Tentative dates: 2025–26
Hunting seasons
Big game
General deer (archery) | |
General deer (muzzleloader) | |
General deer (any legal weapon) | |
General bull elk (archery) | |
General spike elk (archery) | |
General elk (muzzleloader) | |
General elk (any legal weapon) |
Upland game
American crow | |
Band-tailed pigeon | |
California and Gambel's quail | |
Chukar partridge | |
Cottontail rabbit | |
Dusky and ruffed grouse | |
Eurasian collared dove | Year-round |
Gray partridge | |
Greater sage-grouse | |
Jackrabbit (black-tailed and white-tailed) | Year-round |
Scaled quail | Closed statewide |
Mourning and white-winged dove | |
Prairie dog (Gunnison's and white-tailed only; certain counties only) | Now–March 31, 2023 |
Ring-necked pheasant | |
Sandhill crane (early) | |
Sandhill crane (middle) | |
Sandhill crane (late) | |
Sharp-tailed grouse | |
Snowshoe hare | |
White-tailed ptarmigan |
Wild turkey
Fall general-season | |
Spring limited-entry | |
Youth hunt | |
Spring general-season |
Now–May 31, 2025 |
Black bear
Spring limited-entry | |
Summer limited-entry | |
Fall limited-entry | |
Pursuit |
Cougar
Limited-entry | |
Harvest-objective | |
Pursuit | |
Spot-and-stalk |
Furbearer
Badger | |
Beaver | |
Bobcat | |
Coyote | Year-round |
Gray and kit fox | |
Marten | |
Mink | |
Muskrat | Year-round |
Red fox | Year-round |
Ringtail | |
Spotted skunk | |
Striped skunk | Year-round |
Weasel |
Waterfowl
Duck, merganser, coot and snipe (Northern Zone) | |
Duck, merganser, coot and snipe (Southern Zone) | |
Scaup (Northern Zone) | |
Scaup (Southern Zone) | |
Dark Goose | |
Light Goose | |
Swan |
Falconry
Peregrine |