2016 Late Cropland Walk-In Atlas

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2017 COLORADO SMALL GAME & WATERFOWL HUNTING

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C O L O R A D O P A R K S & W I L D L I F E

2017 Late Cropland Walk-In AtlasINSIDE: UPDATED WALK-IN PROPERTY MAPS | NOVICE HUNTER PROGRAM

COVER: ▶ Pheasant hunter and lab in snow © Vic Schendel

OTHER PHOTOS, TOP TO BOTTOM:▶ Hunter with pheasant © Jerry Neal, CPW▶ Scaled quail © Tony Gurzick, CPW▶ Ruger with pheasants in Yuma County © Dewey Schlag

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CONTENTSWHAT'S NEW: 2017 ................................................ 1LICENSE INFORMATION........................................... 1• License fees & surcharges ............................................................................ 1• Habitat Stamp information ......................................................................... 1• Hunter education requirements & exemptions ........................................... 1• Special license information: youth licenses; disabled veterans licenses .............. 1

GENERAL INFORMATION ..................................... 2–3• CRP Loss ...................................................................................................... 2• Enroll your property .................................................................................... 2• Harvest Information Program (HIP) ............................................................ 2• Small-game harvest surveys ....................................................................... 2• Species identification .................................................................................. 2• Hunting invasive species ............................................................................. 2• Be a responsible hunter .............................................................................. 2• Corners for Conservation ............................................................................. 3• General hunting laws .................................................................................. 3• No hunting during active harvest ................................................................ 3 • Safe handling of game meat ....................................................................... 3 • Beware of hitchhiking seeds ....................................................................... 3

WALK-IN PROPERTY REGULATIONS ...................... 4–5• Walk-In property regulations ...................................................................... 4• Walk-In property signs ................................................................................ 4• Big Game Access Pilot Program ................................................................... 4• Season dates & bag limits ........................................................................... 5• Legal hunting hours; sunrise/sunset table .................................................. 5• Novice Hunter Program ............................................................................... 5

HUNTING TIPS ................................................... 6–9• Quail hunting tips ....................................................................................... 6• Pheasant hunting tips ................................................................................. 8

MAPS ............................................................10–25• Reading the maps......................................................................................10 • Logan County ............................................................................................11• Sedgwick County .......................................................................................12 • Phillips County ..........................................................................................13• Washington County ............................................................................ ......14-15• Yuma County ..............................................................................................16-17• Kit Carson County .......................................................................................18-19• Cheyenne County .......................................................................................20 • Kiowa County ............................................................................................21• Lincoln, Crowley & Otero Counties .............................................................22• Baca County ...............................................................................................23• Eagle County ..............................................................................................24• Statewide property overview .....................................................................25

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ADMINISTRATION1313 Sherman St., #618Denver, 80203303-297-1192

BRUSH (closed until further notice)122 E. EdisonBrush, 80723970-842-6300

COLORADO SPRINGS4255 Sinton Road Colorado Springs, 80907 719-227-5200

DENVER6060 BroadwayDenver, 80216303-291-7227

DURANGO151 E. 16th St.Durango, 81301 970-247-0855

FORT COLLINS317 W. Prospect Road Fort Collins, 80526 970-472-4300

GLENWOOD SPRINGS0088 Wildlife WayGlenwood Springs, 81601 970-947-2920

GRAND JUNCTION711 Independent Ave. Grand Junction, 81505 970-255-6100

GUNNISON300 W. New York Ave.Gunnison, 81230970-641-7060

HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS346 Grand County Rd. 362Hot Sulphur Springs, 80451970-725-6200

LAMAR2500 S. Main St.Lamar, 81052719-336-6600

MEEKER73485 Hwy. 64Meeker, 81641970-878-6090

MONTE VISTA0722 S. Road 1 E.Monte Vista, 81144719-587-6900

MONTROSE2300 S. Townsend Ave.Montrose, 81401970-252-6000

PUEBLO600 Reservoir RoadPueblo, 81005719-561-5300

SALIDA7405 Hwy. 50Salida, 81201719-530-5520

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS925 Weiss Dr.Steamboat Springs, 80487970-870-2197

CPW OFFICE LOCATIONS

OUR MISSION: The mission of Colorado Parks and Wildlife is to perpetuate the wildlife resources of the state, to provide a quality state parks system, and to provide enjoyable and sustainable outdoor recreation opportunities that educate and inspire current and future generations to serve as active stewards of Colorado’s natural resources.

COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE DIRECTOR Robert Broscheid

COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION MEMBERS as of September 2017John V. Howard, Vice Chair Jim SpeharMichelle Zimmerman, Secretary James Vigil Robert W. Bray Dean Wingfield Marie Haskett Alex ZippCarrie Hauser Don Brown, ex-officio memberMarvin McDaniel Bob Randall, ex-officio member Dale E. Pizel Robert Broscheid, CPW Director

BROCHURE EDITED BY COVER PHOTO Mindy Blazer © Vic Schendel

PRINTED October 2017 by Publication Printers, Denver: 45,000 copies.Printing paid for with hunting and fishing license fees.

CPW receives federal financial assistance from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In ac-cordance 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 Discrimina-tion Act of 1975 and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the U.S. Depart-ment of the Interior and its bureaus prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability or sex.

NOTICE: 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 CPW offices listed below and online: cpw.state.co.us/Regulations

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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 locations that can also sell licenses, issue duplicate licenses and accept licenses for refunds.

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▶ BIG GAME ACCESS PILOT PROGRAM: Colorado Parks and Wildlife is offering a Big Game Access pilot program in southeast Colorado on select Walk-In Access (WIA) properties. Properties that allow big game hunting are outlined in black on the WIA maps in this brochure; properties will be signed with WIA bound-ary signs. In 2017, these properties are open for big game hunting to properly licensed hunters during established big game seasons from September 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, and to small game hunting from September 1, 2017 through February 28, 2018. Big game hunters must possess a valid prong-horn, deer or elk license for the Game Management Unit (GMU) in which the Walk-In Access property lies. All normal WIA regulations apply. All big game hunting regulations apply.

▶ EL PASO COUNTY ADDED TO QUAIL SEASON 1: Adding El Paso County to the first quail season, Nov. 11, 2017–Jan. 31, 2018, gives hunters in this area west of I-25 a longer season for quail hunting opportunities. See page 5 for bag and possession limits.

▶ CRP LOSS: Colorado has experienced the loss of several thousand acres of CRP in the last few years. Many of these acres have been or are in the process of being converted to cropland and do not have suitable cover for upland game. While we have caught and removed many of these fields, it is also very likely that some were not detected prior to printing this atlas. In addition, some fields are undergoing CRP enhancements and will have reduced cover as well.

WHAT’S NEW: 2017

LICENSE FEES LICENSE INFORMATION

WHAT YOU NEED TO BUY A LICENSE AND HUNT1. ID. Secure and verifiable ID. A Social Security number is required for new hunters ages 12 and older. 2. PROOF of hunter education. (See below left.) 3. PROOF of residency for Colorado residents. (See page 2.) 4. HABITAT STAMP. A 2017 Habitat Stamp is required prior to applying for the draw or buying a license. (See below.)

HABITAT STAMPS ARE REQUIRED FOR HUNTERSHabitat Stamps are $10 and only one is required per person, per year for anyone ages 18–64. Stamps are valid April 1–March 31.

▶ You must purchase a stamp before buying or applying for a prefer-ence point or a hunting or fishing license.

▶ A lifetime stamp is $300.25.▶ Anyone buying a one-day or additional-day license for fishing and/

or small game is exempt from purchasing the Habitat Stamp with the first two of these licenses. The habitat fee will be assessed when a third one-day or additional-day license is purchased for fishing or small game.

▶ Anyone who holds a free Lifetime Fishing License, a Veteran’s Lifetime Combination Small-Game Hunting/Fishing License or are approved for the Big Game Mobility Impaired Hunting Program is exempt from the Habitat Stamp requirement. See cpw.state.co.us/aboutus/Pages/Accessibility.aspx.

HUNTER EDUCATION

REGULATION CHANGES & NEW INFORMATION

LICENSES

RESIDENT NONRESIDENT ▶ Habitat Stamp (required) ............................ $10 ............................. $10 ▶ Small Game (includes furbearers) ................ $21 .............................$ 56 ▶ Small Game (one-day) ................................ $11 ............................. $11 ▶ Small Game (additional-day) .........................$5 ................................$5 ▶ Youth Small Game (under 18) ..................$1.75 ..........................$1.75 ▶ Small-Game & Fishing Combo ..................... $41 ..............................n/a ▶ Furbearer only ............................................. $21 ............................. $56 ▶ Colorado Waterfowl Stamp ............................$5 ................................$5 ▶ Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp ....... $25 ............................. $25 (Duck Stamp) ▶ Military .......................................................free ..............................n/a (60 percent or more disability, see page 2) ▶ Band-tailed Pigeon Permit .............................$5 ................................$5 Prices include 25-cent search-and-rescue fee and 75-cent surcharge for the Wildlife Management Public Education Fund.

SPECIAL LICENSE INFORMATIONYOUTH LICENSES & MENTOR HUNTING People under age 18 must have a license to hunt small game. A youth small-game license is for hunters 17 and younger, and costs $1, plus surcharge. All youths must meet hunter education requirements, and youths under 16 must be accompanied by a mentor while hunting. A mentor must be 18 or older and must meet hunter education require-ments; mentors aren't required to hunt. While hunting, youths and mentors must be able to see and hear each other without binoculars, radios or other aids. Youths can buy an adult license as long as they meet hunter education requirements. At age 18, hunters must buy an adult license.

DISABLED VETERANSColorado residents who are disabled veterans or Purple Heart recipi-ents can get free lifetime combination small-game hunting and fishing licenses. You must have served on active duty and have been honor-ably discharged. Proof is required of a service-related disability rated by the Veterans Administration of at least 60 percent through disabil-ity retirement benefits, or a pension administered by the Department of Veteran Affairs or respective service department.

HUNTER EDUCATION (SAFETY) REQUIREMENTS1. Anyone born on or after January 1, 1949, must have a hunter education card to hunt in Colorado.2. A hunter education card is needed to apply for or buy a license.3. Your hunter education card must be carried while hunting, unless verified and marked with a “V” on your license. ▶ To get your hunter education verified, take your hunter education card to a CPW office.4. CPW honors hunter education cards from other states and provinces.

HUNTER EDUCATION EXEMPTIONS1. Individuals over age 50 or active duty US military and veterans can obtain a hunter education certificate by testing out* of hunter education.2. A one-time apprentice certificate* can be obtained for hunters who are at least 10 years old and who must be accompanied by a mentor*. *Please see the CPW website for more information on hunter education exemptions or to find hunter education courses: cpw.state.co.us/HunterEd

SAVE TIME: BUY ONLINE OR BY PHONEGo to cpw.state.co.us/cpwlicensesales or call 1-800-244-5613.CPW offices and license agents also sell licenses.

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GENERAL INFORMATIONGENERAL

SMALL-GAME HARVEST SURVEYS

The WIA program depends on private landowners enrolling property for walk-in hunting, and maintaining good relations with those landown-ers and their neighbors. Here are some additional guidelines that, if followed, will improve the opportuni-ties for all hunters and contribute to future WIA enrollments:

▶ WHERE DESIGNATED PARKING AREAS ARE ESTABLISHED, USE THEM. Do not block gates or roads for the landowner or his agents who may need to work on the property. Do not park along highways. Do not park in tall grassy or weedy areas where your vehicle’s catalytic converter can cause a fire.

▶ IF YOU SMOKE, make sure to completely extinguish cigarettes. Do not smoke or extinguish cigarettes in grassy or weedy areas where you could cause a fire.

▶ DON’T LITTER OR CLEAN HARVESTED BIRDS ON WIA PROPERTIES OR ALONG ROAD-SIDES. If trash is present, please pick it up.

▶ DON’T SHOOT NEAR OR TO-WARDS HOUSES, farm buildings, livestock or equipment.

▶ DON’T HUNT IF CATTLE ARE IN, or adjacent to, enrolled parcels.

HUNTING INVASIVE SPECIES

SPECIES IDENTIFICATION

ENROLL YOUR PROPERTY

A fully feathered wing or head must be attached to all birds, except turkeys, doves and band-tailed pigeons, in transit to hunter’s home or commercial processor. FOR PHEASANTS, a foot with a visible spur can be sub-stituted. NOTE: While in the field or during transport, all dressed (not fully feathered) doves count against the daily bag and possession limit for mourning and white-winged doves during the Sept. 1−Nov. 29 dove season. Eurasian collared-doves must be fully feathered while in the field or during transport.

Eurasian collared-doves, European starlings and house (English) sparrows are considered invasive species in Colorado. Because of this designation, these species may be hunted year-round. No license is required to hunt in-vasive species. Hunters may harvest any number of each of these species and by any method of take approved for big- or small-game hunting. These species may be taken at night with the use of artificial light and night vision equipment. Commercial hunting of invasive species is prohibited, as is receiving compensation or attempting to receive compensation by hunting these species. Eurasian collared-doves must remain fully feathered while in the field or during transport, except when counted as part of the mourning or white-winged dove bag and possession limit during the dove season that runs from Sept. 1−Nov. 29.

CRP LOSSNEW Colorado has experienced the loss of several thousand acres of CRP in the last few years. Many of these acres have been or are in the process of being converted to cropland and do not have suitable cover for upland game. While we have caught and removed many of these fields, it is also very likely that some were not detected prior to printing this atlas. In addition, some fields are undergoing CRP enhancements and will have reduced cover as well.

HARVEST INFORMATION PROGRAMIf you hunt small game, furbearers or migratory birds in Colorado, including by falconry, you must sign up with HIP before your license is valid. Hunters must write their HIP number in the space provided on the license. Hunters will be asked basic questions about their hunting, including how many birds they harvested the previous season and what species they plan to hunt this year. Both the phone line and website run 24 hours a day, every day, and the process takes about 5 minutes. To sign up for HIP, hunters need to call 1-866-265-6447 (1-866-COLOHIP), or go online to www.colohip.com.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife conducts several small-game harvest surveys each year, designed to estimate harvest, hunter numbers and recreation days. Harvest surveys are critical to monitor changing wildlife populations, and are extremely valuable to hunt-ers wanting to learn more about hunting small game in Colorado. Harvest survey reports are available on the CPW website at cpw.state.co.us/small-game-stats. Hunters are randomly selected to participate in specific small-game surveys. All small-game surveys are currently conducted by telephone and email. If contacted, your participation is not required in any way, but responding to the survey, even if you did not hunt or harvest those specific species, is encour-aged to help CPW better manage the state’s small-game resources.

Interested in enrolling land in the small-game Walk-In Access program? CPW wants to enroll quality small-game hunting lands across the state. To offer land for the 2017−18 season, please contact a CPW office for details. See office listings on inside cover.

Thank you. Your hunting and fishing licenses pay to protect Colorado wildlife.

REPORT POACHERSOPERATION GAME THIEF: 1-877-265-6648

EMAIL: [email protected] a reward payment for reporting wildlife violations by calling

Operation Game Thief. Callers can remain anonymous. (This number is not for information requests or emergencies.)

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GENERAL

1. Colorado Parks and Wildlife can post firing lines at its properties.2. It is illegal to kill, capture, injure or harass wildlife from an aircraft or

motor vehicle. It is also illegal to operate aircraft with intent to injure, harass, drive or rally wildlife. It is illegal to discharge a firearm or release an arrow from an aircraft or motor vehicle.

3. It is illegal to discharge a firearm or release an arrow from, on, or across a public road. Hunting with rifles, handguns, shotguns firing a single slug and archery equipment is prohibited within 50 feet on each side of the center line of any public road. On a divided road, the prohibition includes the median, and the 50-foot requirement is measured from the center line of both roads.

4. It is illegal to carry or have a firearm, except a pistol or revolver, in or on a motor vehicle unless the chamber is unloaded. While using artificial light from a vehicle, it is illegal to have a firearm with cartridges in the chamber or magazine, or possess a strung bow unless the bow is cased.

5. You must take edible parts of game meat home to eat or provide it for human consumption. Do not leave wounded wildlife (or wildlife that might be wounded) without attempting to track and kill it.

6. Possession of wildlife is evidence you hunted.7. Small-game and migratory bird hunters are not required to wear solid,

fluorescent orange or pink clothes. However, CPW encourages you to wear fluorescent orange or pink clothes for safety.

8. You must stop at CPW check stations when told to do so.9. Violations of Colorado wildlife laws carry point values. You can face

suspension of license privileges for up to five years or more if you ac-cumulate 20 or more points in five years.

10. During deer, elk, pronghorn and bear seasons, firearms (except hand-guns) must be unloaded in the chamber and magazine when carried on an off-highway vehicle (OHV). Firearms (except handguns) and bows carried on an OHV must be fully enclosed in a hard or soft case. Scab-bards or cases with open ends or sides are prohibited. This regulation does not apply to landowners or their agents carrying a firearm on an OHV for the purpose of taking depredating wildlife on property owned or leased by them.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Cockleburr plant © Elizabeth Brown, CPW

BEWARE OF HITCHHIKING SEEDSMany “noxious” weeds reproduce primarily by seed. These seeds are often transported by wind, and occasion-ally by birds, rodents and other animals, but they could be carried in the shoelaces or pant cuffs of humans. Please help control their spread by taking a few min-utes as you leave the field to clean your shoelaces and pant cuffs of any seeds that may have become attached to your clothing. Don’t forget to give your hunting dog a quick brush over to remove any hitchhiking seeds before traveling to a new hunting spot!

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has partnered with Pheasants Forever Inc., the Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program (through Natural Resources Conservation Service), High Plains Land Conser-vancy and Muley Fanatics Foundation to create a new habitat practice for northeast Colorado. Known as Corners for Conservation, the practice is designed to create excellent habitat for wild-life, including upland game birds, by establish-ing highly diverse cover on sprinkler corners, including tall native grasses and flowering forbs. All Corners for Conservation projects are enrolled in the Walk-In Access Program and will provide year-round habitat for many species of wildlife. Corners for Conserva-tion properties are posted in this atlas, and in the field are identified with WIA boundary signs and Corners for Conservation Habitat signs. Over 200 projects have been completed through this habitat partnership, with more planned for future seasons.

CORNERS FOR CONSERVATION

NO HUNTING DURING ACTIVE HARVESTTo promote safe hunting and help landowners efficiently harvest crops, some WIA properties — primarily grass sprinkler corners adjacent to irrigated corn fields — will be closed to WIA hunting when landowners are actively harvesting crops. Specifically, when harvesting machines are working in the associated corn field, sprinkler corners are CLOSED to all WIA hunting. In most cases, corners will only be closed for a day or two while the landowner com-pletes harvest. All sprinkler corners will be posted with closure signs in addition to regular boundary signs. Adhering to this temporary closure will help hunters and CPW maintain excellent working relations with landowners and will contribute to keeping high-quality sprinkler corners open to public walk-in hunt-ing.

SAFE HANDLING OF GAME MEATConcern has grown about diseases affecting wild animals that could poten-tially make humans sick. Most of the time, properly handled and prepared game meat poses no greater risk than domestic meat of causing disease in humans. Hunters are encouraged to contact their local public health depart-ment or a CPW office for information on wildlife diseases that may be pres-ent where they plan to hunt. Public health officials recommend the following precautions when han-dling and preparing game meat:

1. Do not handle animals that are obviously sick or found dead. Report sick or dead animals you find to a CPW office.

2. Keep game cool, clean and dry.3. Do not eat, drink or smoke while dressing game.4. Use disposable gloves when cleaning game.5. Wash your hands with soap and water or use alcohol wipes after

dressing game.6. Clean all tools and surfaces immediately afterward. Use hot soapy

water, then disinfect with a 10 percent chlorine bleach solution.7. Cook game meat to an internal temperature of at least 165° F to kill

disease organisms and parasites. Juices from adequately cooked game meat should be clear.

8. Do not eat any raw portions of wild game.9. Do not feed raw wild game to domestic pets.

GENERAL HUNTING LAWS


HUNTING LAWS

WALK-IN PROPERTY LAWSKNOW BEFORE YOU GO

1. Lands are open for public access one hour before sunrise until one hour after sunset. When hunting waterfowl, deer, elk and pronghorn, public access is allowed two hours before sunrise until two hours after sunset.

2. Species of take will be restricted as follows:a. Lands enrolled and posted as Regular, Late Cropland or Extended Sea-

son Walk-In Access properties are open for the take of all small game, furbearers, migratory game birds and Eurasian collared-doves, except Gambel’s quail, Gunnison’s sage-grouse and greater sage-grouse.

b. Lands enrolled and posted as Big Game Walk-In Access properties are open for the take of deer, elk and pronghorn by hunters holding a valid license for the GMU in which the property lies.

3. Public access is allowed:a. From September 1 through the end of February annually for lands en-

rolled and posted as Regular Season Walk-In Access properties.b. From the opening day of pheasant season through the end of February

annually for lands enrolled and posted as Late Season Cropland Walk-In Access properties.

c. From September 1 through the end of the Mountain sharp-tailed grouse season annually, for all lands enrolled and posted as Grouse Walk-In Ac-cess properties.

ACCESS SIGNS in the field will have an

access date of Sept. 1 through the end of

February that tell when the property is open for

hunting.

PHEASANT SEASONACCESS SIGNS have an

access date of “The opening day of pheasant season” through the end

of February. Properties that are posted to open on the

opening day of pheasant season cannot be ac-

cessed prior to Nov. 12, 2016.

EXTENDED ACCESS

properties are posted to close at the end of

March, annually. These signs have

an access date of “The opening day of pheasant season” through the end

of March. These properties

cannot be accessed prior to Nov. 12, 2016

PARKING SIGNS designate where hunters

should park at some walk-in areas.

The majority of WIA properties do not have

established parking areas. Instead, hunters should

park along the road, taking care to stay out of the traveled portion of

the road but also not park in tall weeds and grass

where a fire hazard exists.

SAFETY ZONE SIGNS are common on or near WIA properties. These

signs are used to delin-eate safety zones around buildings, homesteads,

livestock corrals or neighboring landowners

homes and properties. Please respect safety

zone signs wherever you find them posted.

CLOSED!DO NOT HUNT IF FIELDS

HAVE YELLOW “WARNING!” SIGNS.

Rarely, it is necessary to remove a property from the WIA program after

this brochure is printed. When that happens,

boundary signs are replaced with yellow

warning signs to notify hunters the property is no longer available for

walk-in hunting. Remember, if you find a WIA property

listed in the brochure but boundary signs are not present at the field corners, please do not

hunt that field!

WALK-IN PROPERTY SIGNS

d. From the opening day of pheasant season through the end of March annually for lands enrolled and posted as Extended Walk-In Access properties.

e. From the opening day of pheasant season through the end of February annually for lands enrolled and posted as Novice Hunter Program Walk-In Access properties.

1. A current year’s graduate of the Novice Hunter Program must be present and actively hunting with each group during all hunting activities.

2. Up to four additional hunters may accompany and hunt with a graduate of the Novice Hunter Program.

f. From September 1 through the end of December annually for lands en-rolled and posted as Big Game Walk-In Access properties.

4. Access shall be by foot only. Entry by horseback, motorized vehicle or other means is prohibited.

5. Access is allowed for small-game hunting only; all other activities are prohibited.

6. Access is prohibited as posted when the landowner is actively harvesting crops.

There are a variety of Walk-In Access program boundary signs. Knowing what to look for in the field will help during your hunt.

BIG GAME ACCESS PILOT PROGRAM: CPW is

offering a Big Game Access pilot program in southeast

Colorado on select WIA properties. Properties

will be signed with WIA boundary signs. In 2017

these properties are open for big game hunting to

properly licensed hunters during established big

game seasons from September 1, 2017

through December 31, 2017, and to small game hunting from September 1, 2017 through February

28, 2018. Big game hunters must possess a

valid license for the Game Management Unit (GMU)

in which the Walk-In Access property lies. All

normal WIA and big game hunting regulations apply.

NEW


HUNTING LAWS

Legal times to hunt small game are one-half hour before sunrise to sunset. An exception is made for furbearers, which can be hunted from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset. The sunrise/sunset chart below lists time in Denver. Subtract 1 minute from opening and closing time for each 12 1/2 miles east of Denver. Add 1 minute to opening and closing time for each 12 1/2 miles west of Denver. (These changes assume that each degree of longitude equals 50 miles and a change of 1 degree of longitude equals a 4-minute change in sunrise and sunset times.)

2017–2018 SUNRISE/SUNSET TABLE (DENVER)

TIME ADJUSTMENT FOR OTHER COLORADO CITIES

This table reflects the minutes to add/subtract to the chart above for select towns. These are approximate; use only as a reference.

Consult a state map for more details.

Alamosa +3Buena Vista +5Burlington -10Craig +9Durango +11Fort Morgan -4

Gr. Junction +13Gunnison +7La Junta -6Lamar -9Sterling -6Walden +5

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SEASON DATES & BAG LIMITS LEGAL HUNTING HOURS

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▶ PHEASANT SEASON 1: Nov. 11−Jan. 31, 2018 AREA: East of I-25

SEASON 2: Nov. 11−Jan. 7, 2018 AREA: West of I-25 DAILY BAG LIMIT: 3 cocks POSSESSION LIMIT: 9 cocks

▶ QUAIL: NORTHERN BOBWHITE, SCALED, GAMBEL’S SEASON 1: Nov. 11–Jan. 31, 2018 AREA: East of I-25 and south of I-70 from I-25 to Byers and Hwy. 36 from Byers to Kansas, and the parts of the following counties that are west of I-25: Pueblo, Fremont, Huerfano, NEW El Paso and Las Animas counties.

SEASON 2: Nov. 11–Jan. 7, 2018 AREA: East of I-25 and north of I-70 from I-25 east to Byers and Hwy. 36 from Byers to Kansas.

SEASON 3: Nov. 11-Jan. 7, 2018 AREA: West of I-25 except those areas west of I-25 in Pueblo, Fremont, Huerfano,NEW El Paso and Las Animas counties. DAILY BAG LIMIT: 8 of each spe-cies POSSESSION LIMIT: 24 of each species

▶ COTTONTAIL, SNOWSHOE HARE, WHITE-TAILED & BLACK-TAILED JACKRABBIT

SEASON: Oct. 1−end of Feb. 2018 DAILY BAG LIMIT: 10 of each spe-cies POSSESSION LIMIT: 20 of each species

Select small-game season dates are included within this atlas for your conve-nience; however, all season dates are not listed. A complete synopsis of hunting season dates can be found in the 2017 Small Game & Waterfowl brochure. This brochure is available at license agents, CPW offices and online in downloadable PDF and interactive, search-able formats at cpw.state.co.us/sgwf/brochure.

NOVICE HUNTING PROGRAMColorado Parks and Wildlife’s Novice Hunter Program (NHP) provides people new to hunting with a solid foundation of knowledge and skills to instill the confidence that aids in future safe and enjoyable hunting experiences in Colorado. The novice program includes classroom time and the curriculum focuses on the fundamentals of pheasant biology, hunting techniques, firearms safety and hunting ethics, as well as practical exercises in the field. But there’s one thing that we can’t give you, and that’s experience. As part of this program, CPW leases some Walk-In Access properties spe-cifically for novice hunters, to give an opportunity to hunt in good pheasant habitat in a relatively unpressured setting. These lands are not open to the general public and are available to you just for this hunting season. There are some restrictions on how these lands can be hunted. We ask you to please abide by program regulations and property-specific rules while you are hunting. Remember to plan ahead and be safe. Good luck and have fun!

To hunt these special designated pheasant properties: 1. You must be a current-year graduate of the Novice Hunter Program

must be present and actively hunting during all hunting activities. 2. Up to four additional licensed hunters may accompany and hunt with

a graduate of the Novice Hunter Program.3. A valid “student” hang tag must be hung from the rearview mirror from

students’ vehicles while they are hunting NHP WIA properties.4. A valid “mentor” hang tag must be hung from the rearview mirror of

vehicles carrying hunters accompanying an NHP student. 5. No more than two vehicles are allowed per NHP hunter.6. Lands enrolled and posted as NHP Walk-In Access properties may be

accessed from Nov. 12, 2017 through the end of February 2018. All hunting season dates must be followed.

7. Access shall be by foot only. Entry by horseback, motorized vehicle, or other means is prohibited.

8. Access is allowed for hunting only; all other activities are prohibited. (See additional walk-in hunting regulations on page 4.)

Look for the signs! WIA properties that are open for novice hunters will be posted with special yellow signs that look like this.

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TIPS AND TACTICS FOR A SUCCESSFUL COLORADO QUAIL HUNTQUAIL HUNTING TIPSSoutheastern Colorado is on track for banner quail-hunting this year due to two consecutive seasons of above average precipitation across most of the region. CPW doesn’t conduct official summer quail surveys, but unof-ficial reports indicate strong numbers of birds in the southeast which should lead to an excellent season; and while numbers in northeastern Colorado are more restricted, all signs still point to an improvement for 2017. Overall the forecast is a good one for quail, and with the following tips, you can increase your chances of a successful hunt.

SCOUT BEFORE THE SEASON AND DEVELOP A PLAN

CONSIDER THE HABITAT

Preseason scouting, especially in mid- to late October, can considerably shorten the task of finding game birds. Go early morning or evening when quail are most active. Take a good map (or this atlas) to mark your sight-ings. And when you spot birds, observe nearby fields, where the birds are feeding, how they move between fields and where they are taking cover. Think about how the birds will react to hunters, how they will escape and which fields will swing the odds in your favor. Consider your hunting pref-erences and focus on the fields or cover types where your personal hunting style will allow you to be successful. Develop a hunt plan based on the in-formation you’ve gathered.

Scaled quail are most numerous in areas that are relatively open at ground level, so focus on areas with a good percentage of bare ground. Scaled quail depend on winter food sources such as sunflowers, western ragweed, buf-falo bur and occasionally cultivated milo. Stay away from heavy grass cover, as these areas tend to choke out the food sources that quail depend upon. In most cases, Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) cropland is too dense for scaled quail, although they thrive in disturbed, weedy areas or thin strands of bunchgrass CRP. Scaled quail are often found near or in structures, natural or man-made. Think cholla cactus, weedy or brushy ra-vines, shrub thickets, junk piles, abandoned farm machinery, wildlife wa-tering systems and old farmsteads. Any natural or artificial structural component warrants exploration.

In some situations, bobwhites can be found in the same fields as scaled quail in southeastern Colorado; however bobwhite quail range is signifi-cantly smaller. Bobwhites are primarily limited to riparian areas in north-eastern and east-central Colorado and riparian areas, sandsage rangeland and occasionally CRP lands in Southeast Colorado. Isolated populations of bobwhites occur in sandsage communities in the northeast counties of Phillips and Yuma, although their numbers vary from year to year.

In fields, bobwhites are normally found near areas with significant shrub development: sandsage rangeland, drainages lined with skunkbush sumac, native plum or chokecherry thickets, willow and snowberry ripar-ian zones and warm season grass CRP fields that have a good shrub com-ponent intermixed with the grasses. Look for CRP grass fields that provide tall overhead cover with a high percentage of bare ground. Pay attention to areas with sunflowers, western and giant ragweed and kochia plants, and fields composed of little bluestem, big bluestem, sand bluestem, switch-grass and yellow indiangrass. In extreme southeast Colorado, it’s not un-usual to find bobwhites around large CRP fields that are adjacent to other habitats like sandsage. In the northeast, where quail habitat is more re-stricted, look for them in CRP sprinkler corners adjacent to irrigated corn fields, in CRP plantings along creek bottoms or field edges and grass fields along the sandsage-cropland transition zone. You can also find them forag-ing or taking cover in weedy fencerows, abandoned farmsteads, old live-stock corrals and other areas that provide standing weed cover.

Once you have found an area that holds quail, take note of the impor-tant habitat types, and try to find other areas that replicate those habitats.

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HUNTING TIPS

Be quick and quiet. Once birds have been hunted, their behavior can change quickly. Scaled quail can become like pheasants in terms of run-ning to avoid hunters. Spooked birds will plan their escape as soon as they are aware of your presence, so move quickly and quietly to execute your hunt plan.

Timing matters. Hunt fields at the right time of day. In the early morning and evening birds will be on the move from roost sites towards food. Put yourself between the birds and their food source and hunt towards the roosting areas, or vice versa, when birds are leaving feeding areas in the af-ternoon. Coveys of each loaf under overhead cover during the mid-day pe-riod.

Don’t get pushy. Avoid pushing scaled quail into thin fields that offer good (running) escape cover. They can, however, be pushed towards cover that is too dense for easy running. If they beat you and elude, pay attention to their escape routes and devise ways to cover them next time.

Hunt with a friend. Hunting with a four-legged friend increases your chances for success greatly when hunting quail. Bobwhite quail are very easy to walk past, due to their likelihood of holding tight. Dogs that hunt in range are always a benefit when quail hunting, and like pheasants, dogs can be tremendous in game recovery.

ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE

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HUNTING TIPS

PHEASANT HUNTING TIPSTIPS FOR A SUCCESSFUL COLORADO PHEASANT HUNTOn Nov. 11, hunters and bird dogs alike will celebrate as Colorado’s 2017-18 pheasant season opens statewide. According to wildlife managers, pheasant popu-lations have improved significantly over last season. Precipitation returned to much of the core pheasant range in the last four years helping to improve nesting conditions and rebuild Colorado’s pheasant crop. Although pheasant populations remain below the peak numbers that hunters enjoyed eight years ago, there are enough roosters to keep things exciting and plenty of additional reasons to lace up your hunting boots and explore Colorado’s Eastern Plains this fall. The following tips will help you get the most out of your hunt this season:

1. SCOUT FOR SUCCESSScouting is always important but it’s even more critical when there are fewer birds afield. Colorado’s core pheasant habitat lies in the vast, cultivated farmlands and Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) fields of Yuma, Logan, Washington, Sedgwick and Phillips counties. However, pheasant populations are localized based on the habitat that’s available in these areas. Locating “birdy” spots prior to your actual hunt will make time spent in the field much more productive.

3. BE PREPARED TO PUT IN SOME WALKINGThere’s no getting around it: You need to burn some serious shoe leather to locate birds, particularly in years when bird populations are just average. To be successful, it’s important to get off of the beaten path.

4. UNDERSTAND PHEASANT BEHAVIORPheasants follow a routine that’s predictable. Understanding pheasant behavior can ensure you’re in the right place at the right time and help you to locate more birds. In early morning, pheasants leave the thick cover of their roosting sites and move into open croplands (corn, milo or winter wheat) to feed. Depending on weather condi-tions and hunting pressure, birds typically feed for an hour or two and then seek shel-ter in grassy fringes (loafing cover) adjacent to feeding sites, where they will remain for the remainder of midday. Pheasants return to open fields to feed about an hour before sunset. This behavior pattern remains consistent except during periods of ex-treme cold or wind or when heavy snow forces birds to seek shelter in dense roosting cover throughout most of the day.

5. HUNT SMARTPheasants hear extremely well and quickly become savvy to boisterous hunters. Slamming your truck door, yelling at untrained dogs or chit-chatting too loudly with other members in your hunting party is a sure-fire way to return home empty handed. Pheasants often flush in response to shutting off a car engine, so be sure to park away from your hunting area. Lastly, be mindful of wind direction. Hunt into the wind whenever possible. Walking upwind makes it harder for pheasants to hear approaching footsteps and also makes it much easier for dogs to detect scent.

Hunting gets better later in the season. Not only have the crowds of early season hunters thinned out, but the hunting conditions have improved as well. By December, corn fields and other croplands have all been cut and harvested, forcing pheasants to seek refuge in narrow draws, sloughs, shelter belts and grassy pockets – areas much more accessible to hunters. Additionally, winter snows make it easier for dogs to track wily roosters.

6. LATER IN THE SEASON IS BETTER

2. ASK FOR PERMISSIONMuch of the land in eastern Colorado is privately owned but don’t let that deter you. Although landowners typically reserve opening weekend and holidays for family and friends, most are open to granting hunting access to strangers at other times of the season. Be courteous and don’t be afraid to knock on a few doors until you get a “yes.” Some of the best pheasant hunting is located on private property. And if you’re granted access, don’t forget that a thoughtful “thank you” can go a long way toward getting future permission.


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7. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WALK-IN ACCESS PROGRAMAlthough most of the land throughout eastern Colorado is privately owned, Colo-rado Parks and Wildlife’s Walk-In-Access (WIA) program offers an excellent oppor-tunity for small-game hunters to access more than 170,000 acres of private land. Again, preseason scouting is critical. While WIA properties provide land access, CPW cannot predict what wildlife species a field may support in any given year, due to weather or local conditions.

8. REFER TO THE SMALL GAME/WATERFOWL BROCHUREA small-game license and a Harvest Information Program (HIP) number are re-quired to hunt pheasants and to access WIA properties. For further information, in-cluding hunting regulations and bag and possession limits, pick up a copy of the 2017 Small Game & Waterfowl Brochure available at statewide license agents and CPW offices and online at cpw.state.co.us/sgwf/brochure.

Article and photography by Jerry Neal. Neal is a media and information specialist and senior video producer for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and is the former editor of Colorado Outdoors online.


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