Introduction:
Check the Colorado Department of Wildlife for updated hunting information.

Description:
The Wildlife Commission recently approved a big game structure for 2003 that will allow more either-sex licenses for the first rifle season and an extra weekend for hunters during the second big game rifle season.

Directions:

Highlights:
Colorado has more than 300,000 elk, more than any other state or Canadian province. Ideally Division of Wildlife biologists would like to see the herd at about 240,000.

Features:
Archery Hunts
Rifle Hunts
Elk
Deer
Big Horn Sheep
Bear
Mountain Lion

Additional Information:
Colorado has the largest elk herd in the world. While this can be considered a boon to big game hunters, residents and tourists, there is a downside…Colorado actually has too many elk.