What's Up With Hunting in Colorado
What's Up With Hunting in ColoradoAGREEMENT REACHED ON ELK LICENSES The Division of Wildlife has reached a legal settlement with the Gunnison Citizens Wildlife Association that will allow the sale of 4,200 cow elk licenses instead of either-sex elk licenses in three game management units near Gunnison. The cow elk licenses will be sold at Division offices beginning Aug. 18 along with licenses leftover from the drawing process. Over-the-counter bull licenses will also be valid in units 54, 55 and 551. Either-sex elk licenses will be sold in the remaining 45 units during the second and third rifle seasons as planned. Click here for full article text.
WILDLIFE COMMISSION SETS LIMITED BIG GAME LICENSE NUMBERS The Colorado Wildlife Commission approved over-the-counter either-sex elk licenses for the upcoming 1998 hunting season to reduce the size of Colorado's elk herd. The Division will sell either-sex elk licenses over-the-counter during the second and third rifle seasons in a large part of western Colorado. Following are the units where unlimited either-sex elk licenses will be valid. Most of them are in northwestern Colorado, with a few in the southwest. 3, 301, 4, 441, 5, 11, 211, 12, 13, 131, 14, 214, 15, 18, 181, 21, 22, 23, 231, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33,34, 35, 36, 37, 371, 411, 43, 44, 444, 45, 47, 471, 52, 521, 53, 54, 55, 551, 63 and 82. All High Country Ranches properties are in these units. At the meeting, Commissioners also passed a formal motion to totally limit deer licenses in 1999 -- not this upcoming season. Click here for full article text.
ELK AND DEER LICENSE FEES WON'T INCREASE Hunters won't pay more for elk and deer licenses in 1998 or 1999, Colorado lawmakers decided Friday as they killed a proposed license-fee increase. Colorado's license fees, which haven't gone up since 1990, are among the cheapest in North America, making the state a choice destination for hunters nationwide. Although the purpose of the bill was to bring fewer hunters into the field, estimates indicate the measure would have increased state revenues by $6 million to $8 million as well. Click here for full article text.
AG DEPT WORKS TO PROTECT COLORADO'S DOMESTICATED DEER AND ELK POPULATIONS Lakewood--The Colorado Department of Agriculture has taken strong preventative measures to protect Colorado's domesticated deer and elk populations from chronic wasting disease, a nervous system disease causing holes in the brain. Click here for full article text.
Other NewsWorthy Items A selection of several different noteworthy news topics are available here.
Season Dates and license fees Tables of season dates and license fees for ALL species of animals managed by the state of Colorado.
Limited License Draw Results And Preference Point Status Colorado division of Wildlife has really created a beneficial tool here. With changes in big game licensing, like all Deer licenses for the entire state being by drawing application only, this will be a very useful tool to quickly check what your preference points are and if you've been successful in drawing the tag you applied for.
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