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Now you can get in some archery practice high in the mountains, without having to hoof your heart rate up. With ski resorts looking for ways to bolster revenue in the off-season, Idaho’s Pebble Creek Ski Area is taking a unique approach by targeting archers. Located in Bannock County, the resort recently stocked their ski runs […]

Live in Colorado and want a great hunt without the expense of guides, outfitters or access fees? More than a million acres of prime private wildlife habitat is open to the public on a limited basis under CPW’s Ranching for Wildlife program. Licenses for these private land hunts, available only to in-state residents, cost the […]

While hunting and fishing continue to be premier recreational sports in Colorado, unlike the ski and rafting industries, access issues — from water rights to private property concerns —murk the waters in getting that trophy. In Garfield County, that reached a crescendo recently as the battle for access on the Roan Plateau came to a […]

Benn Conner stopped to catch his breath and looked up the mountain. His face told it all. A long uphill trek remained for the 33-year-old from Fruita. With his compound bow in hand and 50 pounds in his pack, he grimaced and trudged onward. At a flat stretch, he trotted toward the next target area. […]

Ava King is looking forward to when she’s old enough to go hunting. For right now, the Fruita 7-year-old tags along with her dad sometimes, but when her time comes, she’ll be prepared. Calling in an elk is a skill that many elk hunters have mastered. Getting that precise pitch and tone of a bull […]

What’s new for hunting in western Colorado this year? Plenty, affecting everything from license sales to youth hunting options and GMUs. We checked in with Colorado Parks & Wildlife for changes to put on your radar. Licensing changes: CPW transitioned to an integrated licensing, pass and reservation system in January 2018. All customers will need […]

It’s 6 a.m. and archery hunters Ed Watson and Matt Hammer are approaching their destination after a 2,000-vertical-foot climb in the Park Range. They’ve arrived quietly — no animal-scaring noise from the likes of an ATV — and are barely huffing and puffing.   The secret? They used E-bikes, in particular electric bicycles from Vail, […]

Welcome to Colorado and the 2018 hunting season. You are hunting in one of the country’s premier big game hunting areas and we’re glad you chose Colorado as your destination. We look forward to helping you have a great hunt. Colorado offers hunters what few other states can: some of the largest big game herds […]

In an effort to keep deer, elk and moose herds healthy and reduce human exposure, Colorado’s wildlife agency is preparing to renew efforts to track, then tackle, one of its greatest wildlife management challenges — chronic wasting disease. “About half of Colorado’s deer herd and about a third of Colorado’s elk herd are infected,” says […]