Colorado 2022 Winter Hunting Season Primer

2022 Hunting Season Changes & Updates – Colorado:

    • [YouTube] 2022 Colorado Big-Game Seasons “What’s New”
      Feb 12, 2022 – Colorado Parks and Wildlife
    • There Is No Longer A Maximum Let-Off Percentage For Hand-Held Bows
    • Boundary Modifications For Some GMUs
    • Mandatory Chronic Wasting Disease (Cwd) Testing In Select GMUs
  • New Deer, Elk, Pronghorn, Moose & Bear Changes

 

Resources:

 

Important Dates:

  • Deer Third Rifle Hunting Season 
    • Nov 12 – Nov 18
  • Deer Fourth Rifle Hunting Season 
    • Nov 23 – Nov 27
  • Late Season Deer Hunts – Rifle 
    • Oct 29 – Nov 30
      • *D-M-009-L1-R
    • Dec 3 – Dec 17
      • D-F-009-L1-R
    • Oct 1 – Jan 31
      • Fort Carson, 591
      • D-M-591-L1-R / D-F-591-L1-R
  • Plains Late Deer Rifle Hunting Season
    • Dec 1 – Dec 14
  • Late Season Plains Deer Hunts – Rifle 
    • Oct 1 – Dec 31
      • D-F-104-L3-R

 

  • Elk Third Rifle Hunting Season
    • Nov 12 – Nov 18
  • Elk Fourth Rifle Hunting Season
    • Nov 23 – Nov 27
  • Elk Late Rifle Hunting Season
    • Dec 1 – Dec 31
  • Late Season Elk Hunts – Rifle 
    • Dec 31 – Jan 8
      • E-F-851-L3-R
    • Dec 1 – Jan 15
      • E-F-026-L1-R
    • Dec 15 – Jan 15
      • E-F-030-L1-R
      • E-F-035-L1-R A
    • Oct 1 – Jan 31
      • Fort Carson, 591
      • E-F-591-L1-R
  • Plains Late Elk Rifle Hunting Season
    • Oct 15 – Jan 31

 

  • Bear Third Rifle Hunting Season
    • Nov 12 – Nov 18
  • Bear Fourth Rifle Hunting Season 
    • Nov 23 – Nov 27

 

  • Late Season Rocky Mountain Bighorn Hunts – Rifle
    • Sept 10 – Nov 30
      • S-F-S29-O1-R
    • Nov 1 – Nov 30
      • S-M-S75-O1-R
    • Dec 5 – Dec 9 || Dec 12 – Dec 16
      • S-M-S42-O1-R / S-F-S42-O1-R
    • Dec 1 – Dec 31
      • S-M-S61-O1-R

 

  • Desert Bighorn Rifle Hunting Season
    • Nov 1 – Nov 30
  • Mountain Lion Hunting Season
    • Nov 28  – Mar 31

 

Big Game:

Deer, Elk, Black Bear, Rocky Bighorn Sheep (Mountain. Desert), Mountain Lion
[out of season] Mountain Goat

 

Small Game: 

Squirrel (Abert’s, Fox, & Pine)
[year round] Wyoming Ground Squirrel
[out of season] Marmot 

 

Upland Game & Migratory Bird:

Pheasant
[out of season]