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:

• • cpw.state.co.us/thingstodo/Pages/hunt
    • License Registration
    • Big Game
  • 2022 Colorado Big Game Hunting
    • Big Game Planner
  • 2022 Colorado Sheep & Goat Hunting
  • 2022 Colorado Turkey Hunting
  • 2022 Small Game & Waterfowl Hunting 
    • Small Game Hunting Quick Guide
  • 2022-2023 Mountain Lion Hunting

• Hunting Atlas | web tool

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]