chilly late-April weekend provided an exciting opportunity for three Colorado youngsters when they embarked on a guided private land turkey hunt through the coordination of the local DOW and the generosity of the Seven Lakes Lodge and the Nine Mile Guest Ranch, both near Meeker.
The hunt was advertised statewide by the Division of Wildlife [...]

Are you interested in hunting or fishing in Northwest Colorado? Perhaps you are looking to observe some of our fantastic wildlife. Wish you had a local Northwest Colorado contact to help you find the places to go?
Contact the Craig Sportsmans Information Center, located in the Moffat County Visitors Center. The staff can help you plan [...]

The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) would like to remind anglers and small game hunters that the license structure for fishing and small game hunting has changed.

Beginning April 1, 2009, all annual licenses including fishing, senior fishing, small game, furbearer, combination fishing and hunting, Colorado waterfowl stamps, habitat stamps and walk-in access permits are valid [...]

NORTH OGDEN — A trapper accused of illegally killing bobcats was so successful that other hunters probably didn’t find many, a Utah investigator says.
Jared Beal, 40, of North Ogden, has been charged with 12 counts of wanton destruction of protected wildlife.

Bobcat pelts can be worth hundreds of dollars and, in some cases, more than [...]

The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) has released for public review its draft conservation plan for the white-tailed and Gunnison’s prairie dogs. This plan, when final, will be used as a guide to maintain these two species on native range on both public and private lands in Colorado.

The Colorado Gunnison’s and White-tailed Prairie Dog Conservation [...]

Colorado’s dove season opens statewide on Monday, September 1. Dove hunters should be aware of the following information before entering the field this season:

Mourning Dove Banding Program
Earlier this summer, the DOW and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service banded over 700 mourning doves across Colorado. Doves were trapped, fitted with aluminum, individually numbered leg [...]

Join the Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) for a free evening seminar to explain the Walk-in Access program that provides small game hunters with places to hunt in Eastern Colorado.

Learn about places to hunt in the northeastern and southeastern parts of the state, with a particular focus on dove season. Biologists and wildlife managers [...]

The Colorado Wildlife Commission voted to adopt a season-year Small Game and Fishing license in place of the current calendar-year license at its regular July meeting in Durango Thursday. The action was taken in order to provide better customer service to license buyers.

The change in regulations will mean that all 2008 Small Game and Fishing [...]

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

Interested ranch managers or landowners can attend meetings in Limon or Rush on July 15 or 16. The Limon meeting is at the Community Center. The Rush meeting is at Steel Fork [...]

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 [...]