C OLORADO PARKS & WILDLIFE 2016 Colorado Sheep & Goat APPLICATION DEADLINE: APRIL 5

online brochure

cpw.state.co.us 2015 Colorado Sheep & Goat Hunting Video Features Watch more CPW videos on our Vimeo Channel

LEAVE NO TRACE: HOW TO HUNT WITH RESPECT FOR THE LAND

LEAVE NO TRACE is the ethical hunting practice of minimizing your footprint on the land. Learn tips to follow in the field in this video.

A.M. COLORADO: BIGHORN SHEEP WE SCALED STEEP LEDGES along Interstate 70 to capture the drama of bighorn sheep during the rut. Watch the intimate journey unfold.

BIG-GAME BACKPACK: AFTER THE KILL

CHECK OUT THE ITEMS CPW OFFICER Jason Duetsch carries with him into the field when he harvests a big-game animal.

AIM TRUE: HOW TO SIGHT-IN YOUR RIFLE QUIZ ANDRESOURCES: LEARN THE ONLINE BASICS OF SIGHTING-IN MOUNTAIN GOAT IDENTIFICATION YOUR HUNT- If you are huntingbmountain goats, it is ING RIFLE in difficult — but extremely important — that you this 20-minute identify female goats properly. instructional Read the CPW online guide and video with Area take the quiz to ensure you know CLICK Wildlife Manager your target and avoid fines once Rick Basagoitia. TO TAKE you are hunting in the field. THE QUIZ 1 2016 Colorado Sheep & Goat Hunting TABLE OF CONTENTS CORRECTION LIST click to see post-printing changes CPW OFFICE LOCATIONS What’s New 2016...... 1 cpw.state.co.us ADMINISTRATION License Fees & Information...... 1 1313 Sherman St., #618 • Fees and surcharges Denver, 80203 • Hunter education requirements (303) 297-1192 In the Field & Special License Information.... 2 ONLY the offices below can assist hunters with animal checks and taking samples that are related to hunting activities. See the CPW website for a complete list of our 42 parks loca- • Forest Service road closures, using pack goats tions that can also sell licenses, issue duplicate licenses and accept licenses for refunds. • Evidence of sex, attaching carcass tags • Regulations for transporting and donating meat BRUSH GRAND JUNCTION MONTROSE 122 E. Edison 711 Independent Ave. 2300 S. Townsend Ave. • RFW, BSAP & special management licenses Brush, 80723 Grand Junction, 81505 Montrose, 81401 • TIPs program details (970) 842-6300 (970) 255-6100 (970) 252-6000 Identification, Mandatory Checks...... 3 COLORADO SPRINGS GUNNISON PUEBLO 600 Reservoir Road • Bighorn sheep and mountain goat identification tips 4255 Sinton Road 300 W. New York Ave. Colorado Springs, 80907 Gunnison, 81230 Pueblo, 81005 • Mandatory checks and reporting for sheep, goat (719) 227-5200 (970) 641-7060 (719) 561-5300 • Hunter orientations SALIDA • Legal hunting hours, sunrise/sunset table DENVER HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS 6060 Broadway 346 Grand County Rd. 362 7405 Hwy. 50 • Land closures Denver, 80216 Hot Sulphur Springs, 80451 Salida, 81201 (970) 725-6200 (719) 530-5520 License & Hunting Requirements...... 4-5 (303) 291-7227 • License and residency requirements...... 4 DURANGO LAMAR STEAMBOAT SPRINGS 2500 S. Main St. • Auction and raffle licenses...... 4 151 E. 16th St. 925 Weiss Dr. Lamar, 81052 Steamboat Springs, 80487 • Legal hunting methods...... 5 Durango, 81301 (970) 247-0855 (719) 336-6600 (970) 870-2197 • Hunting rules and illegal activities...... 5 FORT COLLINS MEEKER Applications...... 6 317 W. Prospect Road 73485 Hwy. 64 • Using preference points Fort Collins, 80526 Meeker, 81641 • How to apply as a group (970) 472-4300 (970) 878-6090 • Where to submit your application GLENWOOD SPRINGS MONTE VISTA • How to get refunds 0088 Wildlife Way 0722 S. Road 1 E. Glenwood Springs, 81601 Monte Vista, 81144 Bighorn Sheep...... 7-9 (970) 947-2920 (719) 587-6900 • Hunt code tables ...... 7-9 • MAP: Bighorn sheep units...... 9 GET THE BROCHURE ONLINE cpw.state.co.us/SheepandGoat/Brochure Mountain Goats...... 10-11 • Hunt code tables ...... 10 • MAP: Mountain goat units...... 11 Printed for free distribution by GMU Descriptions...... 12-13 COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE (CPW) Important Dates...... back cover 6060 Broadway, Denver, CO 80216 (303) 297-1192 cpw.state.co.us ABOUT THE COVER: Weston Williams harvested this Editor: John Marín billy on opening day on a solo hunt Cover photo © Weston Williams near Mt. Edwards where a little bit Printed Jan. 2016 by American Web, Denver. 80,000 copies. of scouting really paid off. " I was Printing paid for with hunting and fishing license fees. able to observe the area where the billy was the evening before and put Colorado Parks and Wildlife Director: Bob D. Broscheid myself in the perfect position the next morning. An all-around great The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission sets big-game regulations in January. Commis- experience. Well worth the wait for the tag!” sion members are (as of Jan. 2016): Robert W. Bray • Chris Castilian, Chair • Jeanne Horne, Photo © Weston Williams. Vice-Chair • John Howard • Bill Kane • Dale Pizel • James Pribyl, Secretary • James Vigil • Dean » Wingfield • Michelle Zimmerman • Alex Zipp Other photos, left to right: CPW receives federal financial assistance from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In accordance 1. Bighorn Sheep Ewe. Photo © Wayne Lewis, CPW. with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 and Title 2. Mountain Goat on rock overlook. Photo © Shannon Schaller, CPW. IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior and its bureaus prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability or sex. 3. Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Rams. Photo © Wayne Lewis, CPW. NOTE: Laws and regulations in this brochure are paraphrased for easier understanding and are intended only as a guide. Complete Colorado wildlife statutes and regulations are available at 4. Mountain Goat. Photo © Wayne Lewis, CPW. CPW offices listed above and online at cpw.state.co.us/Regulations 2016 Colorado Sheep & Goat Hunting

LICENSE FEES HABITAT STAMPS...... FEE » 2016 Habitat Stamp (required)...... $10 2016WHAT’S NEW Only one is required per person ages 18-64 per year buying or applying for a license. » CHANGES TO LICENSE REFUNDS... Beginning April 1, 2016, all licenses » Lifetime Habitat Stamp ...... $300.25 must be returned to CPW or postmarked at least 30 days prior to the start of the season for which they are valid in order to be eligible for a refund or preference LICENSE TYPE...... FEE point reinstatement. A $15 processing fee will be charged on all refunds except RESIDENTS for youth licenses or in the case of CPW error. Preference point restoration requests are exempt from the processing fee. Refunds or preference point » Rocky Mountain Bighorn...... $254 restoration requests after 30 days prior to season start are limited to extreme » Mountain Goat...... $254 medical circumstances, death of license holder or license holder’s immediate » Desert Bighorn...... $254 family member, military deployment or CPW error; the processing fee will not apply. A license cannot be recovered once it has been returned to CPW along NONRESIDENTS (must use paper applications to apply) with a refund or preference point restoration request form. Limited licenses that are returned may be available for purchase. Information on how to purchase » Rocky Mountain Bighorn / fishing combo...... $2,084 returned limited licenses will be available after July 1, 2016. Please see the CPW » Mountain Goat / fishing combo...... $2,084 website for the most up-to-date information on license refunding and reissuing, » Desert Bighorn / fishing combo...... $1,389 cpw.state.co.us/Licenses Nonresident annual fishing licenses are good through March 31, 2017. » CHANGES TO HUNTER EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS WILL BEGIN Fees listed include a $3 application fee, a 25-cent search-and-rescue fee APRIL 2016... New changes to hunter education requirements in Colorado and 75-cent fee for Wildlife Management Public Education Fund. will begin on April 6, 2016. There will be a new test-out option available for the hunter education certification requirement as well as an apprentice license for new hunters. Hunters age 50 or older or U.S. military personnel defined RESIDENTS: BUY ONLINE OR BY PHONE as active-duty, reserve-duty, veteran and National Guard can test out of the Go to cpw.state.co.us/Licenses or call 1-800-244-5613. hunter education requirements by creating a customer identification number and taking a one-time, online test that must be completed in a single session with a 90 percent pass rate. Hunters age 50 and older must wait 24 hours after successfully passing to purchase a license. Military personnel must take WHAT YOU NEED TO BUY A LICENSE AND HUNT certificate of completion and their military ID to a CPW office for verification 1. ID. Secure and verifiable ID. A Social Security Number and/or license purchase. The cost of the online test is $25. Hunters who do is required for new hunters age 12 and older. not score 90 percent or higher on their test must attend a hunter education 2. PROOF of hunter education. (See below.) class. The free apprentice license is a one-year waiver of the hunter education 3. PROOF of residency for Colorado residents. (See page 4.) requirement with the aim of getting new hunters in the field. The apprentice license can only be purchased once and is valid from April 1 to March 31 4. HABITAT STAMP. A 2016 Habitat Stamp is required prior to apply- annually. The apprentice license holder must be at least 10 years old (12 to hunt ing for the draw or buying a license. (See below.) big game) and must be accompanied by a mentor at all times in the field. A mentor is someone at least 18 years old who has a hunter education certificate HABITAT STAMP or was born before January 1, 1949. They must carry proof of age and their • Anyone 18-64 MUST buy a 2016 stamp prior to buying or applying hunter education certificate when in the field. A mentor can accompany up to two apprentices in the field. Please see the website for the most up-to-date for a preference point, or a hunting or fishing license. information on hunter education, cpw.state.co.us/HunterEd • Stamps are $10 and are nonrefundable. Only one is required per person per year, valid April 1-March 31. A lifetime stamp is $300.25. »UNIT S2 REOPENS FOR RAM HUNTING... Unit S2 has reopened for • Hunters ages 18-64 applying for a limited license must purchase a limited ram hunting in the 2016 season. Unit S2 has been closed since 2009, stamp to apply in the drawing process. Applications submitted for however, there has been a steady increase in the herd population over the hunters who do not have a Habitat Stamp will be disqualified. past three years. See page 7. • EXEMPTIONS: Anyone with a free lifetime fishing license, a veteran’s »UNIT S41 NOW OPEN FOR EWE HUNTING... With a noted increase in the lifetime combination small-game hunting and fishing license, or ewe population in unit S41, limited ewe harvest can now be supported. See page 8. those approved for the Big-Game Mobility Impaired Hunting Pro- gram. Go to cpw.state.co.us/Accessibility »UNIT S77 OPENS FOR RAM HUNTING... CPW began planning the reintroduction of bighorn sheep to the Gore Canyon in the late 90s. A recent survey indicated that the bighorn sheep transplant efforts had been AUCTION AND RAFFLE LICENSES successful in the mostly public land unit. The unit has been opened for If you’re looking for another way to hunt sheep and goat, auction and raffle limited ram hunting. See page 8. licenses may interest you. These special licenses are available for Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep and mountain goats, allowing you to hunt dur- »BOUNDARY CHANGES TO UNIT S13... Unit S13 has experienced boundary ing extended seasons. These licenses are good statewide in any unit open to changes for the 2016 season. Hunters should familiarize themselves with the new hunting that species. boundaries. See page 12. They are offered by participating wildlife organizations that return at least 75 percent of the proceeds to CPW for research, management and education. » For information, go to the website cpw.state.co.us/AuctionRaffleLicense. LICENSE INFORMATION See page 4 for more. HUNTER EDUCATION (SAFETY) REQUIREMENTS CHILD SUPPORT DELINQUENCY 1. The apprentice license is a one-year waiver of hunter education requirements. State law requires a Social Security number to buy a license. It is not 2. One-time test-out option available for hunters 50 and older or U.S. displayed on the license but is provided, if requested, to Child Support En- forcement authorities. Hunting and fishing licenses are not issued to those military personnel. suspended for noncompliance with child support. 3. Anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 1949, must have a hunter education card to hunt Any current licenses become invalid if held by an individual who in Colorado. is noncompliant with child support. 4. A hunter education card is needed to apply for or buy a license. It must be carried while hunting (unless previously verified — marked with a “V.” WEAPONS RESTRICTIONS • To get verified, take your hunter education card to a CPW office. Colorado and federal laws prohibit people convicted of certain crimes, 5. CPW honors hunter education cards from other states and provinces. such as domestic violence, from possessing weapons even for hunting. 6. For information and to find hunter education courses, visit: If you’ve been convicted of a crime, check with the appropriate law en- 1 cpw.state.co.us/HunterEd forcement authority to find out how the laws apply to you. 2016 Colorado Sheep & Goat Hunting » IN THE FIELD CHECK FOREST CLOSURES CARCASS TAGS DONATING GAME MEAT Projects on National Forest lands can impact You must attach a carcass tag to animals you kill Donation certificates are required for all donations. access any time of the year. Closures of areas can per instructions on the tag. Tags must stay on the Certificates must contain names, addresses and change quickly and your hunting destination or carcass until the meat is processed and it must telephone numbers of donor and recipient; donor’s access route may be affected. CPW is not remain with the meat until consumed. hunting license number; species and amounts do- responsible for Forest Service closures It is illegal to sign or tear the tag before a kill. If nated; date of kill; donor’s signature. The certificate and license refunds cannot be offered you lose, accidentally destroy or detach the tag, you after the start of the season. can be a simple note; no special form is required. must get a duplicate from a CPW location before Certificate must stay with the meat until the meat Learn about closures and plan alterna- hunting and prove the loss, detachment or destruc- www.fs.usda. is completely consumed. Donor and recipient are tive routes and areas to hunt. Go to tion was accidental. Do not remove other parts of a gov/goto/r2/huntnfs-co subject to all bag and possession limits. . license except the carcass tag after a kill. Doing so Roads and trails were damaged by the 2013 voids the license and you must buy a duplicate. NOTE: A “like license” is a license for exactly the flood in GMUs 7, 8, 19, 20 and portions of 29, same species, sex, season and method of take as a 38 and 191. Motorized and foot access may still donor’s license. be limited. Project work could impact these and TRANSPORTING GAME 1. WITH OR WITHOUT additional GMUs in the Arapaho and Roosevelt 1. Sheep and goats must have carcass tags properly You can donate to someone national forests. For more information, go to and securely attached to carcass (not horns), a like license: a. www.fs.usda.gov/goto/arp/hunting. unless it is 20 pounds or less of meat that is ac- Any amount of processed and packaged game companied by a donation certificate. If carcass is meat, anywhere. 2. WITHOUT LEAVE YOUR PACK GOATS AT in pieces, tag must be attached to the piece with You can donate to someone a like license: evidence of sex naturally attached. a. up to 20 pounds of unprocessed meat, anywhere HOME WHEN HUNTING SHEEP b. Diseases can be transmitted from goats to bighorns, 2. Harvested sheep or goats shipped by common more than 20 pounds of unprocessed meat, even if your animals appear healthy. Some diseases carrier must be accompanied by either the license, only at recipient’s home can cause large-scale die-offs of wild bighorns. a photocopy of license or carcass tag and (if less 3. You can donate to someone WITH a like license: To prevent disease transmission, keep domestic than 20 pounds of meat) a donation certificate. a. up to 20 pounds of unprocessed meat, anywhere goats out of areas occupied by bighorn sheep. 3. Processed big-game meat must be accompanied b. more than 20 pounds of unprocessed meat, by carcass tag or, if donated, a certificate. anywhere, only if: EVIDENCE OF SEX 4. If you transport someone else’s game, animals (1) recipient’s license is unfilled (2) recipient’s carcass tag is on the meat. This 1. MALES: head with horns attached, testicle, must be properly tagged, or you can be cited. The upper part of the license must be kept by establishes recipient’s claim to his/her portion scrotum or penis. of meat and voids his/her license. Donor’s tag FEMALES: whoever killed the animal. Carry a list identify- head, udder (mammary) or vulva. must remain with his/her portion. 2. It is illegal to have or transport big game, or a ing each hunter and animal. 5. Hunters transporting game through other states c. the entire carcass, if: considerable part of it, without evidence of sex (1) recipient’s license is unfilled, and naturally attached. Evidence of sex must be are encouraged to check with each state for specific carcass transportation regulations. (2) both the donor’s carcass tag and recipient’s attached to carcass until it is cut into processed like-license carcass tag is on meat, voiding both. meat (commercially or otherwise), wrapped and frozen or stored at licensee’s home. 3. Head or intact skull of sheep and goats with horns naturally attached to skull plate must ac- company the carcass. » SPECIAL LICENSE INFORMATION RANCHING FOR WILDLIFE the ranch. A free guide must also be provided by Purple Heart recipients can get free lifetime com- Public Ranching For Wildlife (RFW) licenses are the ranch to hunters who draw a ram license. This bination small-game hunting and fishing licenses. available only to Colorado residents by drawing. year, there are BSAP licenses available on Culebra Veterans must have served on active duty and have been honorably discharged. Proof is required This year, there are bighorn sheep RFW licenses Ranch, Purgatoire Ranch, River Canyon Ranch and Trinchera Ranch. The hunt codes and details are on of a service-related disability rated by the Veterans available on Kiowa Creek Ranch. The hunt code Administration of at least 60 percent through and details are on page 7. page 7. disability retirement benefits or a pension ad- RFW landowners must provide free access to For ranch rules, maps and ranch contacts, go to ministered by the Department of Veteran Affairs. hunters who draw a license for the ranch. By ap- cpw.state.co.us/BSAP Contact CPW for details, (303) 297-1192. plying for a RFW license, hunters allow CPW to provide applicant information to the ranch. RFW TURN IN POACHERS (TIPS) PROGRAM SPECIAL MANAGEMENT LICENSES hunting rules are different on each ranch. For TIPs rewards people who voluntarily provide infor- Colorado Parks and Wildlife may issue special ranch rules, maps and ranch contacts, go to cpw. mation resulting in charging poachers. Awards can licenses to prevent the spread of disease and un- state.co.us/thingstodo/Pages/RFW.aspx. be a preference point for species of choice or an un- planned expansion of sheep and goats. limited license for the species reported. Some limited Licenses are offered to unsuccessful applicants licenses also may be available. TIPs licenses do not from nearby units for the same species. Season BIGHORN SHEEP ACCESS PROGRAM count toward annual bag and possession limits. dates to be determined. These licenses do not use NEW! Bighorn Sheep Access Program (BSAP) or generate preference points. Hunters do not lose licenses are available only to Colorado residents DISABLED VETERANS preference points by accepting these by drawing. BSAP landowners must provide free Colorado residents who are disabled veterans or licenses. access to hunters who draw a sheep license for

1. Use lead-free shot or bullets. 2. Liberally trim and discard meat damaged by the bullet Get the lead out when you process an animal. Fragments can scatter far from the wound. cpw.state.co.us/sh/lead 3. Clean your meat grinder between each animal. Lead is soft and can go through your grinder, From the field to the table, ensuring your next harvest is safe for your family is important. Switching contaminating an entire batch of ground meat. from lead bullets may be the right option for you. For more, go to the CPW link above. 4. Avoid eating game meat from animals harvested with lead bullets if you are pregnant. Children Science tells us ingesting lead can cause potential health problems. Risks are low for most people, younger than 6 should also avoid it. 2 however, you can also: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Colorado Parks and Wildlife 2016 Colorado Sheep & Goat Hunting

BIGHORN SHEEP IDENTIFICATION MOUNTAIN GOAT IDENTIFICATION

ONE-HALF CURL RAM: Male bighorn MALES: Horns have bases that are close to- with a horn or horns having one or both gether and larger than the eye. Horns are heavy tips grown at least through half (180 and have more curvature. degrees) of a circle. This is measured Males stand and stretch hind legs backwards, by first establishing a reference line with a slight arch in the back, to urinate. The bisecting the eye and base of the ear. A scrotum may be visible from the rear when 1/2 BILLY CURL half-curl ram has one or both horns that goats have short summer coats. (at dotted line) have grown at least as far as the refer- ence line in the illustration. FEMALES: Horns have bases that are smaller or equal to the eye size. Horns are often thinner and straighter, with a curve at the ends. 5 INCHES Females squat to urinate. The dark vulva patch may be visible when the tail is raised. EWE: A female sheep with a horn or horns at least 5 inches long, measured on the outside curve. FOR MORE go to the goat ID and quiz online under the big-game hunting section at cpw.state.co.us/learn/Pages/HuntingMountain Illustrations by © Wayne Lewis, CPW Goat.aspx. NANNY

LEGAL HUNTING HOURS MANDATORY BIGHORN SHEEP CHECK Legal hunting hours for sheep and goat are one-half hour before sunrise to one-half 1. All bighorns, including ewes and desert bighorns, must be inspected hour after sunset. by a CPW officer or at a CPW office (listed inside the front cover) The sunrise/sunset chart below lists Denver times. Subtract 1 minute from open- during regular business hours within five working days of harvest. ing and closing time for each 12 1/2 miles east of Denver. Add 1 minute to open- License holders must personally present sheep with horns and skull ing and closing time for each 12 1/2 miles west of Denver. (These changes assume intact. A harvest report is completed at that time. A permanent that each degree of longitude equals 50 miles and a change of 1 degree of longitude marker will be attached to the horn of bighorn rams. equals a 4-minute change in sunrise and sunset times.) 2. All licensees (successful or not) must return a completed question- naire within 30 days after a season ends. Licensees who do not com- 2016 SUNRISE/SUNSET TABLE (DENVER) plete the questionnaire become ineligible for future sheep licenses. AUG. (DST)* SEPT. (DST)* OCT. (DST)* NOV. DEC. JAN. 2017 3. It is illegal to trade, transfer or sell ram heads, capes, skulls or horns RISE SET RISE SET RISE SET RISE SET RISE SET RISE SET unless CPW inspects and permanently marks horns. The CPW DAY A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. marks only legally killed rams. 1 06:00 20:12 06:29 19:30 06:57 18:41 07:29 17:57 07:02 16:36 07:21 16:47 2 06:00 20:11 06:29 19:29 06:58 18:40 07:30 17:56 07:03 16:36 07:21 16:47 MANDATORY MOUNTAIN GOAT CHECK 3 06:01 20:10 06:30 19:27 06:59 18:38 07:31 17:55 07:04 16:36 07:21 16:48 1. All goats must be inspected by a CPW officer or at a CPW office during 4 06:02 20:09 06:31 19:25 06:00 18:37 07:33 17:54 07:05 16:35 07:21 16:49 regular business hours within five working days of harvest. License 5 06:03 20:08 06:32 19:24 07:01 18:35 07:34 17:53 07:06 16:35 07:21 16:50 DST holders must personally present goats with horns and skull intact. A 6 06:04 20:07 06:33 19:22 07:02 18:33 06:35ends 16:52 07:07 16:35 07:21 16:51 harvest report is completed by the hunter at that time. 7 06:05 20:05 06:34 19:21 07:03 18:32 06:36 16:51 07:08 16:35 07:21 16:52 2. All licensees (successful or not) must return a completed question- 8 06:06 20:04 06:35 19:19 07:04 18:30 06:37 16:50 07:09 16:35 07:21 16:53 9 06:07 20:03 06:36 19:17 07:05 18:29 06:38 16:49 07:10 16:35 07:21 16:54 naire within 30 days after a season ends. Licensees who do not com- 10 06:08 20:02 06:37 19:16 07:06 18:27 06:39 16:48 07:10 16:36 07:21 16:55 plete the questionnaire become ineligible for future goat licenses. 11 06:09 20:01 06:38 19:14 07:07 18:26 06:41 16:47 07:11 16:36 07:20 16:56 12 06:10 19:59 06:39 19:12 07:08 18:24 06:42 16:46 07:12 16:36 07:20 16:57 HUNTER ORIENTATIONS 13 06:11 19:58 06:40 19:11 07:09 18:23 06:43 16:45 07:13 16:36 07:20 16:58 ALL SHEEP AND GOAT HUNTERS: Those who draw a sheep or goat li- 14 06:12 19:57 06:41 19:09 07:10 18:21 06:44 16:45 07:13 16:36 07:19 16:59 cense may attend a free seminar on sheep and goat hunting sponsored 15 06:13 19:55 06:42 19:08 07:11 18:20 06:45 16:44 07:14 16:37 07:19 17:00 16 06:14 19:54 06:42 19:06 07:12 18:18 06:46 16:43 07:15 16:37 07:19 17:01 by CPW, Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society, Colorado Bowhunters 17 06:14 19:52 06:43 19:04 07:13 18:17 06:47 16:42 07:15 16:37 07:18 17:03 Association, the Grand Slam Club and the Wild Sheep Foundation. 18 06:15 19:51 06:44 19:03 07:14 18:15 06:48 16:42 07:16 16:38 07:18 17:04 The seminar will be held in late June. Those who are successful in the 19 06:16 19:50 06:45 19:01 07:15 18:14 06:50 16:41 07:17 16:38 07:17 17:05 draw and obtain a license will receive details about the class in the mail 20 06:17 19:48 06:46 18:59 07:16 18:13 06:51 16:40 07:17 16:39 07:17 17:06 by early June. For information, call (303) 297-1192. 21 06:18 19:47 06:47 18:58 07:17 18:11 06:52 16:40 07:18 16:39 07:16 17:07 22 06:19 19:45 06:48 18:56 07:18 18:10 06:53 16:39 07:18 16:40 07:15 17:08 LAND USE RESTRICTIONS AND CLOSURES 23 06:20 19:44 06:49 18:54 07:19 18:09 06:54 16:39 07:19 16:40 07:15 17:09 It is illegal to hunt on private land without permission of owner or per- 24 06:21 19:42 06:50 18:53 07:20 18:07 06:55 16:38 07:19 16:41 07:14 17:11 25 06:22 19:41 06:51 18:51 07:21 18:06 06:56 16:38 07:19 16:41 07:13 17:12 son in charge. It is illegal to hunt or fish on State Land Board proper- 26 06:23 19:39 06:52 18:49 07:22 18:05 06:57 16:37 07:20 16:42 07:13 17:13 ties without permission unless they are leased by CPW. 27 06:24 19:38 06:53 18:48 07:24 18:03 06:58 16:37 07:20 16:43 07:12 17:14 MT. EVANS HIGHWAY (UNITS G4 AND S3): Hunting is prohibited on Mt. 28 06:25 19:36 06:54 18:46 07:25 18:02 06:59 16:37 07:20 16:43 07:11 17:15 Evans Summit Lake Cirque and within a half-mile of either side of the 29 06:26 19:35 06:55 18:45 07:26 18:01 07:00 16:36 07:21 16:44 07:10 17:17 centerline of Mt. Evans Hwy. (Colo. 5) while the road is open to vehicle 30 06:27 19:33 06:56 18:43 07:27 18:00 07:01 16:36 07:21 16:45 07:09 17:18 traffic from the intersection with Colo. 103 to the summit. When Mt. -Ev 31 06:28 19:32 07:28 17:58 07:21 16:46 07:08 17:19 * DST = Daylight Saving Time ans Hwy. is closed to vehicles at the intersection with Colo. 103, the hunt- ing closure is lifted and hunting is permitted within half-mile of highway, TIME ADJUSTMENT FOR OTHER COLORADO CITIES with the exception of white-tailed ptarmigan hunting. Add or subtract these Alamosa +3 Durango +11 La Junta -6 minutes to the chart Buena Vista +5 Fort Morgan -4 Lamar -9 above for select towns. For use only as a Burlington -10 Gr. Junction +13 Sterling -6 general reference. Craig +9 Gunnison +7 Walden +5 Source: www.usno.navy.mil Source:

3 2016 Colorado Sheep & Goat Hunting

» LICENSE REQUIREMENTS RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS » These are the requirements to qualify as a Colorado resident to buy a hunt- ing license: 1. You must live in Colorado at least 6 consecutive months immediately LICENSE REQUIREMENTS before applying for or buying a license, AND you must intend to make 1. Bighorn sheep and mountain goat licenses are limited, available only by Colorado home (except No. 3 and No. 4 below). The residence address drawing for specific units. Licenses expire on the date printed on them and are not transferable. you give to buy or apply for a license must be the same as on your Colo- rado income tax return. 2. You can apply for one bighorn sheep license and one mountain goat 2. license each year. However, you cannot apply for a Rocky Mountain big- A valid Colorado driver’s license or Colorado ID is proof of residency if horn and desert bighorn in the same year. If you apply for more than one issued at least 6 months prior to buying or applying for a license. If your bighorn sheep license the same year, your applications will be disqualified. ID or driver’s license was issued or renewed less than 6 months prior, you must provide documentation that proves you have been a resident for the 3. BIGHORN SHEEP: If you harvest a Rocky Mountain bighorn ram (must required 6-month period. have a half-curl or more), you must wait five years (sixth year after har- vest) before applying for another Rocky Mountain bighorn ram license. 3. U.S. military personnel and military personnel of U.S. allies on active duty During the five-year waiting period, hunters may apply for ewe licenses in Colorado under permanent orders and their dependents. This includes but cannot accrue preference points. This rule does not apply if you har- people who were Colorado residents when they entered the military and vest a ram with an auction, raffle or special sheep management license. keep Colorado as their home of record, and their dependents (unless they 4. DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP: If you harvest a desert bighorn sheep, you change their home of record to another state). Also included are personnel cannot participate in future desert bighorn sheep drawings. of the U.S. Diplomatic Service or diplomatic services of nations recog- 5. MOUNTAIN GOAT: If you harvest a mountain goat, you must wait five nized by the U.S. assigned here on permanent active duty orders and their years (sixth year after harvest) before applying for another mountain goat dependents. Active duty military does not include reserve status, National license. This rule does not apply if you harvest a goat with an auction, raffle Guard or government contractors. or special goat management license. 4. Full-time students enrolled and attending a Colorado college, university or 6. RAFFLE OR AUCTION LICENSES: For information, call (303) 297-1192 trade school at least 6 months immediately before applying for or buying a or see below for details. Licenses are available for any unit open to hunt- license. This includes students who are temporarily absent from Colorado ing sheep or goats in the current season. These licenses can be used in but still enrolled. Colorado residents who attend school full time out of addition to sheep or goat licenses obtained in the limited license drawing. state and pay nonresident tuition still qualify for a resident license. 7. YOUTHS AGES 12-17 can hunt sheep and goats, but must meet hunter 5. Children under 18 have the same residency status as their parent, legal education requirements. Youths may apply for a sheep or goat license or guardian or person with whom they live most of the time per court order. preference point at age 11 if they will turn 12 before the end of the season 6. If you have a home in Colorado and another state, call (303) 297-1192 on the license. Youths cannot hunt with the license until they turn 12. to make sure you comply with Colorado residency requirements before Youths under 16 must hunt with a mentor. Mentors must be 18 or older applying for or obtaining a hunting or fishing license. and have a hunter education card, if born on or after Jan. 1, 1949. Mentor 7. Except as in No. 3 and No. 4 above, you lose your Colorado residency does not have to hunt. Youths and mentors must be able to see and hear if you apply for, buy or accept a hunting or fishing license as a resident each other without binoculars, radios, other devices or aids while hunting. of another state or country, register to vote outside Colorado or get a 8. Ten percent of limited licenses are allocated to nonresidents. driver’s license using an address in another state. 9. It is illegal to make false statements to obtain a license or alter a license, and doing so voids the license. 10. Lost or destroyed licenses can be replaced by paying a replacement fee at any CPW location or license agent.

WIN THE HUNT OF A LIFETIME — Auction TODAY! Special auction and raffle licenses are available for moose, deer, elk, bighorn sheep, mountain goat and & Raffle pronghorn. The licenses allow one to hunt during ex- tended seasons in any unit open to hunting a certain Licenses species. These licenses are offered by participating wildlife conservation organizations that return at least 75 percent of the proceeds to CPW for research, management and education. For information on purchasing raffle tickets for MORE ABOUT licenses or participating in auctions, visit the follow- THE AUCTION ing websites: Photo © Joe Vander Poel Joe Vander Poel hunted this bighorn 2015. AND RAFFLE “I couldn’t believe my luck when I won the raffle tag of a lifetime.” PROGRAM: BIGHORN SHEEP AND MOUNTAIN GOAT PRONGHORN • Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society: www.bighornsheep.org • Colorado Youth Outdoors: www.coloradoyo.org cpw.state.co.us/ • Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society: www.bighornsheep.org thingstodo/ DEER • The Mule Deer Foundation: www.muledeer.org Pages/Raffle • The Mule Deer Foundation: www.muledeer.org Auction.aspx • Safari Club Intnl., Colorado Chapter: www.scicolorado.org • Colorado Mule Deer Association: www.coloradomuledeer.org ELK • Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation: www.rmef.org MOOSE • Colorado Bowhunters Assoc.: www.coloradobowhunting.org • Safari Club Intnl., Colorado Chapter: www.scicolorado.org • The Mule Deer Foundation: www.muledeer.org • Ducks Unlimited, Inc. Colorado: www.ducks.org/colorado • Colorado Wildlife Federation: www.coloradowildlife.org

4 2016 Colorado Sheep & Goat Hunting » ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES » LEGAL METHODS OF TAKE

» If convicted of these felony violations, you can face a lifetime license suspension: 1. HAND-HELD BOW: a long bow, recurve bow or compound bow on which the string is not drawn mechanically or held mechanically 1. FELONY OFFENSE: To kill and abandon big game. It is illegal to remove only the under tension. String or mechanical releases are legal if they are hide, antlers or other trophy parts and leave the carcass in the field. hand-drawn or hand-held with no other attachments or connec- 2. FELONY OFFENSE: To sell, buy or offer to sell or buy big game. tions to the bow (other than bowstring). 3. FELONY OFFENSE: To solicit someone to illegally kill big game for commercial a. Hand-held bows, including compound bows, must use arrows gain or provide outfitting services without required registration. with a broadhead having an outside diameter or minimum width of 7/8-inch with minimum of two steel cutting edges. Each cutting IT IS ALSO AGAINST THE LAW TO: edge must be in same plane for entire length of cutting surface. 4. Establish a permanent structure or plant vegetation on CPW-owned land or waters. b. Only legal hand-held bows allowed during archery seasons. Only portable blinds and tree stands for big-game hunting can be erected on state c. Minimum draw weight: 35 pounds; Let-off max: 80 percent. wildlife areas and no longer than 30 days prior to the season they will be used. No d. No part of bow’s riser (handle) or track, trough, channel, arrow nails can be driven into trees. Man-made materials for blinds or stands must be rest or other device (excluding cables and bowstring) that attaches removed within 10 days after the season they are used ends. Owner’s Customer to the riser can contact, support and/or guide the arrow from a Identification Number and dates of use must be visible on outside of portable point rearward of bow’s brace height behind the undrawn string. blinds or underside of tree stands. Placement of blinds or stands does not reserve e. Bows can propel only one arrow at a time. No mechanisms that them for personal use, they may be used on first-come, first-served basis. automatically load arrows are allowed. 5. Have a loaded (round in the chamber) rifle or shotgun in or on any motor vehicle. f. Scopes, electronic or battery-powered devices cannot be incor- Muzzleloaders are considered unloaded if the percussion cap or shotshell primer porated into or attached to a bow or arrow, with the exception of is removed, or if the powder is removed from flashpan. It is illegal to have a loaded lighted nocks on arrows. Recording devices such as cameras or electronic-ignition muzzleloader in or on a motor vehicle unless the chamber is video recorders attached to bows may be used as long as they do unloaded or the battery is disconnected and removed from its compartment. not cast light towards the target or aid in range finding, sighting or shooting the bow. 6. Carry firearms (except handguns) on an OHV during deer, elk, pronghorn and g. Hydraulic or pneumatic technology cannot be used to derive or bear seasons unless they are unloaded in the chamber and magazine. Firearms store energy to propel arrows. Explosive arrows prohibited. (except handguns) and bows carried on an OHV must be fully enclosed in a hard or soft case. Scabbards or cases with open ends or sides are prohibited. This does 2. CROSSBOWS: not apply to landowners or their agents who carry a firearm on an OHV to take a. Minimum draw weight: 125 pounds. depredating wildlife on property they own or lease. b. Minimum draw length: 14 inches from front of bow to nocking 7. Hunt carelessly, discharge a firearm, or release an arrow with disregard for human point of drawstring. life or property. c. Positive mechanical safety device required. 8. Operate or ride a snowmobile with a firearm unless it’s completely unloaded and d. Bolts must be minimum 16 inches long, have a broadhead cased, or with a bow unless it’s unstrung or cased. Compound bows must be cased, minimum 7/8-inch wide and a minimum of two steel cutting not unstrung. edges. Each cutting edge must be in same plane for entire length of cutting surface. 9. Shoot from or use a motor vehicle, motorcycle, off-highway vehicle, snowmobile or e. aircraft to hunt, intercept, chase, harass or drive wildlife. Illegal in archery seasons. 10. Use aircraft to hunt, to direct hunters on the ground or to hunt the same day or 3. MUZZLELOADING RIFLES & SMOOTHBORE MUSKETS: day after a flight was made to find wildlife. a. In-line muzzleloaders are legal. 11. Hunt under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances. b. Must have a single barrel that fires a single round ball or conical projectile. 12. Use artificial light as an aid in hunting wildlife. c. From .40 to .50 caliber, bullets must weigh at least 170 grains. 13. Use poison, drugs or explosives to hunt or harass wildlife. d. If greater than .50 caliber, bullets must weigh at least 210 grains. 14. Fail to extinguish a campfire. e. Shotshell primers are legal. 15. Fail to make a reasonable attempt to track and kill animals you wound or may 4. RIFLES: Must be minimum .24 caliber (6 mm); have minimum 16- have wounded. It is against the law to pursue wounded wildlife that goes on private inch barrel and be at least 26 inches long, fired from the shoulder. property without first obtaining permission from landowner or person in charge. Must use expanding bullets that weigh minimum 70 grains and 16. Fail to prepare edible wildlife meat for human consumption. At a minimum, the have an impact energy (at 100 yards) of 1,000 foot-pounds, as four quarters, tenderloins and backstraps are edible meat. Internal organs are not. rated by the manufacturer. Semi-automatic rifles cannot hold 17. Shoot from, across or on a public road with a firearm, bow or crossbow. People more than six rounds in the magazine and chamber combined. firing a bow, rifle, handgun or shotgun with a single slug must be at least 50 feet Fully automatic rifles prohibited. from the centerline of the road. 5. SHOTGUNS: Must be minimum 20 gauge and must fire a single 18. Party hunt (kill someone else’s game or let someone kill yours). slug. Barrel length: minimum 18 inches. Overall length: minimum 19. Interfere with hunters. This includes distracting or frightening prey; causing 26 inches. prey to flee by using light or noise; chasing prey on foot or by vehicle; throwing objects; making movements; harassing hunters by using threats or actions; erect- 6. HANDGUNS: Must use a minimum .24 caliber (6 mm) diameter ing barriers to deny access to hunting areas and intentionally injecting yourself expanding bullet, with no shoulder stock or attachment. Must use into the line of fire. Violators face prosecution and may have to pay victim’s dam- only cartridge or load with minimum energy of 550 foot-pounds at ages and court costs. 50 yards. Barrel length: minimum 4 inches. 20. Use the Internet or other computer-assisted remote technology while hunting or fishing. This includes unmanned or remote-control drones used to look for wild- life. Must be physically present in the immediate vicinity while hunting and fishing. REPORT POACHERS 21. For two or more people to use electronic equipment on the ground, in a vehicle or OPERATION GAME THIEF: 1-877-265-6648 EMAIL: [email protected] vessel while violating any wildlife law or regulation. NEW! 22. Earn a reward payment for reporting wildlife Use smart rifles or any firearm equipped with a target tracking system, violations by calling Operation Game Thief. electronically controlled, assisted or computer-linked trigger or a ballistics com- Callers can remain anonymous. (This number is puter. The use of live-action cameras is prohibited for hunting or scouting within a not for information requests or emergencies.) 5 48-hour period. 2016 Colorado Sheep & Goat Hunting PREFERENCE POINTS » 1. One preference point is awarded to those APPLICATIONS & PREFERENCE POINTS who apply properly and are unsuccess- RESIDENTS CAN APPLY ONLINE ful in drawing a license for a first-choice Go to cpw.state.co.us/bg/buyapply. hunt code. Priority goes to whoever has the most points. Hunters who make an MAILING YOUR APPLICATIONS application error, including on first- MUST POSTMARK ON OR BEFORE MIDNIGHT APRIL 5 choice hunt codes, do not get a point. * Midnight MAIL GOAT APPLICATIONS TO: MAIL SHEEP APPLICATIONS TO: 2. If you are issued a first-choice license, postmark is Colorado Parks and Wildlife Colorado Parks and Wildlife all accumulated preference points for acceptable. Attn: Mountain Goat Attn: Bighorn Sheep that species are void and return to zero. P.O. Box 173758 P.O. Box 173757 Denver, CO 80217-3758 Denver, CO 80217-3757 3. If you fail to apply for OR have not pur- chased a license for a certain species ATTENTION! Customers with errors on applications will NOT be contacted to fix those during a 10-year period, all accumu- errors prior to the draw, those applications will be disqualified from the draw. Application lated points for that species are erased correction requests can be submitted until April 11 at: cpw.state.co.us/buyapply/Pages/ ApplicationCorrections.aspx. from your record and become void. 4. Second-, third- and fourth-choice FILLING OUT PAPER APPLICATION hunts don’t use or generate points. PAYMENT: GROUP HUNT INSTRUCTIONS Check or money order payment must accompany 5. The maximum points you can accumu- each application. An application fee of $3 and the Habitat Group applications are accepted for Rocky Mountain late for Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep Stamp fee of $10 are nonrefundable. The license cost also bighorn sheep and mountain goat licenses. Maximum or goats are three. If you have three includes a 25-cent search-and-rescue fee and 75-cent Wildlife of two people per group. Group applications are pri- points for bighorn sheep or mountain Education Fund fee. oritized based on the member with FEWEST points. goat and you fail to draw a first-choice ADDRESS CHANGES: Change your address online or use the Both members must enter the group leader’s CID license, you will receive weighted pref- paper change-of-address form in the middle of this brochure. number in the group application box to be entered as erence for that species. Do not use your hunt application as a change-of-address form. a group. If the leader has no CID, he or she must call TIPS: Print in capital, block letters and stay within the boxes. Use CPW to get one. Both people must fill out their applica- 6. WEIGHTED PREFERENCE increases your black ballpoint pen only. Photocopies not accepted. Do not cut tions the same, using the same person as leader. Each probability of drawing. It is calculated by or fold applications. Tear along perforations. hunter’s application and payment must be submitted converting your application number into 1. Starting from left to right, enter your customer identification separately. a different, random application num- (CID) number. Colorado residents and nonresidents cannot apply ber, then dividing that new application a. If this brochure was mailed to you, your CID number may on the same group application. Group applications not number by the amount of weighted be on the address label above your name. accepted for desert bighorn sheep. points you have, plus one. This generates b. If you’ve never had a CID, leave this part blank. Fill out the another new application number. Ap- rest of the form, including the address box. You will get a CID sealed applications and payments. plications are sorted by this new number when your application goes through the draw. 4. Applications are rejected if your check is returned by the bank. from lowest to highest and low numbers 2. Enter hunt code choices. You can list up to four choices, the first Prosecution may result. for each hunt code are awarded licenses. being the one you want most. NEW! GETTING REFUNDS OR RESTOR- 7. Preference points don’t apply to desert 3. Enter your name in capital letters, as many letters as will fit. bighorn sheep. Enter your birth date with four digits for the year. ING YOUR PREFERENCE POINTS 8. Preference points are not transferable. 4. Fill in “Colorado Resident Since” with month (MM) and year 1. Refunds for unsuccessful applicants are issued by May 25. The (YYYY) you moved here. If you have always lived here, enter $3 application fee and $10 Habitat Stamp fee are nonrefund- 9. Group application priority is based on month and year of your birth. Colorado military: enter “88 able. Refunds are sent to applicant, regardless of who paid for the member with fewest points. 8888.” One number per box. the original application. 10. If unsuccessful for a first choice, your 2. 5. You must buy a Habitat Stamp to apply for or buy a limited If you choose to surrender your license to CPW 30 days or accumulated points will be listed on greater before the season starts, you may choose to receive license. Hunters applying for a limited license must purchase a your refund or other choice license. 2016 stamp to enter the drawing process or the application will either a refund OR have the preference points restored that you be disqualified. They are available at any license agent, CPW used to obtain the license. 11. If you are waiting five years to reapply for location, online, or by calling 1-800-244-5613. You can include To get a refund or preference point(s) restored, you must a bighorn ram license, you can apply for $10 for a Habitat Stamp with your license fee when you apply relinquish your license and carcass tag at least 30 days before a bighorn ewe license. If you don’t draw a for a license in the mail or online. Put an “X” in this box if you opening day of the season for which the license is valid. License ewe license, you won’t get a point. are sending $10 for the stamp with your application. must be accompanied by a completed request form obtained at 12. Active duty U.S. military stationed in 6. If you have preference points, put an “X” in this box. a CPW location or on the website. A $15 processing fee will be charged on all refunds except for Colorado or who claim Colorado as their 7. If you were born on or after Jan.1, 1949, and have completed youth licenses or in the case of CPW error. Refunds will NOT residence and are deployed outside the hunter education, put an “X” in the box. be given on exchanged licenses or licenses that cost less than $15. U.S. are eligible, when they return to the 8. State law requires your Social Security number for ages 12 and Preference points are reinstated to a pre-draw level, you do U.S., to apply for preference points for older to buy or apply for hunting licenses. If you have already NOT receive an additional preference point for 2016. any limited license drawings they missed given us your number, leave this blank. Requests must be postmarked at least 30 days before the while deployed. 9. The “permission to provide” box at the top of the application season starts. If there isn’t enough time to request a form, mail allows CPW to provide application information to entities your license and carcass tag with a letter to CPW. It must be offering hunting information or services. If you check this box postmarked 30 days before the season starts and mailed to PREFERENCE POINT CODES and change your mind, you can cancel by calling CPW at (303) CPW, attn: Refund Office, 6060 Broadway, Denver, CO 80216. Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep and 297-1192, or e-mail [email protected] 3. Once there are less than 30 days until the season starts, refunds mountain goat hunters (not desert bighorn) 10. Sign the application and enter a daytime phone number. Make or preference point restorations are limited to extreme medical can apply for a preference point instead a copy for your records. circumstances of licensee, death of the licensee or death of of a hunt by using the preference point licensee’s immediate family member, or members of the U.S. hunt code. Preference-point hunt codes and SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION military whose service prevented them from requesting a details are on pages 7 and 10. 1. Mail one check and one application per standard 4 1/8- by 9 refund or reinstatement on time. 1/2-inch envelope. These requests must be accompanied by evidence that the Entering this as a first choice on your application awards you a point. You must 2. Personal checks, cashier’s checks or money orders are accepted license has not been used and circumstances precluded the li- for U.S. currency only, made out to Colorado Parks and Wild- censee from being able to make their request 30 days or greater still pay the full cost of a license and meet life. No cash. Write your CID (or name and phone number if from season start. all license requirements. If you apply for you don’t have a CID) on your check or money order. 4. Refunds and preference point restorations are only considered at a point only, your money, minus the $3 least 30 days prior to the start of the season. The only exception 3. Payments are NOT accepted at CPW offices, including application fee and $10 Habitat Stamp fee, is for extreme circumstances or members of the U.S. military as in Denver. A secure drop-box is available in Denver for is refunded. 6 noted above. ] » ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIGHORN SHEEP ARCHERY, RIFLE Rams must have a half-curl or longer to be harvested. See page 3. REMEMBER: You cannot apply for a desert bighorn and Rocky Mountain bighorn in the same year.

Bighorn ram by © Amy Bulger, CPW » ] BIGHORN ARCHERY — RESIDENT LICENSES PREFERENCE POINT HUNT CODE

# LICENSES To apply for a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep point, enter hunt UNITS DATES AND SEX HUNT CODE code S-P-999-99-P as your FIRST CHOICE hunt. S6, S46 Nov. 10-30 2 Ram S-M-S06-O1-A » Entering the preference point hunt code as a first choice on your S9 Aug. 6-30 10 Ram S-M-S09-O1-A application automatically awards you a point. You must pay the S12 Aug. 6-30 9 Ram S-M-S12-O1-A full license cost, even if just applying for a point. If you only apply for a point the license fee you pay will be refunded to you. The $3 S20 Aug. 6-30 1 Ram S-M-S20-O1-A application fee and $10 Habitat Stamp fee will not be refunded. S32 No hunting within Aug. 6-21 4 Ram S-M-S32-O1-A » If you apply for a point as your first choice, you also can use the sec- a quarter-mile N of I-70 5 Ram S-M-S32-O2-A ond-, third- and fourth-choice hunt code spaces on the application or within a quarter-mile Aug. 27-Sept. 11 to apply for a license. of U.S. 6 and U.S. 40 3 Ewe S-F-S32-O2-A NEW! BIGHORN SHEEP ACCESS PROGRAM (BSAP) 1 Ram S-M-S34-O1-A BIGHORN — Oct. 15-31 Bighorn sheep hunting is available on Culebra Ranch, Purgatoire Ranch, S34 1 Ewe S-F-S34-O1-A River Canyon Ranch and Trinchera Ranch for Colorado residents only. Dec. 1-15 2 Ram S-M-S34-O2-A Read ranch rules before applying. See page 2 or visit cpw.state.co.us/BSAP for more information. S35 Aug. 6-30 4 Ram S-M-S35-O1-A # LICENSES S37 Nov. 1-30 1 Ram S-M-S37-O1-A UNIT DATES AND SEX HUNT CODE S38 Dec. 1-31 1 Ram S-M-S38-O1-A Aug. 1-30 1 Ram S-M-S51-W1-R Aug. 6-30 1 Ram S-M-S39-O1-A S51, S65 S39 Culebra Ranch Oct. 1-10 2 Ewe S-F-S51-W1-R S44 Aug. 27-Sept. 25 4 Ram S-M-S44-O1-A S49 Aug. 6-30 4 Ram S-M-S49-O1-A Sept. 1-20 1 Ram S-M-S61-W1-R S51 Aug. 6-30 2 Ram S-M-S51-O1-A S61 Purgatoire Ranch Nov. 1-30 S54 Aug. 6-30 1 Ram S-M-S54-O1-A 2 Ram S-M-S57-O1-A Oct. 10-19 2 Ewe S-F-S61-W1-R S57 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 2 Ewe S-F-S57-O1-A Nov. 20-Dec. 19 1 Ram S-M-S61-W2-R S61 S69 Aug. 6-30 1 Ram S-M-S69-O1-A River Canyon Ranch Dec. 21-30 1 Ewe S-F-S61-W2-R S71 Aug. 27-Oct. 9 1 Ram S-M-S71-O1-A S65 Trinchera Ranch Nov. 12-Dec. 18 2 Ram S-M-S65-W1-R BIGHORN ARCHERY — NONRESIDENT LICENSES # LICENSES BIGHORN RIFLE — RESIDENT LICENSES UNITS DATES AND SEX HUNT CODE # LICENSES S9 Aug. 6-30 1 Ram S-M-S09-O1-A UNITS DATES AND SEX HUNT CODE S12 Aug. 6-30 1 Ram S-M-S12-O1-A 2 Ram S-M-S01-O1-R S1, S18 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 S32 No hunting within 2 Ewe S-F-S01-O1-R a quarter-mile N of I-70 Aug. 6-21 1 Ram S-M-S32-O1-A NEW! S2 No hunting or within a quarter-mile within a half-mile N of of U.S. 6 and U.S. 40 Sept. 6-Oct. 6 1 Ram S-M-S02-O1-R I-70 from Bighorn Creek S35 Aug. 6-30 1 Ram S-M-S35-O1-A to Spraddle Creek S44 Aug. 27-Sept. 25 1 Ram S-M-S44-O1-A S3 There is a hunting Aug. 15-31 1 Ram S-M-S03-O1-R closure on part of Mount 2 Ram S-M-S03-O2-R S49 Aug. 6-30 1 Ram S-M-S49-O1-A Evans. See page 3 for Sept. 6-Oct. 9 details. 1 Ewe S-F-S03-O2-R Aug. 15-31 2 Ram S-M-S04-O1-R BIGHORN — RANCHING FOR WILDLIFE (RESIDENT) S4 1 Ram S-M-S04-O2-R Bighorn sheep hunting is available on Kiowa Creek Ranch for Colorado Sept. 6-Oct. 9 1 Ewe S-F-S04-O2-R residents only. Read ranch rules before applying. Rules, maps and ranch contacts can be found in the participating ranches list at cpw.state.co.us/ Sept. 6-20 2 Ram S-M-S06-O1-R thingstodo/Pages/RFW.aspx. See page 2 for more. S6 2 Ram S-M-S06-O2-R Sept. 23-Oct. 7 # LICENSES 1 Ewe S-F-S06-O2-R UNIT DATES AND SEX HUNT CODE S7 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 2 Ram S-M-S07-O1-R S72 Kiowa Creek Ranch Nov. 1-15 2 Ewe S-F-S72-W1-R S8 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 3 Ram S-M-S08-O1-R continued on next page 7 BIGHORN RIFLE — RESIDENT LICENSES # LICENSES UNITS DATES AND SEX HUNT CODE # LICENSES Dec. 1-31 1 Ram S-M-S48-O1-R UNITS DATES AND SEX HUNT CODE S48• • S48 Sheep found only on private property. Before accessing, landowner Sept. 6-Oct. 9 10 Ram S-M-S09-O1-R permission is required; a trespass fee may apply. S9 S49 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 2 Ram S-M-S49-O1-R Sept. 12-Oct. 9 4 Ewe S-F-S09-O1-R S50 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 2 Ram S-M-S50-O1-R S10, S55 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 1 Ram S-M-S10-O1-R Sept. 26-Oct. 14 2 Ram S-M-S51-O1-R Sept. 6-Oct. 9 5 Ram S-M-S11-O1-R S51 S11 Oct. 31-Nov. 15 2 Ram S-M-S51-O2-R Sept. 17-Oct. 9 2 Ewe S-F-S11-O1-R S51 W of Hwy. 12 only Aug. 31-Sept. 11 1 Ewe S-F-S51-O1-R Sept. 6-Oct. 9 5 Ram S-M-S12-O1-R S12 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 2 Ram S-M-S53-O1-R Sept. 17-Oct. 9 2 Ewe S-F-S12-O1-R S53 Sept. 19-Oct. 8 2 Ewe S-F-S53-O1-R S13 Sept. 6-Oct. 6 1 Ram S-M-S13-O1-R Sept. 6-Oct. 9 4 Ram S-M-S15-O1-R Sept. 6-Oct. 9 2 Ram S-M-S54-O1-R S15 S54• • S54 Sheep hunting is valid in this unit ONLY within the area bounded Sept. 17-Oct. 9 2 Ewe S-F-S15-O1-R on the N by Gunnison CR 12 (Kebler Pass Road); on E by Colo. 135; on S by northern boundary of T50N; on W by Curecanti Creek and Coal Creek. Sept. 6-Oct. 9 3 Ram S-M-S16-O1-R S16 S59 Sept. 6-Oct. 6 2 Ram S-M-S59-O1-R Sept. 17-Oct. 9 2 Ewe S-F-S16-O1-R Oct. 1-31 2 Ram S-M-S60-O1-R Sept. 6-Oct. 9 5 Ram S-M-S17-O1-R S17 S60 • • S60 Sheep may be found on both public and private lands. Before accessing Sept. 17-Oct. 9 2 Ewe S-F-S17-O1-R private property, landowner permission is required; a trespass fee may apply. S19 Borders Rocky S61 Dec. 1-31 3 Ram S-M-S61-O1-R Mountain National Park. Sept. 8-Oct. 11 1 Ram S-M-S19-O1-R Sheep may be in park Sept. 12-Oct. 16 5 Ram S-M-S66-O1-R during hunting season. S66 Sept. 24-Oct. 16 2 Ewe S-F-S66-O1-R S20 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 1 Ram S-M-S20-O1-R S67 Aug.30-Oct. 2 1 Ram S-M-S67-O1-R S21 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 5 Ram S-M-S21-O1-R S68 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 1 Ram S-M-S68-O1-R S21 E of Hwy. 550 5 Ewe S-F-S21-O1-R Sept. 17-Oct. 9 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 1 Ram S-M-S69-O1-R S21 W of Hwy. 550 3 Ewe S-F-S21-S1-R S69 Sept. 12-18 1 Ewe S-F-S69-O1-R S22 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 2 Ram S-M-S22-O1-R Sept. 19-25 1 Ewe S-F-S69-O2-R S23, S27 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 2 Ram S-M-S23-O1-R S71 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 1 Ram S-M-S71-O1-R S24 Nov. 1-30 1 Ram S-M-S24-O1-R Sept. 8-Oct. 11 1 Ram S-M-S73-O1-R S25 Sept. 6-Oct. 6 2 Ram S-M-S25-O1-R S73 Oct. 18-31 2 Ewe S-F-S73-O1-R S28 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 1 Ram S-M-S28-O1-R S74 Sept. 14-Oct. 14 1 Ram S-M-S74-O1-R S29 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 1 Ram S-M-S29-O1-R S75 Nov. 1-30 1 Ram S-M-S75-O1-R S30 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 1 Ram S-M-S30-O1-R NEW! S77 Sept. 6-Oct. 6 1 Ram S-M-S77-O1-R S31 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 3 Ram S-M-S31-O1-R S32 No hunting within 9 Ram S-M-S32-O1-R BIGHORN RIFLE — NONRESIDENT LICENSES a quarter-mile N of I-70 Sept. 17-Oct. 9 or within a quarter-mile # LICENSES of U.S. 6 and U.S. 40 2 Ewe S-F-S32-O1-R UNITS DATES AND SEX HUNT CODE Sept. 6-20 2 Ram S-M-S33-O1-R S33 NEW! S1, S18 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 1 Ram S-M-S01-O1-R Sept. 22-Oct. 9 2 Ram S-M-S33-O2-R S3 There is a hunting S33 N of Lake Fork Sept. 11-20 2 Ewe S-F-S33-O1-R closure on part of Mount Aug. 15-31 1 Ram S-M-S03-O1-R River, Cottonwood Creek, Evans. See page 3 for Cuba Gulch, Minnie Gulch; W and N of Colo. 110 Sept. 27-Oct. 9 2 Ewe S-F-S33-O2-R details. Sept. 6-Oct. 9 1 Ram S-M-S09-O1-R S33 S of Lake Fork Sept. 11-20 1 Ewe S-F-S33-S1-R River, Cottonwood Creek, S9 Cuba Gulch, Minnie Sept. 12-Oct. 9 1 Ewe S-F-S09-O1-R Gulch; E and S of Colo. 110 Sept. 27-Oct. 9 1 Ewe S-F-S33-S2-R S11 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 1 Ram S-M-S11-O1-R Sept. 6-Oct. 9 1 Ram S-M-S35-O1-R S35 S12 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 1 Ram S-M-S12-O1-R Oct. 10-30 2 Ewe S-F-S35-O1-R NEW! S13 Sept. 6-Oct.6 1 Ram S-M-S13-O1-R S36 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 1 Ram S-M-S36-O1-R S37 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 1 Ram S-M-S37-O1-R S15 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 1 Ram S-M-S15-O1-R Sept. 6-21 1 Ram S-M-S39-O1-R S17 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 1 Ram S-M-S17-O1-R S39 Sept. 24-Oct. 9 1 Ram S-M-S39-O2-R S21 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 1 Ram S-M-S21-O1-R

S40, S58 Rams 2 Ram S-M-S40-O1-R S21 E of Hwy. 550 Sept. 17-Oct. 9 2 Ewe S-F-S21-O1-R may be on private Sept. 6-Oct. 9 property during parts of S32 No hunting within 1 Ram S-M-S32-O1-R the season 2 Ewe S-F-S40-O1-R a quarter-mile N of I-70 or Sept. 17-Oct. 9 1 Ram S-M-S41-O1-R within a quarter-mile of 1 Ewe S-F-S32-O1-R S41 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 U.S. 6 and U.S. 40 NEW! 1 Ewe S-F-S41-O1-R S33 Sept. 6-20 1 Ram S-M-S33-O1-R S44 Sept. 29-Oct. 12 2 Ram S-M-S44-O1-R NEW! S49 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 1 Ram S-M-S49-O1-R S47 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 2 Ram S-M-S47-O1-R S51 W of Hwy. 12 only Aug. 31-Sept. 11 1 Ewe S-F-S51-O1-R S66 Sept. 12-Oct. 16 1 Ram S-M-S66-O1-R 8 NEW! S73 Sept. 8-Oct. 11 1 Ram S-M-S73-O1-R » DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP RIFLE Rams must have a half-curl or longer to be harvested. See page 3. REMEMBER: You cannot apply for a desert bighorn and Rocky Mountain bighorn in the same year. DESERT RIFLE — RESIDENT LICENSES NONRESIDENT LICENSES # LICENSES DESERT RIFLE — UNITS DATES AND SEX HUNT CODE # LICENSES S56 Nov. 1-30 3 Ram C-M-S56-O1-R UNITS DATES AND SEX HUNT CODE S62 Nov. 1-30 3 Ram C-M-S62-O1-R S62 Nov. 1-30 1 Ram C-M-S62-O1-R S63 Nov. 1-30 1 Ram C-M-S63-O1-R Desert bighorn ram by © DonaldMJones.com S64 Nov. 1-30 3 Ram C-M-S64-O1-R

[ » ] 2016 BIGHORN SHEEP UNITS

Map boundaries are approximate due to limited space. This map is provided only to give a general idea of unit locations. Refer to unit descriptions for exact unit boundaries.

9 ] MOUNTAIN GOATS ARCHERY, RIFLE

It’s di cult to tell the di erence between male and female mountain goats. ! Refresher tutorial and tips: page 3 Mountain goat by © Wayne Lewis, CPW

] PREFERENCE POINT HUNT CODE # LICENSES UNIT DATES AND SEX HUNT CODE To apply for a mountain goat point, enter hunt code Sept. 6-Oct. 9 2 Either Sex G-E-G11-S1-R GP99999P FIRST CHOICE as your hunt. G11• • G11 bounded on N by CR 3, USFS 314 and 317; on E by USFS 317; on S by  Entering the preference point hunt code as a rst choice on your Gunnison CR 12 to Erickson Sprgs; on W by USFS Trails 830 and 832 and Gun- application automatically awards you a point. nison CR 3C and CR 3.  22 Either Sex G-E-G12-O1-R You must pay the full license cost, even if just applying for a G12 Sept. 6-Oct. 6 point. If you only apply for a point the license fee you pay will be 5 Female G-F-G12-O1-R refunded to you.  e $3 application fee and $10 Habitat Stamp Sept. 6-23 13 Either Sex G-E-G13-O1-R fee will not be refunded. G13  If you apply for a point as your rst choice, you can use the second-, Sept. 24-Oct. 9 13 Either Sex G-E-G13-O2-R third- and fourth-choice hunt code spaces on the application to 2 Either Sex G-E-G15-O1-R apply for a license. Sept. 6-16 1 Female G-F-G15-O1-R ARCHERY  RESIDENT LICENSES 3 Either Sex G-E-G15-O2-R Sept. 19-30 # LICENSES G15 Weekdays only 1 Female G-F-G15-O2-R UNIT DATES AND SEX HUNT CODE Managed for low population size 3 Either Sex G-E-G15-O3-R G1, G14 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 6 Either Sex G-E-G01-O1-A Oct. 3-14 1 Female G-F-G15-O3-R G5 Sept. 6-Oct. 31 18 Either Sex G-E-G05-O1-A 3 Either Sex G-E-G15-O4-R G8 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 2 Either Sex G-E-G08-O1-A Oct. 17-28 1 Female G-F-G15-O4-R 2 Either Sex G-E-G16-O1-R ARCHERY  NONRESIDENT LICENSES Sept. 6-16 1 Female G-F-G16-O1-R # LICENSES UNIT DATES AND SEX HUNT CODE 2 Either Sex G-E-G16-O2-R Sept. 19-30 G5 Sept. 6-Oct. 31 2 Either Sex G-E-G05-O1-A 1 Female G-F-G16-O2-R G16 Weekdays only 1 Either Sex G-E-G16-O3-R RIFLE  RESIDENT LICENSES Oct. 3-14 2 Female G-F-G16-O3-R # LICENSES 2 Either Sex G-E-G16-O4-R UNIT DATES AND SEX HUNT CODE Oct. 17-28 1 Female G-F-G16-O4-R G2 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 6 Either Sex G-E-G02-O1-R G17 Managed for low Sept. 6-Oct. 9 5 Either Sex G-E-G17-O1-R G3 Sept. 6-Oct. 9 6 Either Sex G-E-G03-O1-R population size

G4 Weekdays only Sept. 19-30 5 Either Sex G-E-G04-O1-R G18 Sept. 6-Oct. 6 1 Either Sex G-E-G18-O1-R There is a hunting closure Oct. 3-14 6 Either Sex G-E-G04-O2-R on part of Mount Evans. See page 3. Oct. 17-28 5 Either Sex G-E-G04-O3-R RIFLE  NONRESIDENT LICENSES Sept. 6-Oct. 31 2 Either Sex G-E-G05-O1-R # LICENSES G5• • G5 From Sept. 6-23 ri e hunters must hunt area W of Animas River and UNIT DATES AND SEX HUNT CODE N of Ten Mile and Trinity creeks. From Sept. 24-Oct. 31, all areas of G5 open to ri e hunters. G4 Weekdays only Sept. 19-30 1 Either Sex G-E-G04-O1-R Hunting closure on part of G6 Sept. 6-Oct. 6 3 Either Sex G-E-G06-O1-R Mount Evans. See page 3. Oct. 17-28 1 Either Sex G-E-G04-O3-R Sept. 6-16 4 Either Sex G-E-G07-O1-R Sept. 19-30 1 Either Sex G-E-G07-O2-R G07 Weekdays only Sept. 19-30 3 Either Sex G-E-G07-O2-R Oct. 3-14 1 Either Sex G-E-G07-O3-R G7 Weekdays only Oct. 3-14 2 Either Sex G-E-G07-O3-R Sept. 6-Oct. 9 1 Either Sex G-E-G11-O1-R Oct. 17-28 3 Either Sex G-E-G07-O4-R • G11 G11 bounded on the N by Gunnison County Rd 3 (Crystal River G11• Road); on E by Gunnison CR 3C (Marble Quarry Road) and USFS Trail 832; Sept. 6-16 1 Either Sex G-E-G10-O1-R on S by USFS Trail 830 to Erickson Sprgs TH and Gunnison CR 12 (Kebler Pass Road); and on W by Colo 133. Sept. 19-30 2 Either Sex G-E-G10-O2-R G10 Weekdays only Sept. 6-23 2 Either Sex G-E-G13-O1-R Oct. 3-14 1 Either Sex G-E-G10-O3-R G13 Sept. 24-Oct. 9 2 Either Sex G-E-G13-O2-R Oct. 17-28 1 Either Sex G-E-G10-O4-R Sept. 19-30 1 Female G-F-G16-O2-R Sept. 6-Oct. 9 3 Either Sex G-E-G11-O1-R G16 Weekdays only Oct. 3-14 1 Either Sex G-F-G16-O3-R • G11 bounded on the N by Gunnison County Rd 3 (Crystal River Road); on G11 • E by Gunnison CR 3C (Marble Quarry Road) and USFS Trail 832; on S by USFS G17 Managed for low Sept. 6-Oct. 9 1 Either Sex G-E-G17-O1-R Trail 830 to Erickson Sprgs TH and Gunnison CR 12 (Kebler Pass Road); and on population size W by Colo 133. 10 2016 Colorado Sheep & Goat Hunting » 2016 MOUNTAIN GOAT UNITS Willow Creek Pass 9652 36 Map boundaries are approximate due to limited space. This map is provided only to give a general idea ofGrand unit locations. Refer to unit descriptions for Lyons 287 Mead exact unit boundaries. Lake Longs Peak WOLFORD MOUNTAIN Yampa GRANBY RES.

RES. 7 Longmont

e

d i

134 v

i 119 GRAND Dacono Granby D BOULDER Kremmling Hot Sulphur Ward Springs Boulder COUNTY COUNTY Lafayette 40

l Louisville 131 a Nederland Fraser t

n

e

n i t BROOMFIELD

n White River Arapaho Winter o GILPIN Coal 93 COUNTY C GREEN Park Creek NF MTN. RES. NF COUNTY G6 9 Berthoud Pass Black Hawk 11,319 Golden GARFIELD G15 Idaho Springs Denver EAGLE COUNTY 6 COUNTY Loveland CLEAR CREEK Gypsum Pass Georgetown 70 70 Vail Silverthorne 11,991 Eagle G7 COUNTY Evergreen Avon DILLON Dillon Minturn RES. G4 Frisco Mt. Evans Vail Pass SUMMIT 85 Glenwood COUNTY Mt. Springs 10,610 Bierstadt Red Breckenridge White River G18 Cliff 82 NF Mt. of the Carbondale Fremont COUNTY 67 Holy Cross Pass G16 285 91 G10Quandary JEFFERSON 11,263 Peak Bailey Basalt Tennessee Hoosier Pass Pass 11,578 LAKE 10,279 Alma Pike NF PITKIN COUNTY Leadville Deckers Mt. G17 COUNTY Fairplay G12 Aspen Mt. Sherman 67 Massive 82 Independence 24 Maroon 285 Marble Bells Pass 12,116 PARK Conundrum OURAYCOUNTY Peak La Plata Peak G13 Pike NF 24 San Isabel NF G11 62 TELLER 133 Mt. Oxford SPINNEY ELEVENUncompahgre MILE Mt. Harvard Mt.MTN. RES. RES. COUNTY 145 COUNTY Peak Manitou Crested Butte CHAFFEE Sneffels Lake City Springs TAYLOR Buena Ouray RES. G3 Vista Telluride Redcloud Peak Pikes Peak COUNTY Lizard Head Handies 135 Red Mt. Crawford GUNNISON G2 Mt. Wilson Pass Peak Pass Gunnison NF 10,236 9 11,099 HINSDALE COUNTY Silverton G14 COUNTY G8 Pitkin BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON NATIONAL MONUMENT Gunnison Rico Salida S A N JUAN G1 COUNTY BLUE MESA RES. Poncha Springs r Canon v e Monarch Pass R i l o r e s FREMONT City D o Mt. Eolus C 11,289 o 550 COUNTY n tinental 50

Poncha Pass San 50 D G5 i 9,042 v Juan Williamsburg Florence ide

e NF id 285 Wolf Creek Pass iv LA PLATA 67 149 D 10820 114 Rio Grande NF COUNTY69 PUEBLO VALLECITO 96 RESERVOIR RES.

l ta SAGUACHE ARCHULETA n e Westcliffe n Durango ti COUNTY n o Bayfield Rockvale C COUNTY 160 Saguache140 172 Moffat550 11 Ignacio Redcloud Peak San Isabel NF Crestone Peak 285 2016 Colorado Sheep & Goat Hunting ABBREVIATIONS: USFS / FS — U.S. U.S. — U.S. N/NW/NE — Forest Service North, northwest, BLM — Bureau of » highway COLO. — Colo- northeast Land Management GAME MANAGEMENT UNIT DESCRIPTIONS rado highway S/SW/SE — South, RMNP — Rocky southwest, south- These are only the units open to sheep and goat hunting CO. — County Mtn. National Park east NM — New Mexico CR — County road E / W — East / west RES. — Reservoir UT — Utah BIGHORN & DESERT SHEEP NF — Natnl. Forest WY — Wyoming S1 POUDRE RIVER (LARIMER CO.) - bounded on N by CR Archuleta Co. lines; and on W by the Piedra River, Middle Divide Lakes, and Weminuche Creek; on S by Hinsdale- 80C and Deadman-Red Feather Road; on E by CR 68C (Boy Fork of the Piedra River, Middle Trout Creek, West Trout Archuleta Co. line, East Creek and the Los Pinos River; and Scout Ranch Road) and Elkhorn Creek; on S by Colo. 14; Creek and Trout Creek. on W by Vallecito Reservoir (east shoreline) and Vallecito and on W by the Laramie River Road. S16 CIMARRONA PEAK (HINSDALE, MINERAL COs.) - Creek. NEW! S2 GORE EAGLES NEST (EAGLE, SUMMIT COs.) bounded on N by the Rio Grande; on E by Trout Creek, S29 ALAMOSA CANYON (CONEJOS, MINERAL, RIO - bounded on N by Elk Creek to Piney Ridge, Eagles Nest West Trout Creek, Middle Fork of Trout Creek, the Middle GRANDE COs.) - bounded on N by U.S. 160; on E by Colo. Wilderness Boundary, Elliot Ridge/Arapaho/White River Fork of the Piedra River and the Piedra River; on S by the 15; on S by USFS 255, 240 and 259, USFS Trail 706, USFS National Forest Boundary, the North Fork of Elliot Creek, Hinsdale-Archuleta Co. line; and on W by Weminuche 260, 250 and 380; and on W by the Continental Divide. Hoagland Reservoir and Elliot Creek; on E by the Blue Creek, USFS Trail 539, the Los Pinos River, North Fork S30 CONEJOS RIVER (CONEJOS, ARCHULETA, MINERAL, River; on S by I-70; and on W by Colo. 131 and the Colo- Pinos River and the Rio Grande Res.-Squaw Creek Divide. RIO GRANDE COs.) - bounded on N by USFS 380, 250 and rado River from State Bridge to Elk Creek. S17 COLLEGIATE SOUTH (CHAFFEE, GUNNISON COs.) 260, USFS Trail 706, USFS 259, 240 and 255, and Colo. 15; S3 MOUNT EVANS (CLEAR CREEK, JEFFERSON, PARK - bounded on N by Chaffee CR 306 (Cottonwood Creek on E by U.S. 285; on S by NM and the USFS Rio Grande NF COs.) - bounded on N by I-70; on E by Colo. 74; on S by Road) and Cottonwood Pass Road (USFS 209); on E by U.S. boundary; and on W by the Continental Divide. Bear Creek, Beartrack Creek, Tumbling Creek, a line from 24 and 285; on S by U.S. 50; and on W by the Gunnison- S31 BLANCA RIVER (ARCHULETA, CONEJOS, RIO the head of Tumbling Creek to the junction of USFS Trails Chaffee Co. line, Middle Willow Creek, Willow Creek and GRANDE COs.) - bounded on N by the Mineral-Archuleta 603 and 602; USFS Trail 603, and the Pike-Arapaho NF the Taylor River. Co. line and USFS 667; on E by the Continental Divide; on S boundary; and on W by the Continental Divide. See "Land S18 RAWAH (LARIMER, JACKSON COs.) - bounded on N by NM; and on W by U.S. 84 and U.S. 160. Use Restrictions" on page 3 for hunting closure area details. by WY; on E by Larimer CR 103 (Laramie River Road); on S S32 GEORGETOWN (CLEAR CREEK, JEFFERSON, GILPIN, S4 GRANT (CLEAR CREEK, PARK, JEFFERSON COs.) - by Colo. 14; on W by Colo. 125 and 127. BOULDER COs.) - bounded on N and E by USFS 149 (Roll- bounded on N by the north boundary of the Pike NF, USFS S19 NEVER SUMMER RANGE (LARIMER, JACKSON, ins Pass Road), Gilpin CR 16 (Tolland Road), Colo. 119, and Trail 603, a line from the junctions of USFS Trails 603 and GRAND COs.) - bounded on N by Colo. 14; on E by Colo. 72; on S by I-70; and on W by the Continental Divide. 602 to the head of Tumbling Creek, Tumbling Creek, Beart- Larimer CR 63E (Pingree Park Road), Larimer CR 44H S33 LAKE FORK/POLE MOUNTAIN (HINSDALE, SAN rack Creek and Bear Creek; on E by CR 73; on E and S by (Buckhorn Road), the Pennock Creek-Elk Creek divide, JUAN COs.) - bounded on N by the Gunnison-Hinsdale U.S. 285; on S by the North Fork of the South Platte River; USFS Trails 928 (Signal Mountain Trail), and 980 (Stormy Co. line; on E by Colo. 149; on S by North Clear Creek, and on W by the Continental Divide. Peaks Trail); on S by RMNP boundary, USFS 120.4 (North USFS Trail 821 from North Clear Creek to Lost Trail Creek, S6 PIKES PEAK (TELLER, EL PASO COs.) - bounded on N Supply Jeep Road), and 120 (Kawuneechee Road), the and Lost Trail Creek; on S by the Rio Grande, Stoney Gulch, by U.S. 24; on E by I-25 and Colo. 115; on S by Gold Camp North Supply Trail, USFS Trail 118 (Blue Ridge Trail), the Cunningham Creek and Colo. 110; and on W by U.S. 550, Road and Rock Creek; and on W by Colo. 67. Lost Lake Trail, USFS 107 (Lost Lake Road); and on W by the Ouray-San Juan Co. line, the Uncompahgre-Upper S7 ARKANSAS RIVER (FREMONT CO.) - bounded on N by Colo. 125 and Jackson CR 27 (Rand-Gould Road). Gunnison River Divide and Big Blue Creek. Fremont CR 2; on E by Colo. 9; on S by U.S. 50; and on W S20 MARSHALL PASS (GUNNISON, CHAFFEE, SAGUA- S34 RAMPART RANGE (EL PASO, TELLER COs.) - bounded by Fremont CR 12. CHE COs.) - bounded on N by U.S. 50; on E by U.S. 285; on N by USFS 393, 300 and 320; on E by I-25; and on S and S8 HUERFANO (HUERFANO, ALAMOSA COs.) - bounded and on S by Marshall Pass Road; and on W by U.S. 50. W by U.S. 24 to Woodland Park. on N by Sixmile Lane, USFS Trail 883, USFS 583 (Mosca S21 COW CREEK, WETTERHORN PEAK (OURAY, GUN- S35 GREENHORNS (PUEBLO, HUERFANO, CUSTER Pass) and Huerfano CRs 583, 581, 580 and 550; on E by NISON, SAN MIGUEL, HINSDALE COs.) - bounded on N COs.) - bounded on N by Colo. 96; on E by I-25; on S by the Huerfano CRs 570 and 572 (Pass Creek Road); on S by the by Colo. 62, U.S. 550, the Ouray-Montrose and Ouray-Gun- Huerfano River; and on S and W by Colo. 69. Huerfano-Costilla and Costilla-Alamosa Co. lines and U.S. nison Co. lines, to the Uncompahgre National Forest line, S36 BELLOWS CREEK (MINERAL, RIO GRANDE, SAGUA- and there to Big Blue Creek; on E and S by Big Blue Creek 160; and on W by Colo. 17. CHE COs.) - bounded on N by USFS Trail 787; on E by to Uncompahgre Peak, the Uncompahgre-Animas River S9 SANGRE DE CRISTO (ALAMOSA, SAGUACHE, Mineral county line and La Garita Stock Driveway, USFS divide, the Ouray-Hinsdale Co. line, Engineer Mountain, CUSTER, HUERFANO COs.) - bounded on N by Saguache 630, Rio Grande CRs 15, 18; on S by U.S. 160 and the Rio the Uncompahgre-Lake Fork-Animas River divide, the San CR LL 57, USFS 970 (Hayden Pass Road), and the Fremont- Grande; on W by Colo. 149 and USFS 504. Miguel-San Juan and San Miguel-Dolores Co. lines, and Saguache and Fremont-Custer Co. lines; on E by Colo. 69; S37 ST. VRAIN (BOULDER, GRAND, LARIMER COs.) - Lizard Head Pass; on W by Colo. 145 and U.S. 62. on S by Huerfano CRs 550, 580, 581 and 583, USFS 583 bounded on N and E by RMNP boundary and U.S. 36; on S22 SAN LUIS PEAK (HINSDALE, MINERAL, SAGUACHE (Mosca Pass), USFS Trail 883, and Sixmile Lane; and on W S by Boulder CRs 94, 81, 106 and 95 (Lefthand Canyon COs.) - bounded on N by USFS 788, Hinsdale CRs 5, by Colo. 17 and U.S. 285. Drive), Colo. 72 (Peak to Peak Highway), Boulder CR 102 15, and 45, Saguache CR KK-14 and NN-14; on E by the S10 TRICKLE MOUNTAIN (SAGUACHE, CHAFFEE, GUN- (Brainard Lake Road), USFS Trail 907 (Pawnee Pass Trail) Continental Divide, USFS 787, and the La Garita Wilder- NISON COs.) - bounded on N by U.S. 50 and Marshall Pass and USFS Trail 1 (Cascade Creek Trail); and on W by ness boundary; on S by USFS Trails 787 (La Garita Stock Road (USFS 243); on E by U.S. 285; on S by Colo. 114; and USFS 125, USFS Trail 102 (Knight Ridge Trail), and RMNP Driveway), USFS 504 and Colo. 149; and on W by USFS on W by USFS 803 (Meyer’s G. and Gismo Creek Road), boundary. 507, USFS Trails 803, 787 and 473, and Colo. 149. Razor Creek and Saguache CR 14-PP and Gunnison CR 45 S38 APISHAPA (HUERFANO, PUEBLO, OTERO, LAS ANI- S23 KENOSHA (PARK, JEFFERSON COs.) - bounded on N (Doyleville Cut-off Road). MAS COs.) - bounded on N by Colo. 10, and U.S. 50; on E by U.S. 285; on N and E by Park CR 68, USFS 543 and 560; S11 COLLEGIATE NORTH (LAKE, CHAFFEE, PITKIN, and S by U.S. 350; and on W by I-25. on S by USFS 545, USFS Trail 609, Park CR 56 and USFS 56 GUNNISON COs.) - bounded on N by Colo. 82; on E by S39 MOUNT SILVERHEELS (PARK, SUMMIT COs.) - (Lost Park Road); and on W by U.S. 285. U.S. 24; on S by Chaffee CR 306 and Cottonwood Pass Road bounded on N by Swan River Road (Summit CR 6), USFS S24 BATTLEMENT MESA (GARFIELD, MESA COs.) - (USFS 209); and on W by Taylor River, the North Fork of 6, the Continental Divide and the North Fork of the South bounded on N by the Colorado River and I-70; on E and S the Taylor River, USFS Trail 761 and USFS 123. Platte River; on E by U.S. 285, Park CRs 77 and 23 (Turner by Garfield CRs 331 and 342, Mesa CR 330E, Colo. 330 and S12 BUFFALO PEAKS (LAKE, CHAFFEE, PARK COs.) - Gulch Road or USFS 234); on S by U.S. 24; and on W by 65; on W by Colorado River. bounded on N by the Continental Divide; on E by Colo. 9 U.S. 285 and Colo. 9. S25 SNOWMASS WEST (PITKIN, GUNNISON, EAGLE and U.S. 285; on S by U.S. 285; and on W by U.S. 24. S40 LONE PINE (LARIMER CO.) - bounded on N by CRs COs.) - bounded on N by Roaring Fork River; on E by Capi- NEW! S13 SNOWMASS EAST (PITKIN CO.) - bounded on 80C and 59 (Cherokee Park Road) and WY; on E by CR 37, tol Creek and the Roaring Fork River-Crystal River divide; N and E by the Roaring Fork River, USFS 123 and Colo. South Branch Boxelder Creek, Boxelder Creek, CR 19; on on S by the Crystal River-Gunnison River divide; and on W 15A; on S by Taylor River Head Rd. (USFS 761.1D), Brush S by CR 80, and U.S. 287; and on S and W by CRs 74E and by the Crystal River-Gunnison River divide and Colo 133. Creek Trail (USFS 400), East Brush Creek Rd. (USFS 162 (Red Feather Lakes-Deadman Road). 738.2B) and Brush Creek Rd. (USFS/Gunnison Colo. 738); S27 TARRYALL (PARK, JEFFERSON COs.) - bounded on N S41 PERU CREEK (SUMMIT CO.) - bounded on N by I-70; on and on W by Colo. 135, Gothic Rd. (Gunnison, Colo. 317), by Park CR 56, USFS 56 (Lost Park Road), USFS Trail 609, E by the Continental Divide; on S by the Swan River Road the Crystal River-Gunnison River divide, the Roaring Fork and USFS 560; on E by USFS 211 (Matukat Road), Park CR River-Crystal River Divide and Capitol Creek. (CR 6) and USFS 6; and on W by Colo. 9 and U.S. 6. 77, U.S. 24; on S by South Platte River, Park CRs 59, 592 and S44 BASALT (GARFIELD, EAGLE, PITKIN COs.) - S15 SHEEP MOUNTAIN (HINSDALE, MINERAL, RIO 23, USFS 234 and Park CR 77; and on W by U.S. 285. bounded GRANDE COs.) - on N by USFS Trail 514 (Red Tables Divide Road) and USFS bounded on N by the Rio Grande; on S28 VALLECITO (HINSDALE, LA PLATA, SAN JUAN COs.) E by Colo. 149, U.S. 160 and the Continental Divide; on Trail 1870; on E by Crooked Creek Pass Road (USFS 400); - bounded on N by Continental Divide; on E by North S by USFS 667, the Mineral-Archuleta and the Hinsdale- on S by Fryingpan River and Roaring Fork River; and on W Fork Los Pinos River, Los Pinos River, USFS Trail 539 from 12 by Garfield CR 100, and Cottonwood Pass Road. Canyon Road) and 54G; on E by U.S. 287; on S by Colo. 66 Man Creek, over the ridge from Lost Man Creek to South Fork S46 DOME ROCK (TELLER CO.) - bounded on N by U.S. 24; and U.S. 36; and on W by RMNP boundary, USFS Trails 980 of Fryingpan River and Fryingpan River. on E and S by Colo. 67; and on W by CR 1. (Stormy Peaks Trail), and 928 (Signal Mountain Trail) and S67 FLATTOPS (RIO BLANCO, GARFIELD COs.) - bounded on S47 BROWNS CANYON (CHAFFEE, FREMONT, PARK Pennock Creek-Elk Creek divide. N by Williams Fork River-White River divide; on E by White COs.) - bounded on the N by U.S. 24; on E by Kaufman S58 LOWER POUDRE (LARIMER CO.) - bounded on the River-Yampa River divide and White River-Colorado River Ridge, Badger Creek and Fremont CRs 2 and 12; and on S north by CR 74E (Red Feather Lakes Road); on the east by divide; on S by South Fork of the White River-Colorado River by Arkansas River and South Arkansas River; and on W by U.S. 287 and CR 54G; on the south by Rist Canyon Road divide; and on W by USFS 245, Rio Blanco CRs 17 (Buford- U.S. 285 and 24. (CR 52E), Stove Prairie Road (CR 27), and Buckhorn Road Newcastle Road) and 8, and USFS 250. (CR 44H); on the west by Pingree Park Road (CR 63E), S48 CARRIZO CANYON (BACA, LAS ANIMAS COs.) - S68 NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS (CHAFFEE, Colo. 14, Elkhorn Creek and the Boy Scout Ranch Road bounded on N by U.S. 160; on E by Baca CR 13 (Pritchett FREMONT, SAGUACHE COs.) - bounded on N by the South Grade Road); on S by NM; and on W by Colo. 389. (CR 68). Arkansas River and Arkansas River; on E by Fremont CR 6, USFS S59 DERBY CREEK (RIO BLANCO, ROUTT, EAGLE, GAR- S49 GRAPE CREEK/COPPER RIDGE (CUSTER, FREMONT 6 (Hayden Pass Road); on S by the Fremont county lines, USFS 970 FIELD COs.) - bounded on N by USFS Trails 1103, 1116 (Hayden Pass Road), and Saguache CR LL 57; and on W by U.S. 285. COs.) - bounded on N by Arkansas River, Fremont CR 12 and 1117, USFS 959 and 16, Routt CRs 132 and 15; on E by bridge, and U.S. 50; on E by Colo. 67; on S by Colo. 96; and S69 COCHETOPA (GUNNISON, SAGUACHE COs.) - bounded Colo. 131; on S by Eagle River, Colorado River and Deep on W by Colo. 69, Fremont county lines, USFS 6 (Hayden on N by Gunnison River and U.S. 50, on E by Gunnison CR 45 Creek; and on W by the Colorado River-White River divide, Pass Road) and Fremont CR 6. and Saguache CR 14-PP (Doyleville Cut-off Road), Razor Creek and the White River-Yampa River divide. and USFS 803 (Gismo Creek and Meyer’s Gulch Road), Colo. S50 MOUNT MESTAS (HUERFANO, COSTILLA COs.) - S60 SHELF ROAD (TELLER, FREMONT, PARK COs.) - 114 and the Continental Divide; on S by Saguache CRs NN-14 bounded on N by Huerfano CR 550, Colo. 69 and Huerfano bounded on N by Park CRs 59 and 102 and Teller CRs 112, and KK-14; and on W by USFS 806 and South Beaver Creek. River; on E by I-25; on S by U.S. 160; on W by Pass Creek 11, and 1; on E by Colo. 67, Teller CR 86 and Fremont CR Road. S71 WEST NEEDLES (SAN JUAN, LA PLATA COs.) - bounded 67; on S by U.S. 50; and on W by Colo. 9. S51 SPANISH PEAKS (HUERFANO, COSTILLA, LAS on N by the San Miguel-Ouray Co. line, U.S. 550, Colo. 110, S61 PURGATORY CANYON (OTERO, BENT, LAS ANIMAS Cunningham Gulch, and Continental Divide; on E by Vallecito ANIMAS COs.) - bounded on N by U.S. 160; on E by I-25; COs.) - bounded on N by U.S. 50; on E by Colo. 109; on S by Creek and Los Pinos River; on S by U.S. 160; and on W by the on S by NM; and on W by the Huerfano-Costilla Co. line U.S. 160; and on W by U.S. 350. Montezuma-La Plata and Montezuma-Dolores Co. lines. and farther south by the southern Sangre de Cristo divide (Culebra range). S62 DOMINGUEZ CREEK (DELTA, MESA, MONTROSE, S72 GREENLAND (DOUGLAS CO.) - bounded on N by Wolfen- OURAY COs.) - S53 BRISTOL HEAD (MINERAL, HINSDALE COs.) - bounded on N by Colo. 141; on E by Colo. sberger Rd., Wilcox St. and Colo. 86; on E by Colo. 83; on S by bounded on N by North Clear Creek, Colo. 149, and USFS 50; on S by Colo. 90; and on W by USFS 402 (Divide Road). Palmer Divide Rd.; on W by Colo. 105. Trails 473 and 787; on E by USFS Trail 803 and USFS Rd S63 MIDDLE DOLORES RIVER (MONTROSE, SAN S73 MOUNT ZIRKEL (JACKSON, ROUTT COs.) - bounded on 507; on S by Colo. 149 and the Rio Grande; and on W by MIGUEL COs.) - bounded on N by Colo. 90; on E by Mono- N by Mount Zirkel Wilderness boundary, USFS Trail 1125, USFS Lost Trail Creek. gram Mesa Road (Montrose CR DD 19 and San Miguel CRs 660, and Big Creek Road (USFS 600); on E by Jackson CRs 6W, S54 DILLON MESA (GUNNISON CO.) - bounded on N by 18Y, U29 and 25R); on S by Colo. 141, and Big Gypsum Val- 7, 12W, 18 and 5; on S by Jackson CR 24, and Buffalo Pass Road CR 12; on E by Colo. 135; on S by U.S. 50, the Gunnison ley Road (San Miguel CR 20R, Dolores River and McIntyre (USFS 60); and on W by Mount Zirkel Wilderness Area boundary. River, Blue Mesa Reservoir and Colo. 92; and on W by Canyon); and on W by UT. S74 GLENWOOD CANYON (GARFIELD, EAGLE COs.) - Curecanti Creek, Curecanti Pass and Coal Creek. S64 UPPER DOLORES RIVER (SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, bounded on N by South Fork of White River-Colorado River S55 NATURAL ARCH/CARNERO CREEK (RIO GRANDE, MONTEZUMA COs.) - bounded on N by McIntyre divide and Deep Creek; on E and S by the Colorado River; and SAGUACHE COs.) - bounded on N by Colo. 114; on E Canyon, Dolores River, San Miguel CR 20.R (Big Gypsum on W by Canyon Creek. by U.S. 285; on S by Colo. 112 and U.S. 160; on W by Rio Valley Road), Colo. 141 and Disappointment Valley Road S75 MAIN CANYON (MESA, GARFIELD, RIO BLANCO COs.) - Grande CRs 18 and 15, USFS Rd. 630, and USFS Trail 787, (San Miguel CR 19.Q and Dolores CR D.00); on E by USFS bounded on N by the Colorado River-White River divide; on E by Roan Creek-Parachute Creek divide and Kelly Gulch; on S the ATV trail also known as the La Garita Driveway, La 526 (Norwood-Dolores Road) and Colo. 145; on S by Colo. 184 and U.S. 491; and on W by UT. by the Colorado River; on W by the Bookcliffs, Little Salt Wash- Garita Wilderness Area boundary, USFS Rd. 787 and the Roan Creek divide, Big Salt Wash-Roan Creek divide, and East Continental Divide. NEW! S65 COSTILLA (COSTILLA CO) - bounded on N by the Salt Creek-Roan Creek divide. S56 BLACK RIDGE (MESA CO.) - bounded on N by Colorado Alamosa/Costilla and Huerfano-Costilla Co. lines; on the E by the NEW! S77 GORE CANYON (GRAND, EAGLE, SUMMIT, River and U.S. 50; on E by U.S. 50; on E and S by Colo. 141 Huerfano-Costilla Co. line and farther S by the Southern Sangre de ROUTT COs.) - bounded on N by Colo. 134; on E by US 40, and the Dolores River; and on W by UT. Cristo Divide (Culebra Mountain Range); on the S by the Colorado- Colo. 9 and the Blue River; on S by Elliot Creek, Hoagland New Mexico state line; and on the W by Colo. 159 and US 160. Reservoir, the North Fork of Elliot Creek, Elliot Ridge/Arapaho/ S57 BIG THOMPSON (LARIMER, BOULDER COs.) - S66 MOUNT ELBERT (LAKE, PITKIN COs.) - bounded on N by White River NF boundary, Eagles Nest Wilderness Boundary, bounded on N by Larimer CR 44H (Buckhorn Road), Piney Ridge, Elk Creek and the Colorado River to State Bridge; North Fork Fryingpan River, Mormon Creek and the Continen- Stove Prairie Road (Larimer CR 27), Larimer CRs 52E (Rist on W by Colo. 131. tal Divide; on E by U.S. 24; on S by Colo. 82; and on W by Lost MOUNTAIN GOAT G6 GORE RANGE (GRAND, EAGLE, SUMMIT COs.) - on S by Pine Creek, North Texas Creek, Texas Creek, USFS bounded on N by the Colorado River; on E by Colo. 9; on S 742, USFS 761 (Taylor Pass Road), the Gunnison-Pitkin Co. by I-70; and on W by Colo 131. line, and on W by Castle Creek. G1 MT. SHAVANO (CHAFFEE, GUNNISON, SAGUACHE G7 GRAY'S PEAK (SUMMIT, CLEAR CREEK COs.) - G14 ANTERO (CHAFFEE, GUNNISON COs.) - COs.) - bounded on N by USFS 839, USFS 1451 (Alpine bounded bounded on N Tunnel), USFS 295, Pomeroy Gulch, Grizzly Mountain and on N by U.S. 6/I-70; on E by Guanella Pass Road (USFS 381); by USFS 267, USFS 211 and Colo. 162; on E by U.S. 285; on S Brown’s Creek; on E by U.S. 285; on S by U.S. 50; and on W by on S by the Pike-Arapaho NF boundary, the Continental by Brown’s Creek, Grizzly Mountain, Pomeroy Gulch, USFS Gunnison CR 76 (Quartz Creek Road) and USFS 765 (North Divide, the Argentine Pass trail, USFS 260 and 5; and on W 295, 1451, and 839; and on W by USFS 765. Quartz Creek Road). by U.S. 6 G15 JONES PASS (SUMMIT, GRAND, CLEAR CREEK COs.) G8 FOSSIL RIDGE (GUNNISON CO.) - - G2 MT. PRINCETON (CHAFFEE, GUNNISON COs.) - bounded on N by USFS bounded on N by USFS 132 (Ute Pass Road), 138, 139 bounded on N by Cottonwood Pass Road (USFS 209, USFS 742 (Taylor River Road); on E by USFS 765 (Cumberland Pass (Crooked Creek Road) and Grand CR 50; on E by U.S. 40 and 306 and Chaffee CR 306); on E by U.S. 24 and U.S. 285; on S Road and North Quartz Creek Road); on S by Quartz Creek I-70/U.S. 6; on S by U.S. 6/I-70 and U.S. 6 over Loveland Pass; by Colo. 162, USFS 211 and USFS 267; and on W by USFS Road (Gunnison CR 76) and U.S. 50; and on W by Colo. 135. and on W by U.S. 6 and Colo. 9. 765 and USFS 742. G10 TENMILE (SUMMIT, LAKE COs.) - bounded on N by I-70; G16 MT. GUYOT (SUMMIT, CLEAR CREEK, PARK COs.) - G3 MT. HARVARD (CHAFFEE, GUNNISON COs.) - bounded on E by Colo. 9 and Boreas Pass Road (USFS 404 and Summit bounded on N by U.S. 6, USFS 5, USFS 260, the Argentine on N by Texas Creek, North Texas Creek, the Continental CR 10); on S by Continental Divide; and on W by Colo. 91 Pass trail, the Continental Divide and the Pike-Arapaho NF Divide and Pine Creek; on E by U.S. 24; on S by Cottonwood and I-70. boundary; on E by Guanella Pass Road; on S by U.S. 285; and Pass Road (Chaffee CR 306, USFS 306 and USFS 209); and on G11 THE RAGGEDS (GUNNISON, PITKIN COs.) - on N by on W by Boreas Pass Road (USFS 404 and Summit CR 10), W by USFS 742. CR 3 (Marble), USFS 314 (Crystal River Road) and USFS 317 Colo. 9, and U.S. 6. G4 MOUNT EVANS (CLEAR CREEK, JEFFERSON, PARK (Schofield Pass Road); on E by USFS 317 (Gothic Road) and G17 INDEPENDENCE PASS (LAKE, PITKIN, EAGLE COs.) - COs.) - bounded on N by I-70; on E by west side of Colo. 74 Gunnison CR 317 (Crested Butte Road); on S by Gunnison bounded on N by the Eagle River-Fryingpan River watershed and Jefferson CR 73; on S and SW by U.S. 285; and on W by CR 12 (Kebler Pass Road); and on W by Colo. 133. divide and the Continental Divide; on E by U.S. 24; on S by Guanella Pass Road (USFS 118 and USFS 381). See "Land Use G12 MAROON BELLS (GARFIELD, EAGLE, GUNNISON, Colo. 82; and on W by Warren Creek, USFS 131, the Hunter- Restrictions" on page 3 for closure area details. PITKIN COs.) - bounded on N by Colo. 82; on E by Castle Fryingpan Wilderness Area boundary, Deadman Creek, and USFS 105, 501, 506, 507 and 400. G5 WEST NEEDLES (LA PLATA, SAN JUAN, HINSDALE, Creek; on S by the Gunnison-Pitkin Co. line, the Colorado G18 HOLY CROSS (EAGLE, PITKIN COs.) - ARCHULETA COs.) - bounded on N by the San Juan-Ouray River headwaters-Gunnison River divide, USFS 317 bounded on N Co. line and the Continental Divide; on E by the Los Pinos (Schofield Pass Road), and USFS 314 (Crystal River Rd); and by Holy Cross Wilderness boundary; on E by Holy Cross River-Piedra River divide, East Creek and the Los Pinos River; on the west by Colo 133. Wilderness boundary and Continental Divide; on S by on S by U.S. 160 and on W by U.S. 550. G13 QUAIL MOUNTAIN (LAKE, CHAFFEE, GUNNISON, Continental Divide; on W by the Eagle River Fryingpan River PITKIN COs.) - bounded on N by Colo. 82; on E by U.S. 24; watershed divide and Holy Cross Wilderness Boundary.

13 Printed for free distribution by Colorado Parks and Wildlife 6060 Broadway, Denver, CO 80216 (303) 297-1192 cpw.state.co.us

NOTICE: This brochure includes information on bighorn sheep and mountain goat hunting. It is not a legal notice nor a complete collection of hunting regulations and laws. It is a condensed guide issued for hunters’ convenience. Copies of statutes and regulations can be obtained from a Colorado Parks and Wildlife area office or at cpw.state.co.us/Regulations For questions, call CPW at (303) 297-1192.

2016 SHEEP & GOAT DATES TO KNOW APRIL 5 — Application deadline MAY 18 — Licenses in the mail

MAY 18 — Drawing results posted online by LEWIS/CPW D. WAYNE © this date MAY 25 — Refunds in the mail Show Your Pride, Colorado Style SEASON DATES AUG. 1-DEC. 31* — Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep hunting seasons

SEPT. 1-OCT. 31* — Mountain goat hunting seasons

NOV. 1-30 — Desert bighorn sheep hunting seasons

*SEASON DATES: Hunt dates vary by license type and hunt location. See hunt tables for details, pages 7-11. Some licenses are valid only for spe- cific dates. It is your responsibility to know the correct dates for your hunt. you’re a Colorado sportsman, hunting and fishing is more role sportsmen play in wildlife conservation. Hunters and anglers than a hobby or pastime—it’s a way of life. It’s how you fund more than 70 percent of CPW’s annual budget, which helps connect with nature and, just as important, connect with to protect critical habitat and manage 960 wildlife species. Ifothers who share your passion for Colorado’s wildlife and outdoor The plates may be ordered at statewide DMV offices beginning heritage. Jan. 1, 2016. The annual renewal is $25 plus vehicle registration Now you can unite with other hunters and anglers in a display of fees. The proceeds from the plates go toward fish habitat, angling pride and support by purchasing a Colorado Sportsmen’s License access and the development of public shooting ranges. Plate for your vehicle. Show your support by purchasing a Colorado Sportsmen’s Designed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), the plates License Plate today. feature bold imagery highlighted against the snowy backdrop of For further information, visit: cpw.state.co.us/Sportsmen-Plate the Rocky Mountains. Elk are silhouetted against a vibrant sunset and a native greenback cutthroat trout is prominently displayed front and center. Best of all, the plate’s simple message, “Hunters and Anglers Fund Conservation,” is a great way to educate others about the important » 2016 SHEEP & GOAT BROCHURE CORRECTIONS UPDATED: FEBRUARY 3, 2016

C OLORADO PARKS & WILDLIFE PAGE CORRECTION AS PRINTED IN BROCHURE 2016 Colorado Sheep & Goat MOUNTAIN GOAT RIFLE NONRESIDENT LICENSES APPLICATION DEADLINE: APRIL 5 UNIT G12 RIFLE NONRESIDENT LICENSES At time of press, Unit G12 Rifle Nonresident licenses were omitted from the brochure. Please refer to the corrected table below when applying.

online brochure

cpw.state.co.us

Please see the Colorado Parks and Wildlife website at: cpw.state.co.us/bg/ regulations for complete regulation information

UNIT G16 RIFLE NONRESIDENT EITHER- SEX LICENSE At time of press, the Unit G16 Third Rifle Nonresident Either-Sex huntcode was pub- lished incorrectly.

When applying, use huntcode: G-E-G16-O3-R G-F-G16-O3-R 10 Please refer to the corrected table below when applying.

CORRECTED RIFLE NONRESIDENT LICENSES TABLE: