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The rule-making notice for the November Commission meeting says: Open for final consideration of the following: • Modifying the limited license application and drawing allocation processes for deer, elk, pronghorn and bear to include a rolling three-year average for licenses requiring ten or...

Only a couple of weeks left to purchase raffle tickets for the Colorado statewide bighorn sheep, mountain goat, and pronghorn licenses. Licenses allow you to hunt any open unit from the beginning of the season until December 31 (the pronghorn begins Aug. 15 statewide). The winners do not have to...

The RMBS has a couple of chances for you to win a fun hunt this winter. First is a 5-day mountain lion hunt in western Colorado with Needle Rock Outfitters and life-size lion taxidermy by Big Cat Taxidermy. The second is a west Texas aoudad hunt for two hunters with RLE Outfitters. Each hunter...

Tickets are available for the Colorado statewide sheep, mountain goat, and pronghorn raffles, as well as a pretty sweet custom 28 Nosler. Check them out here (you have to click through another link to the rifles; facilitates Facebook advertising).

What do you think? You could win it here and support wild sheep conservation at the same time. Ammo not included. ;) If you don't like this one, you could win a $5,000 credit towards your own build, the Colorado Governor's bighorn sheep license, or a few other things. Check them all out.

Winners for the statewide bighorn sheep and mountain goat tags will be drawn 2 weeks from today. You can still purchase tickets for a few more days. https://www.bighornsheep.org/raffles

Last week to purchase tickets for the statewide sheep, goat, and pronghorn raffle licences. Get them here: http://bighornsheep.org/raffle.htm The last 4 raffle rams: This year there is a second opportunity to win a sheep license, valid for two full months on Chancellor Ranch. As the only...

The 43rd Annual Bighorn Rendezvous is happening April 27-28 in Denver. Guest speakers include Randy Newberg and Shane Mahoney. Winners will be drawn for the statewide bighorn sheep, mountain goat, and pronghorn raffle licenses, and one lucky life member in the audience will win a Yukon dall...

It's that time again. Raffle tickets are available for the statewide bighorn sheep, mountain goat, and pronghorn raffle licenses. There are also a couple of sweet custom rifles (6.5CM and .338WM) and Swarovski optics. Get 'em here: http://www.bighornsheep.org/raffle.htm The sheep raffle...

The CPW Commission will consider a proposal at their November 16 meeting to modify the limited license application process to only charge application fees at the time the applications are submitted, similar to AZ, UT, and other states. In addition, they will consider allowing NR the ability to...

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission will consider establishing a horn and antler collecting closure on all public lands west of I-25 January 1-April 30 at their November 16 meeting in Yuma. In addition, they will consider a proposal to require purchase of an annual $40 antler and horn...

Tickets are available for 4 more weeks for the Colorado statewide (governor's) raffle tags for bighorn sheep, mountain goat, and pronghorn. Get them soon at the RMBS website. http://www.bighornsheep.org/ Here are last year's winners:

I was listening online to the PWC meeting this morning and the discussion about proposed changes to the reissue of returned licenses. I had a couple of distractions so I may have misunderstood something, but I believe this is what they are proposing (to be finalized at the January meeting)...

You have about 3 more weeks to throw your name in the hat for a Colorado statewide bighorn sheep or mountain goat license. The non-resident winner is not required to pay the $2,080 license fee. The Swarovski optics raffle allows the winner the choice of 10x42 EL Range binos or 25-60x65 STX...

The Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society is bringing their 41st Annual Banquet and Fundraiser to Two Rivers Convention Center in Grand Junction on April 16. This is the first time it has been held on the West Slope. You should plan to make it an all day event, as there are several activities...

Looks like another poaching case in UT. Anyone know what this guy did? http://www.co.utah.ut.us/Dept/Sheriff/Corrections/InmateDetail.asp?ID=327332

The Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest is currently accepting scoping comments on a Forest Plan Revision to address dispersed recreational shooting on the Forest. The proposed action would ban recreational shooting on approximately 287,000 acres, or about 20%, of the Forest. An interactive map...

Do you Utah guys know if there is any truth to the rumor I heard about RMEF submitting a proposal to UDWR to administer the hunt expo starting in 2017? I looked at the regulations on the website and see that yesterday was the deadline to submit proposals for the 2017-2021 contract. I heard...

The CMDA auctioned the second Colorado statewide ("Governor's") license last weekend for $21,000. Why do you think it went so low?

On the rulemaking notice for the September Commission meeting: Chapter W-16 - "Procedural Rules for the Wildlife Commission? 2 CCR 406-16 Open for review of regulations pertaining to refunds and reissuance of big game licenses. There will likely be no information posted until about a week...

The CPW Commission will once again take up the license allocation issue at the August 6 meeting in Durango. You may remember that the issue was discussed last year during the 5 Year Season Structure discussion, but was ultimately tabled until this year...

The Parks and Wildlife Commission was mailed a CPW issue paper last week which proposes a new private land access program for bighorn sheep, to replace the existing Ranching for Wildlife bighorn sheep access program. The issue paper will be formally introduced at the PWC meeting next Tuesday...

Better get some. With 5 months to hunt, who knows what you will find? http://www.bighornsheep.org/raffle.htm

Sounds like this bill has some support and is gaining traction. It would allow a successful applicant for a full priced big or trophy game animal to return the license and reserve the same license for the following year. An amendment to the bill allows the state to charge an administrative fee...

I'm not sure how many people are aware, but the Parks and Wildlife Commission is set to approve a shed hunting season for the Eagle and Roaring Fork River valleys. See page 41 of this document: http://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Commission/2014/Nov/ITEM20-ChW-2-BigGame-Issues.pdf

I'm not sure how many people are aware, but the Parks and Wildlife Commission is set to approve a shed hunting season for the Eagle and Roaring Fork River valleys. See page 41 of this document: http://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Commission/2014/Nov/ITEM20-ChW-2-BigGame-Issues.pdf

Petition Seeks to Outlaw Lead Ammunition Yasmina Dardari | 10/17/14 In a new Care2 petition, Paula Brown, a raptor rehabilitator from Broomfield, Colorado is asking the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to ban the use of lead ammunition by hunters after a number of birds have been...

You can now purchase raffle tickets online for the Colorado statewide bighorn sheep, mountain goat and pronghorn licenses. These licenses allow the winner to hunt in any open unit in the state (excluding desert bighorn) for up to 5 months depending on unit season dates. Tickets are only...

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission voted today to change the end date for the statewide mule deer "governor's" tags. The new close date will be November 30 or the last day of the regular season in each respective unit, whichever is later (some hunts in eastern CO go until the end of...

Here is a good article about the proposed changes to the landowner preference (voucher) program. The bill (SB13-188) has passed out of the Senate and is on its way to the House. Write your representatives and tell them to kill this misguided bill...

An article in today's Gunnison Country Times:

I confess to putting this on several hunting boards, so if you have already seen it, I apologize. But I want to make sure as many see it as possible. A bill will be introduced in the Colorado legislature in the near future which will propose several changes to the Landowner Preference System...

I was going to post on the original thread, but apparently it was locked. Here is the link: http://www.monstermuleys.info/dcforum/DCForumID6/23964.html Here is an article in this week's Gunnison Country News about the buck.

Here are the two proposed bills. Fee increase: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2013/Introduced/SF0032.pdf Big game tag raffle: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2013/Introduced/HB0037.pdf I saw the following post on the WY Game Wardens Association Facebook page this morning, which lists the...

Would the guy that posted the live photos and accusations that were deleted please PM me? I'd like to hear your story.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/us/auctions-introduce-market-forces-to-conservation-but-hunters-cry-foul.html?smid=pl-share&_r=0

Coloradoboy said in the elk forum that he was gifted a LO tag by a rancher he met after moving to WY. I was under the impression LO tags were not transferable in WY, but apparently I'm wrong. Can someone explain to me how the WY system works, and how a landowner can gift a tag to a...

Looks like The Sportsman Channel will be airing a MT wolf hunt next week. Good job, Big Fin. I look forward to seeing these episodes. And to think that if SFW and BGF had gotten their way, this hunt would not have occurred! I'm glad there were people working against them to ensure that...

Unit 21 hunters should be aware that the BLM has closed the Texas Mountain area to protect feral horses. You can read the closure notice here: http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/co/field_offices/white_river_field/wild_horse_documents.Par.12118.File.dat/Closure_Texas_Mtn_062012.pdf If...