b. During archery season, only legal hand bows are allowed. Registrations/approvals are $25.25, valid from April 1 to March 31. ORV permits (valid for non-residents and road-approved/paved vehicles) are available online at cpw.state.co.us/bg/ohvpermit, CPW and sales agents. If you have any questions, call 303-297-1192. Renewal applications are available online and at CPW offices. New registrations and transfers must be made in person or by mail. For more information, see cpw.state.co.us. d. The screw must be at least 16 inches long, a head at least 7/8 inches wide and at least two steel cutting edges.
Each cutting edge must be in the same plane along the entire length of the cutting surface. e. Illegal during archery season. One. Each permit is valid only for the duration, type and location specified in it. During the season with deer, elk or pronghorn rifles or during the 24-hour period prior to the opening weekend, no permit is valid. nor during the opening weekend of the grouse, pheasant, quail, turkey or waterfowl season in areas where these seasons are underway. On private land, yes. On Crown lands, the answer seems to be no. Except as otherwise provided in the regulations of the Commission and except as otherwise provided in section 33-6-107 (9) for persons who own or lease land, their family members or their representatives, it is unlawful for a person to use electronic night vision devices, electronically enhanced light harvesting optics or thermal imaging devices to assist in hunting or taking wildlife outside the seasons of legal hunting in accordance with Commission rules. ▶ In order to receive a reduced licence and/or a youth preference in the draw, the youth must be at least 17 years of age at the time of application.
The legal hours for hunting small game and/or waterfowl are half an hour before sunrise until sunset. ▶ Use airplanes to hunt, guide hunters on the ground, or hunt the same day or day after a flight for wildlife. other trophy parts and leave the carcass in the field. Selling, buying or offering, selling or buying big game. Asking someone to illegally kill big game for commercial purposes or to provide fur carriers can be caught using bait. ▶ ▶ Where permitted, baits shall consist exclusively of materials of animal or vegetable origin and shall not contain metal, glass, porcelain, plastic, cardboard or paper materials. Wildlife used as bait includes the carcass or parts of carcasses of legally caught furbearers, carp, shad allis, white-nosed and long-nosed suckers, and inedible parts of wild mammals, birds and fish of legal origin. f.
Riflescopes and electronic or battery-powered devices shall not be installed or attached to bows or arrows, with the exception of light cams on arrows. Recording devices such as cameras or video recorders attached to arcs can be used as long as they do not project light at the target or help determine distance, aim or shoot the bow. The card on the back of this booklet shows the game management units in red and yellow where CWD was detected (inside the back). CWD has been detected in several areas of Colorado, as well as other states and provinces. In deer, infection rates tend to be highest in males mature in prime of life. Sunrise and sunset times, civil twilight start and end times, and midday and day sun for each December day in Denver. To the surprise of many, black bear hunting in Colorado is perfectly legal during the allotted time of year. Black bear licences, which normally begin in early September, can be purchased both through big game movements and by mutual agreement at the end of August. With success, each black bear or moose hunted must be personally inspected in a CPW office. ▶ Teens must be between the ages of 12 and 17 at the time of purchase to purchase an unlimited youth license or any remaining license. 3. It is illegal to discharge a firearm or shoot an arrow from a highway on or through a highway.
Hunting with rifles, handguns, single-snail shotguns and archery equipment is prohibited within 50 feet of any side of the centre line of a highway. On a divided highway, the prohibition includes the median and the 50-foot requirement is measured from the centre line of both roads. 2. It is unlawful to kill, capture, injure or harass wild animals on board a motor vehicle or aircraft. It is also illegal to operate aircraft with the intent to injure, harass, drive or pick up wildlife. It is illegal to discharge a firearm or release an arrow from a motor vehicle or aircraft. Ask the position of the sun and moon, get the times for events such as sunrise and sunset. TIP: If you shoot a young male or bull with antlers less than 5 inches long, it can be considered “antlerless.” But what do you do with proof of sex? 1.
It is illegal to possess or transport a big game carcass without natural proof of sex. It is illegal to let the carcass accompany only separate evidence of sex. When you test a deer or moose head, you leave evidence of sex on the carcass. Small game and waterfowl hunting reservations can be made for many of the state`s wildlife areas by phone or online on CPW`s website. Daily pocket and property boundaries vary considerably from species to species. 7. Carrying loaded firearms in or on a motor vehicle. Firearms must be unloaded in the chamber. Muzzle-loading rifles are considered unloaded when the percussion cap or shotgun primer is removed, or when the powder is removed from the rib. It is illegal for someone to have a loaded muzzle loader with electronic ignition in or on a motor vehicle.
The chamber must be discharged Disease in humans resulting from exposure to CWD has not been reported. However, public health officials cannot determine that there is no risk in eating meat from infected animals. Therefore, officials recommend that people avoid exposure to animals infected with CWD. Visit the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (cdhpe.colorado.gov/animal-related-diseases/prion-diseases) website for the latest recommendations on carcass testing and other preventative measures. 1. They can be cited for illegal wildlife transport even if someone else has made a mistake. If you are transporting carcasses or processed meat: Guides and outfitters must be registered, tethered and insured in Colorado. You will also need a permit to operate on public land and must register with the Outfitter Registry Office, 1560 Broadway, Suite 1340, Denver, CO 80202. 303-894- 7778; or dpo.colorado.gov/outfitters. ▶ Disturb hunters. This includes distracting or frightening prey; causing prey to escape through light or noise; hunting prey on foot or by vehicle; throwing objects; make movements; harassing hunters with threats or actions; erect barriers to deny access to hunting grounds; have deliberately put themselves in the crosshairs.
Violators will be prosecuted and may have to pay the victim`s damages and legal costs. One. Mechanical calls are legal, including voice calls. What is dusk, dawn and dusk? What is Solar Noon? Directions based on real north 1. TRANSGRESS. It is illegal to enter private property without first obtaining permission to hunt, fish or engage in any related activity. Private properties don`t need to be posted or fenced, so it can be hard to see the boundaries. Violations can be blocked for up to 5 years for intrusion.
This includes State Land Board lands that have not been leased and signed by CPW unless authorized by the tenant. Long bow, curved bow or compound bow on which the string is not pulled mechanically or mechanically held under tension. String or mechanical triggers are legal if they are pulled or held by hand and have no other attachments or connections to the bow (other than bowstrings). h. The Shotshell primer and B.O.R. Lock MZ balls are legal. The graph below shows the sunrise and sunset times in Denver for each day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the DST change in Denver, Colorado. With more than $2,000 for non-residents, moose hunting licenses are the most expensive big game hunting license issued in Colorado. Participants are allowed to use a bull moose as a lifetime bag limit, and each licensed moose hunter must submit a report to CPW at the end of the season, regardless of the results. 1. BAG RESTRICTIONS, LICENSE PURCHASES: The bag and possession limit is the total number of animals you can legally take from each species.
Big game included in January and February in the seasons set under the previous licence year seasons falls below the previous year`s bag and bale possession limit. If a licence permits hunting in more than one unit, the unit in the hunting code determines the maximum number of licences a hunter can obtain per year for that species. Artificial light (private land) may be used at night to bring beaver, bobcat, coyote, grey fox, raccoon, red fox, striped skunk and fast fox onto private land with the written permission of the landowner, designated agent, tenant or authorized employee. Can you use artificial light when hunting coyotes in Colorado when you`re on private land? If you`re convicted of a crime, you can expect a lifetime license ban: ▶ kill big game and give up. It is illegal to remove only the skin, antlers or one. Must be at least 20 in size and pull a single snail. The use of chevrotine is illegal for big game hunting. b.
Artificial light permanently attached to a vehicle or projected from inside a vehicle is prohibited. December 11, 2022. Current time: 6:56 a.m. (America/Denver time zone) Bows can only lead one arrow at a time. No automatic arrow loading mechanism is allowed. 2. MOOSE: The lifetime bag limit for bull moose is one, except for auction, draw or special management permits. Electronic callers.