Archive for Sunday, October 31, 2004
Hunting doesn't stop in autumn
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There are still winter hunting opportunities available in Northwest Colorado after the final rifle season in November.
"A lot of the opportunities to hunt after November are on private land," Craig Sportsmen's Information Specialist Ned Miller said. "Youth have even more chances."
According to the Colorado Division of Wildlife's 2004 Big Game booklet, children ages 12 to 15 can participate in late, private-land-only or other regularly scheduled antler-less elk hunts starting the day after the last regular rifle season until Jan. 31.
The restrictions that apply are that youths must be accompanied by a mentor, the mentors can hunt only in units where they have a late or private-land-use license on the same dates and youths may hunt in a regularly scheduled, antler-less elk hunt after the last regular rifle season ends, regardless of when the late or extended season started.
Youths with unfilled either-sex elk licenses who want to hunt in a late antler-less elk hunt must bring their licenses to a DOW office and have it converted into an antler-less elk license. Youths with a bull elk license are not eligible for these late hunts.
Small-game hunting also is available throughout the winter months including Abert's squirrels, badgers, red fox, raccoon, striped skunk, muskrat, beaver, bobcat, crow, cottontails, snowshoe hare, white-tailed and black-tailed jackrabbits, coyotes, fox and pine squirrels.
There is limited hunting available on private lands throughout the winter. The Big Game booklet lists the designated areas and dates for after-season hunting. n
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