WHAT'S NEW LICENSES C OLORADO PARKS & WILDLIFE 2020 Colorado Sheep & Goat APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 7 (8 p.m. MT) cpw.state.co.us 1 2020 SHEEP & GOAT BROCHURE CORRECTIONS UPDATED: FEB. 14, 2020 Please see the Colorado Parks and Wildlife website at cpw.state.co.us/regulations for complete regulation information. NOTE: THE ONLINE VERSION OF THE BROCHURE HAS THE MOST ACCURATE, UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION. PAGE CORRECTION AS PRINTED IN BROCHURE BIGHORN SHEEP ACCESS PROGRAM (BSAP) HUNT CODE TABLE The available units for the Aug. 1–31 ram hunt at Culebra Ranch for the Bighorn Sheep Access Program (hunt code S-M-S51-W1-R) were not listed completely at the time of publication: Only unit S51 was listed in the brochure. 7 The correct information is: Hunting units S51 and S65 are open for the BSAP ram hunt at Culebra Ranch (hunt code S-M-S51-W1-R). page 7 The online version of the brochure has been updated with this correction. 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GOAT HUNTING 101 CONTENTS Printed for free distribution by: CONTENTS COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE (CPW) 6060 Broadway, Denver, CO 80216 ■ 303-297-1192 WHAT’S NEW: 2020 ............................................... 1 cpw.state.co.us LICENSE INFORMATION ..................................... 1–3 OUR MISSION: The mission of Colorado Parks and Wildlife is to perpetuate the wildlife ■ License, application processing & Habitat Stamp fees ..................................1 resources of the state, to provide a quality state parks system and to provide enjoyable ■ License requirements ..................................................................................1 and sustainable outdoor recreation opportunities that educate and inspire current and ■ Residency requirements; hunter education ..................................................2 future generations to serve as active stewards of Colorado’s natural resources. ■ Habitat Stamps, qualifying licenses ..............................................................2 COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE DIRECTOR ■ Special license information ...........................................................................2 Dan Prenzlow ■ Auction & raffle licenses ...............................................................................3 COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION MEMBERS, as of Sept. 2019 Michelle Zimmerman, Chair Carrie Besnette Hauser GENERAL INFORMATION ................................... 3–4 Marvin McDaniel, Vice-Chair Betsy Blecha ■ Bighorn sheep & mountain goat identification tips ......................................3 James Vigil, Secretary Luke B. Schafer ■ Mandatory checks for sheep & goat; hunter orientations ..............................3 Taishya Adams Eden Vardy ■ Land use restrictions & closures ....................................................................4 Robert W. Bray Dan Gibbs, ex-officio member ■ Transporting game meat; donating game meat ............................................4 Charles Garcia Kate Greenberg, ex-officio member ■ Evidence of sex; carcass tags .........................................................................4 Marie Haskett Dan Prenzlow, CPW Director ■ Legal hunting hours; sunrise/sunset table ....................................................4 REGULATION BROCHURE EDITOR COVER PHOTO Chelsea Harlan © Cornelius Doppes HUNTING LAWS .................................................... 5 PRINTED ■ Illegal activities .............................................................................................5 February 2020 by Publication Printers, Denver: 130,000 copies ■ Legal methods of take; restrictions ...............................................................5 Printing paid for with hunting and fishing license fees. The Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife (CPW) receives federal financial assistance APPLICATIONS & PREFERENCE POINTS ................... 6 from multiple bureaus within the U.S. Department of the Interior. Under Title VI ■ Application & payment deadlines ...............................................................6 of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (as amended), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of ■ NEW Account, application & group hunt information now online ...... 6 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (as amended), the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the U.S. ■ Preference & weighted preference points ...................................................6 Department of the Interior and its bureaus prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, ■ Refunds, reissues & exchanges ...................................................................6 color, religion, national origin, gender, disability or age. In addition, CPW adheres to all antidiscrimination laws of the state of Colorado. For more information on how to request ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIGHORN SHEEP ................... 7–9 an accommodation or to file a grievance, please visit cpw.state.co.us/accessibility. ■ Hunt code tables ......................................................................................7–8 NOTICE: Laws and regulations in this brochure are paraphrased for easier understanding MAP: Rocky Mountain & desert bighorn sheep units ....................................9 and are intended only as a guide. Complete Colorado wildlife statutes and regulations are ■ available at CPW offices listed below and online: cpw.state.co.us/regulations DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP ....................................... 9 ■ Hunt code tables ...........................................................................................9 CPW REGIONAL AND AREA OFFICE LOCATIONS ■ MAP: Rocky Mountain & desert bighorn sheep units ....................................9 ADMINISTRATION 1313 Sherman St., #618 MOUNTAIN GOAT ...........................................10–11 Denver, 80203 ■ Hunt code tables .........................................................................................10 303-297-1192 (M–F 8 a.m.–5 p.m. MT) ■ MAP: Mountain goat units..........................................................................11 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 parks GMU DESCRIPTIONS.......................................12–13 locations that can also sell licenses, issue duplicate licenses and accept licenses for refunds. BRUSH GRAND JUNCTION MONTE VISTA IMPORTANT DATES ...............................BACK COVER 28167 County Rd. T 711 Independent Ave. 0722 S. Rd. 1 E. Brush, 80723 Grand Junction, 81505 Monte Vista, 81144 GET THE BROCHURE ONLINE: cpw.state.co.us/sh/brochure 970-842-6300 970-255-6100 719-587-6900 COLORADO SPRINGS GUNNISON MONTROSE Send us your hunter testimonial photos and stories for a chance 4255 Sinton Rd. 300 W. New York Ave. 2300 S. Townsend Ave. to be featured on a brochure cover or CPW's online blog! Colorado Springs, 80907 Gunnison, 81230 Montrose, 81401 719-227-5200 970-641-7060 970-252-6000 [email protected] DENVER HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS PUEBLO WHAT'S NEW LICENSES COVER PHOTO: C OLORADO PARKS & WILDLIFE 6060 Broadway 346 Grand County Rd. 362 600 Reservoir Rd. 2020 Colorado Denver, 80216 Hot Sulphur Springs, 80451 Pueblo, 81005 ▶ Mountain goats © Cornelius Doppes Sheep & Goat 303-291-7227 970-725-6200 719-561-5300 APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 7 (8 p.m. MT) OTHER PHOTOS, LEFT TO RIGHT: DURANGO LAMAR SALIDA 151 E. 16th St. 2500 S. Main St. 7405 Hwy. 50 ▶ Adam Oberheu in the San Juan Mountains with his first Durango, 81301 Lamar, 81052 Salida, 81201 bighorn sheep. © Adam Oberheu 970-247-0855 719-336-6600 719-530-5520 ▶ DJ Hannigan, with his son Andrew, after taking his first FORT COLLINS MEEKER STEAMBOAT SPRINGS mountain goat at 208 yards. © Shane Roe cpw.state.co.us 1 317 W. Prospect Rd. 73485 Hwy. 64 925 Weiss Dr. Fort Collins, 80526 Meeker, 81641 Steamboat Springs, 80487 ▶ Kerri Harris with her desert bighorn sheep harvested near Grand Junction, 970-472-4300 970-878-6090 970-870-2197 a once-in-a-lifetime experience. © J.T. Robbins, Allout Guiding and Outfitting GLENWOOD SPRINGS ▶ Roger Harris with his wife Diana and his mountain goat. They both harvested 0088 Wildlife Way goats the same year, in the same GMU, only days apart! © Roger Harris Glenwood Springs, 81601 970-947-2920 2020 COLORADO SHEEP & GOAT HUNTING WHAT'S NEW LICENSES WHAT’S NEW: 2020 REGULATION CHANGES & NEW INFORMATION ▶ VALID DATES FOR ANNUAL LICENSES & HABITAT STAMPS HAVE CHANGED: ▶ NEW UNIT-SPECIFIC CHANGES: Annual hunting and fishing licenses (such as fishing, small game, furbearer, ■ Changes to several sheep unit boundaries: Sheep units S11, S13, S17 and resident combo small game/fishing) and Habitat Stamps will be valid S26 have more accurate boundary descriptions. See page 12. March 1–March 31 of the following year (13 months), instead of April ■ New archery ram season in unit S66: Aug. 1–31. See page 7. 1–March 31. Annual and qualifying licenses go on sale March 1. See ■ New archery ram season in unit S69: A second archery season "Habitat Stamps" in the table below and on page 2. for rams is now available from Oct. 15–Nov. 15. See page 7. ■ S15 now has two new rifle ram seasons: Sept. 26–Oct. 11 and Sept. 12– ▶ FIRST RESPONDER LIFETIME