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Big Game Hunting - Dates

Archery - All deer licenses by drawing only
Deer/Elk: West of I-25 (and unit 140)		Aug. 30 - Sept. 28
Deer: East of I-25 (except unit 140)		Oct. 1-24 Nov. 5-30 Dec. 15-31
Pronghorn - Unlimited License Bucks only Either sex		Aug. 15-31 Sept. 1-20
Moose		Sept. 6-28
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep		Dates vary by unit.
Muzzleloading Rifle - All Deer/Elk licenses by drawing only
Deer/Elk/Moose		Sept. 13-21
Plains Deer: East of I-25		Oct. 11-19
Pronghorn (Either Sex)		Oct. 21-29
Rifle Combined Deer/Elk & Separate Limited Elk - All Licenses for separate & 4th season by drawing only.
Separate Limited Elk		Oct. 11-15
Combined - Deer/Elk		Oct. 18-26
Combined - Deer/Elk		Nov. 1-7
Combined Limited - Deer/Elk		Nov. 12-16
Rifle Plains Deer - All Deer licenses by drawing only
East of 1-25 - except unit 140		Oct. 25 - Nov. 4
Rifle Late Plains Deer - All Deer licenses by drawing only
East of I-25		Dec. 1 - 14
Rifle Pronghorn - By drawing only
Game varies by unit & sex		Oct 4-10
Rifle Moose - All Moose licenses by drawing only
		Oct. 1-9
Black Bear
Limited - by drawing only		Sept. 2-30
Archery - unlimited w/cap		Sept. 2-28
Muzzleloading - unlimited w/cap		Sept. 13-21
Return to the Top Big Game Hunting - Fees
License	Resident	Non-Resident
Elk - bull, either sex	$46	$526
Elk - cow	$46	$251
Deer - buck or doe	$31	$316
Pronghorn - buck or doe	$31	$316
Bear	$41	$251
Youth Big Game - Deer, Elk, & Pronghorn	$10.75	$100.75
Mountain Goat	$251	$1,761
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep	$251	$1,761
Desert Bighorn Sheep	$251	N/A
Moose	$251	$1,761
Fees include $0.25 search & rescue and $0.75 PEAC charge. Limited License $3 application fee not included. Click Here to access Official Division of Wildlife Hunting Brochures to download & print Return to the Top
Small Game Hunting - Dates
Birds
Band-tailed Pigeon - Statewide		Sept 1-30
Blue Grouse - West of I-25		Sept 1 - Nov. 19
Chukar Partridge - Statewide		Sept 1 - Nov. 26
Common Crow - Statewide		Oct. 1 - Jan. 31, 2007
Wilson's/Common Snipe - Statewide		Sept 1 - Dec. 16
Greater Prairie Chicken		Shotguns & Archery Sept. 18 - Oct. 3 Falconry Sept. 18 - Dec. 31
Mountain Sharp-tailed Grouse - Closed statewide except units 4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 131, 211, 214, and441		Sept 1 - 19
Mourning Dove - Statewide		Sept 1 - Oct. 30
Pheasants - Units East of I-25		Nov. 20 - Jan. 16
Pheasants - Units West of I-25		Nov. 20 - Jan. 2
Sage Grouse - Units 3, 6, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18 (except east of CO 125 in Grand County), 27, 28 (except north and east of Grand County Rd. 50 or Church Park Road, 37, 161, 171, 181, 201, 211		Sept. 11 - 17
Sandhill Crane - Season closed in the Pacific Flyway, North Park (Jackson County) and the San Luis Valley. Areas open: Central Flyway - east of Continental Divide except North Park (Jackson County) and the San Luis Valley.		Oct. 2 - Nov. 28
Sora & Virginia Rail - Statewide		Sept. 1 - Nov. 9
Fall Turkey Season - Statewide		Sept. 1 - Oct. 3
Quail - Northern Bobwhite, Gambel's & Scaled - Units East of I-25 and north of I-70 from I-25 east to Byers and Hwy. 36 from Byers to Kansas; Units west of I-25		Nov. 12 - Jan. 2
Units east of I-25 and south of I-70 from I-25 to Byers and Hwy. 36 from Byers to Kansas		Nov. 12 - Jan. 16
Mammals
Abert's Squirrels - Statewide		Nov. 15 - Jan. 15
Cottontails, Snowshoe Hare, White-Tailed & Black-Tailed Jackrabbits - Statewide		Oct. 1 - Feb. 28
Fox & Pine Squirrels - Statewide		Oct. 1 - Feb. 28
Marmot - Statewide		Aug. 10 - Oct. 15
Other Game Animals
Prairie Rattlesnake - Statewide		June 15 - Aug. 15
Snapping Turtle - Statewide		April 1 - Oct. 31
White-tailed & Gunnison Prairie Dogs; Wyoming (Richardson's) Ground Squirrels; European Starlings; English or House Sparrows - Statewide		Year Round
Black-tailed Prairie Dogs		Prohibited east of I-25 and in Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Custer, Douglas, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Jefferson, Las Animas, Larimer, Pueblo & Weld counties. Call 303-297-1192 for information about lawful damage control methods.
Furbearers
Badger, Red Fox, Raccoon, Striped Skunk, Muskrat - Statewide		Nov. 1 - Feb. 28
Beaver - Statewide		Oct. 1, 2007 - April 30, 2008
Bobcat - Statewide		Dec. 1 - Feb. 28
Coyote - Statewide		Year-round
Hawking/Falconry
Cottontail Rabbits, Snowshoe Hares, Tree Squirrels - Statewide		Sept. 1 - March 31
Starling, English or House Sparrow - Statewide		Year-round
Return to the Top Small Game Hunting - Fees
License	Resident	Non-Resident
Small Game	$21	$56
Small Game - 1 Day	$11	$11
Small Game & Fishing Combo	$41
Military w/60% or more disability	Free
Turkey	$16	$101
Furbearer	$26	$201
Small Game - Youth (under 16)	$1.75	$1.75
Costs include $0.25 search & rescue fee and a $0.75 surcharge for the Wildlife Management Education Fund Click Here to access Official Division of Wildlife Hunting Brochures to download & print Return to the Top