethune, about 12 miles from the unit's centre, with Stratton at about 13 miles. There are also 2 developed campgrounds in or beside the unit.
What is the pronghorn success rate in unit 109?
CPW's 2023 harvest estimates put pronghorn success in unit 109 at 51% across all manners of take. 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 Deer Harvest Estimates — Colorado Parks and Wildlife · supports: Percent success for mule deer in unit 109, 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 Pronghorn Harvest Estimates — Colorado Parks and Wildlife · supports: Percent success for pronghorn in unit 109, Hunters and harvest by weapon and season · accessed 2026-10-22