Officials from Colorado Parks and Wildlife warned hunters to expect major reductions in the number of big game hunting licenses issued for mule deer, elk and pronghorn in Northwest Colorado this year, and now that the figures are out, the agency is calling the cuts “unprecedented.” Colorado Parks and Wildlife detailed the reductions for big […]
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State biologists recommend a decrease in hunting licenses in Northwest Colorado

As the intense winter weather continues, thousands of big game wildlife in Northwest Colorado have been forced to migrate farther west than ever before. If the area populations continue to thin without return, Colorado Parks and Wildlife may decrease hunting license permits for the 2023 season. The mortality rates of big game are the highest […]