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A great truth in deer hunting is that you can’t bag a trophy that isn’t there. If your hunting area, be it public or private, has been subject to an overpopulation of deer and/or extremely heavy hunting pressure, it’s a good bet that there are few true trophy bucks there.

The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) is requesting public comment and feedback to help determine the 5-year Big Game Season Structure for deer, elk, pronghorn, bear and moose.

Like most guys, I love hunting whitetails from an elevated position. In fact, I currently have 23 ladder stands positioned at strategic ambush points on the land my family manages for whitetails in Minnesota.

The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) has wrapped up the poaching case against six Arkansas men with the final two suspects entering guilty pleas in Moffat County District Court.

The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) is looking for landowners who want to lease access for the 2008 small game hunting seasons.

The Colorado Wildlife Commission will meet Thursday at the Double Tree Hotel, 501 Camino Drive in Durango for its regular July meeting. The meeting will begin at 8:30 am and adjourn at 3:30 pm.

Small game and furbearer regulations and season dates will be in front of the Commission for final adoption along with migratory bird regulations and season dates. These regulations will include the recent proposals to improve waterfowl hunting on the South Platte River.

Over the past century we have witnessed a remarkable wildlife turnaround. When the 20th century was young, it was estimated there were fewer than 50,000 elk left in the U.S. Today the estimated population exceeds 800,000 elk. Hunting is allowed over much of elk country and some states have surplus populations.

With the Fourth of July weekend at hand, for Colorado fishermen the action may or may not be hot as a firecracker.
An escape to the mountains, both to escape the summer heat and find the best fishing prospects seems in order. Mountain lakes and reservoirs continue to offer good fishing, both for recently stocked trout and fish that have been in the water for some time. Northern pike are becoming active in some mid-elevation reservoirs, and fishing for kokanee salmon remains good at Blue Mesa Reservoir, among others.

The Colorado Division of Wildlife Hunter Outreach and Women Afield programs are pleased to announce that applications are available for several big game and small game hunts in northwestern Colorado. The hunts are open to young people (age 12-17) or women who are interested in learning how to hunt.