2014-2015 Colorado Mountain Lion Hunting - COLORADO PARKS & WILDLIFE INCLUDES APRIL2015SEASON
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C O L O R A D O PA R K S & W I L D L I F E
2014-2015 Colorado
Mountain Lion
Hunting
INCLUDES APRIL 2015 SEASON
online brochure
cpw.state.co.us
WHAT YOU NEED LICENSE FEES
TO HUNT LION » Resident.............$41
1. YOU MUST HAVE A LION » Nonresident.......$351
LICENSE and carry it when hunt-
Prices include 25-cent search-
ing. Licenses are available for either and-rescue fee and 75-cent
the Nov. 17, 2014-March 31, 2015, or surcharge for the Wildlife Man-
April 1-30, 2015, seasons. Hunters agement Public Education Fund.
may purchase both, $41 each.
2. HUNTER EDUCATION: BUY ONLINE OR BY PHONE
» Anyone born on or after Jan. 1, Go to www.bit.ly/
1949, must have a hunter educa- cpwlicensesales or
tion card to hunt in Colorado. call 1-800-244-5613.
» A hunter education card is needed CPW offices and
to apply for or buy a license. It license agents also sell licenses.
must be carried while hunting
(unless previously verified -
SEASON DATES
marked with a “V” on your license).
NOVEMBER: In most units open
• To get verified, take your hunter
education card to a CPW office.
to hunting, the fall mountain lion
season is Nov. 17, 2014-March 31,
» CPW honors hunter education 2015.
cards from other states and In units 61, 62 and the part of 70
provinces. in the research area, the season goes
» For more information, go to through Jan. 31, 2015.
www.bit.ly/COHunterEd. APRIL: The April lion season runs
3. COMPLETE THE CPW’S April 1-30, 2015.
CERTIFIED MOUNTAIN LION
COURSE AND TEST. Materials BAG LIMITS
and the official test are online: 1. One mountain lion, either sex.
cpw.state.co.us/thingstodo/ 2. Hunters may harvest one lion
Pages/MountainLion.aspx. Enter from Nov. 17, 2014-March
your CID number when taking 31, 2015, AND one lion (with
the official test. If you do not have purchase of a new license) from
a CID, contact a CPW office. Tests April 1-30, 2015, or Nov. 15,
also can be taken at CPW offices. 2015-March 31, 2016.
Hunters must carry the certificate 3. A lion killed during special
of completion while hunting unless damage seasons doesn’t count
a “Lion - V” (for verified) is printed toward the annual bag limit.
on your license. 4. A lion killed on the Southern
Ute Indian Reservation does not
4. A HABITAT STAMP IS count toward annual bag limit.
REQUIRED for those ages 18-64
who buy or apply for hunting HUNTING HOURS
or fishing licenses or preference Lions may be hunted from
points. Cost is $10, one stamp one-half hour before sunrise
is required per year. A lifetime to one-half hour after sunset.
stamp is $300.25.
CALL TO CHECK OPEN UNITS
REMINDER: Hunters who pur- 1-888-940-LION (5466)
chased a mountain lion license for You must check daily to make sure
the April 1-30, 2014, season and did the unit you want to hunt is open.
not harvest may still use the same Units close when harvest limits
license to hunt in the season that are reached. Call 1-888-940-LION
runs from Nov. 17, 2014-March 31, (5466) after 5 p.m. the day before
2015. After March 31, 2015, you your hunting trip for a recording of
must purchase a new license that is closed units. If a unit is closed, you
valid April 1-31, 2015. must pick a different unit to hunt.
2014-15 Colorado Mountain Lion Hunting
INSPECTION AND SEALS hides or heads without seals be-
Hunters must contact a CPW come state property.
office within 48 hours of a lion kill A mandatory check report must
and give their name, CID number, be completed during inspection.
license number, date and unit of Inspections and seals are free.
the kill and sex of the lion. Seals must stay attached until hide
If you get voice mail, leave a is tanned.
message with the information.
Within five days of harvest, INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT:
hunters must personally present To transport a mountain lion or
their lion to a CPW office or of- parts to a foreign country, you
ficer for inspection and seal. Hides must first obtain CITES docu-
cannot be frozen. Lions or parts ments. Contact the U.S. Fish and
cannot be taken out of Colorado Wildlife Service, (303) 342-7430,
unless inspected and sealed. Lion or download the form at www.fws.
gov/forms/3-200-28.pdf.
TOOTH COLLECTION
At inspection, CPW officials are
authorized to extract and keep a Operation
premolar tooth.
If the head and hide are frozen,
Game
the CPW may keep them long
enough to thaw so that a tooth can
Thief
be removed. The tooth will be ana- CALL: 1-877-265-6648
lyzed to determine the lion’s age. EMAIL: game.thief@state.co.us
Hunters can help by making
Operation Game Thief pays
sure the jaw is propped open with
rewards to those who report
a stick before rigor sets in and
by making sure the carcass is not poachers or resource violations.
frozen at time of inspection. Callers can remain anonymous.
The animal’s age will be posted Rewards must be requested
on the CPW website 4-5 months when report is made and are
after lion season ends. Ages are paid if information leads to arrest
posted by seal number, so hunters or citation.
* Phone number NOT
should record the number to check for information or emergencies.
the age of their animal.
EVIDENCE OF SEX 2. EVIDENCE OF SEX is not re-
1. IT IS ILLEGAL to have or quired when donation certificate
transport a mountain lion carcass accompanies less than 20 pounds
without evidence of sex naturally of meat or after carcass is commer-
attached. Evidence of sex means cially processed, cut into portions,
testicles or penis of male or vulva wrapped and frozen for storage or
of female. stored at licensee’s home.
MINIMUM HUNTING AGE
Hunters must be at least 12 years old. Eleven-year-olds can buy a license
if they will turn 12 before the end of the season. However, youths cannot
hunt before their 12th birthday. Hunters 16 and younger must be accom-
panied by someone 18 or older who meets hunter education requirements.
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HUNTING REGULATIONS
LEGAL METHODS OF TAKE
1. CENTERFIRE RIFLES OR HAND- or track, trough, channel, arrow
GUNS: Bullets must weigh mini- rest or other device (excluding ca-
mum of 45 grains and produce at bles and bowstring) that attaches
least 400-foot pounds of energy at to the riser can contact support
muzzle. *see correction sheet at end. and/or guide the arrow from a
2. MUZZLELOADING RIFLES AND point rearward of the bow’s brace
SMOOTHBORE MUSKETS: Mini-
height behind the undrawn string.
mum .40 caliber and must use a d. Bows can propel only a single
bullet at least 170 grains in weight. arrow at a time. No mechanisms
for automatically loading arrows
3. SHOTGUNS: Minimum 20 gauge. are permitted.
Must fire single slug. e. Electric or battery-powered
4. HAND-HELD BOWS: Long bow, devices cannot be incorporated
recurved bow or compound bow or attached to a bow.
on which the string is not drawn f. Hydraulic or pneumatic tech-
mechanically or held mechanically nology cannot be used to derive
under tension. String or mechani- or store energy to propel arrows.
cal releases that are hand drawn or Explosive arrows are prohibited.
hand held without other attach- 5. CROSSBOWS:
ments or connections to the bow a. Draw weight: minimum 125
(other than bowstring) are legal. pounds.
a. Hand-held bows, including b. Draw length: minimum 14
compound bows, must use arrows inches from front of the bow to
equipped with a broadhead with nocking point of the drawstring.
an outside diameter or a mini- c. Positive mechanical safety
mum width of 7/8 of an inch with device is required.
a minimum of two steel cutting d. Bolt must be minimum 16
edges. Each cutting edge must be inches long, have a broadhead at
in the same plane for the entire least 7/8 inch wide and a mini-
length of the cutting surface. mum of two steel cutting edges.
b. Minimum draw weight of 35 Each cutting edge must be in the
pounds required. Let-off percent- same plane for the entire length
age maximum of 80 percent. of cutting surface.
c. No part of bow’s riser (handle) 6. Methods not listed are prohibited.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS
1. It is illegal to kill a kitten or lion 6. Lion hunters are not required to
accompanied by one or more kit wear daylight fluorescent orange
tens. A kitten is a lion with spots. clothes.
2. Artificial light, electronic devices 7. All edible parts of lions must be
and electronic calls are illegal. properly prepared for human con-
Hand-held calls are permitted. sumption, excluding internal organs.
3. Bait is illegal. 8. Upon kill, the carcass tag must
4. Dogs are permitted. No more
immediately be detached from the
than 8 dogs are allowed per pack. license and attached to the lion
carcass, per instructions on tag.
5. After a lion is pursued, treed,
9. Hunting with archery equipment,
cornered or held at bay, you must
kill or release the lion. It is illegal rifles, muzzleloaders, handguns or
to prevent a lion from escaping so shotguns firing single slugs is pro-
that someone not in your hunting hibited within 50 feet on either side
party can kill it. of the centerline of state highways
and municipal or county roads.
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CHILD SUPPORT DELINQUENCY. State law requires a Social Security
number to buy a license. It is not displayed on the license but is provided, if re-
quested, to Child Support Enforcement authorities. Hunting and fishing licenses
are not issued to people delinquent in child support. Also, any current licenses
become invalid if held by an individual who is noncompliant with child support.
DONATING WILDLIFE
1. You can donate more than 20 pounds of unprocessed meat if dona-
pounds of unprocessed meat tion occurs at recipient’s home.
anywhere ONLY if: 3. Processed and packaged game
a. Recipient has an unfilled like li- meat can be donated to anyone,
cense. A like license is for the same anywhere, in any amount.
species, season, sex and method of 4. Donation certificate is required
take as donor’s license; with names, addresses and phone
b. Recipient must tag meat with his numbers of donor and recipient;
or her carcass tag. Donor’s tag must donor’s license number; species and
stay with donor’s portion. If the en- amount donated; date of kill and
tire carcass is donated, donor and donor’s signature. Certificates can
recipient tags must be attached. be simple notes and must stay with
2. Up to 20 pounds of unprocessed meat the meat until it’s consumed.
can be donated anywhere to anyone 5. Donors and recipients are subject
without a like license. More than 20 to all bag and possession limits.
RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS
Requirements to qualify as a Colorado recognized by the U.S. assigned to duty
resident to buy a hunting license: here on permanent active duty orders
1. You must have lived continuously in and their dependents. Active duty does
Colorado at least six months immediate- not include reserve status, government
ly before applying for or buying a license, contractors or National Guard.
and must intend to make Colorado 4. Full-time students enrolled and attend-
home (except No. 3 and No. 4 below.) ing a Colorado college, university or trade
2. A valid Colorado driver’s license or school at least six months immediately
Colorado ID is proof of residency if before applying for or buying a license.
issued at least six months prior to buying This includes students who are temporari-
or applying for a license. If your ID or ly absent from Colorado but still enrolled.
driver’s license was issued or renewed Colorado residents who attend school
less than six months prior, you must full-time out of state and pay nonresident
provide documentation that proves you tuition still qualify for a resident license.
have been a resident for the six-month 5. Children under 18 have the same
period. Acceptable documents are listed residency status as their parent, legal
here: cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Shop/ guardian or person with whom they live
AppsLicenses/ProofofResidency.pdf. the majority of time per court order.
3. U.S. armed services personnel and 6. If you have a home in Colorado and
military personnel of U.S. allies on active another state, call (303) 297-1192 to
duty in Colorado under permanent make sure you comply with Colorado
orders and their dependents. This residency requirements before obtain-
includes people who were Colorado ing a hunting or fishing license.
residents when they entered the armed
7. Except as in No. 3 and No. 4 above,
services and maintain Colorado as their
you lose your Colorado residency if
home of record, and their dependents
you apply for, buy or accept a hunting,
(unless they change their home of
fishing or trapping license as a resident
record to another state.) Also included
of another state or country; register to
are personnel of the U.S. Diplomatic
vote outside Colorado or get a driver’s
Service or diplomatic services of nations
license with an address in another state.
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IDENTIFYING MALE/FEMALE LIONS
Binoculars are recom-
mended to determine
the sex of treed or bayed
lions.
Sex also can be deter-
mined with the naked
eye if you are close
enough.
If a lion is in a tree
and it’s difficult to
identify its sex, get it to
move so you have a bet-
ter view. Bang a branch
on the tree trunk or
throw a few snowballs Male mountain lion hindquarters
or pine cones into
branches near the lion.
Remember, it is ille-
gal to kill a female with
kittens present. The
absence of kittens with
a lion does not mean it
is a male or an unbred
adult female. Research
has shown that young
are close to their moth-
ers about half the time.
MALES usually have
three spots below the
base of their tail. Just Female mountain lion hindquarters
under their tail is the
anal opening; about to see, the lion is probably female.
1 inch below that is the scrotum, If the dark patch is 4-5 inches be-
an oval-shaped patch of silver, light neath the tail, it is probably a male.
brown and white fur. Because treed or bayed lions
Beneath the scrotum is a small, often urinate, look for the origin of
conspicuous black spot (about 1 the urine. If urine comes from be-
inch across) that surrounds the hind the hind legs, about 4-5 inches
penis sheath opening. below the anus, the lion is probably
male. If the stream comes from
FEMALES have only two spots be- under the base of the tail, there’s a
low the base of their tail, including good chance the lion is female.
the anal opening hidden beneath Tracks also can be good in-
the base of the tail and vaginal dicators of sex. Adult and large,
opening directly below the anus. sub-adult males usually have hind
The rest of the area behind the foot plantar (heel) pads more than
female’s hindquarters is covered 2 1/16 inches (52 mm) wide. Adult
with white fur. and sub-adult female lions usually
Although colored spots help in have heel pads 2 1/16 inches wide
identification, first and foremost, or less. Hunters should carry a
look for the darkest spot. If it is small ruler or wind-up metal tape
high and near the tail or is difficult to measure tracks.
Visit the CPW website for more: cpw.state.co.us
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LION MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH
Colorado Parks and Wildlife devel- Wildlife managers use the
ops management plans for moun- amount and proportion of female
tain lion populations in Colorado. harvest when setting annual
The harvest quotas are determined harvest limits. Hunter harvest and
annually to assure that lion mortal- total mortality are examined on
ity objectives are not exceeded. a consecutive 5-year average in
each unit. If the female harvest and
mortality are too high in an area
CONSERVING COLORADO’S with a goal of maintaining a stable
or increasing population, harvest
MOUNTAIN LIONS limits may be lowered.
Mountain lion populations are CPW officials ask hunters to
very sensitive to female deaths. A refrain voluntarily from kill-
large number of female deaths can ing females in units managed to
shift a population from increasing maintain stable populations. In ad-
to decreasing numbers. dition, CPW emphasizes the need
Females don’t disperse far, and to reduce female harvest in other
some don’t disperse at all. If too units where recent harvests have
many adult females are harvested, exceeded management thresholds.
it can take longer for lions to
reoccupy an area. Therefore, NOTE: Both of these types of units
harvesting too many females can are designated in the harvest quota
have far-reaching implications for tables on pages 8-9 and 12-13 of
Colorado’s lion population. this brochure.
— RESEARCH AREA
1. The research area is bounded on the east by Hwy. 348 at Delta, on the
north by 25 Mesa Rd. and USFS Rd. 503 to Nucla, on the south and
west by Hwy. 97 to Hwys. 141 and 145 to Placerville and on the south
by Hwy. 62 to Ridgway and on the east by U.S. 550 to Montrose and by
U.S. 50 to Delta.
2. A free permit is required to hunt lions in the research area. Permits are
valid for 14 consecutive days and an unlimited number are available.
Get permits at the CPW office in Montrose, 2300 S. Townsend Ave.
They are available beginning 14 days before mountain lion season
opens through Jan. 31, or until the quota in the research area is filled.
5FALL SE
HUNTING DATES: NOV. 17
LION HUNTING AREAS
Standard hunting regulations and limits apply to all game management unit
FALL SEASON
FEMALE TAKE EXCEEDS GUIDELINES - FEMALE TAKE MEETS GUID
CPW emphasizes the need for hunters to CPW asks hunters to continu
reduce female take in these units. ing reduced female take in th
6EASON
7, 2014-MARCH 31, 2015
ts open to lion hunting. For specific quotas, see tables on pages 8-9.
FALL SEASON
DELINES - There are no CPW RESEARCH AREA - Lion
ue maintain- voluntary guidelines harvest is allowed in the
hese units. for taking female lions research area. See page 5
in these areas. for information. 7FALL SEASON
HUNTING DATES: NOV. 17, 2014-MARCH 31, 2015
LICENSE & UNIT QUOTAS
These quotas are for Nov. 17, 2014-March 31, 2015, only. Quotas are
the total number of lions that can be harvested in a unit. Units not
listed in the tables below are not open to lion hunting. Map, pages 6-7.
CPW does not make any special requests of hunters regarding
the take of female lions in the units below.
UNITS HARVEST UNITS HARVEST
QUOTA QUOTA
10 10 42 10
11 12 46 6
12 16 51 7
13 (West of Hayden 52, 411 10
Divide Rd.) 12
53, 63 8
13 (East of Hayden Divide 5 104, 105, 110 5
Rd.) and 131
21 15 123, 124, 125, 126, 127,
128, 129, 130, 132, 133,
22 15 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 20
23 17 139, 141, 142, 143, 144,
24 4 145, 146, 147
29 2 211 17
30 10 421 10
31 12 461 7
32 5 501 8
33 13 521 6
38 7 All other units east of
39, 391 7 I-25: 87-103, 106, 107, 5
41 5 109, 111-122, 951
FALL SEASON
AFTER HARVEST
Once a mountain lion has been harvested, these steps will ensure
proper reporting and inspection is completed. See page 1 for more
details.
1. REPORT the lion harvest to a CPW office within 48 hours.
2. AFTER any field photos have been taken of the harvested lion,
prop its jaw open with a stick in the mouth to help keep it open as
rigor sets in. This will help CPW agents with tooth extraction later.
3. PRESENT the lion to a CPW office within five days of harvest-
ing for inspection and sealing. Heads and hides must be unfrozen.
CPW may retain heads and hides until they thaw to extract a
tooth. At this time, hunters must also fill out a report about the
hunt.
8FALL SEASON
HUNTING DATES: NOV. 17, 2014-MARCH 31, 2015
Taking female lions has exceeded management guidelines in
the units listed here. CPW emphasizes the need for hunters
to reduce the take of female mountain lions in these units:
UNITS HARVEST UNITS HARVEST
QUOTA QUOTA
6, 16, 17, 161, 171 4 45 1
15 5 47 1
25, 26, 34 7 83 10
35, 36, 361 9 85, 140, 851 24
43 7 444 7
44 6
Units below have had acceptable amounts of female moun-
tain lion harvest. Hunters are asked to continue voluntarily
refraining from taking female lions in these units:
UNITS HARVEST UNITS HARVEST
QUOTA QUOTA
1, 2 5 64 5
3, 301 5 65 5
4 (North of CR 27 and 66, 67 8
USFS Rd. 110) and 5
8
68, 681, 682 6
4 (South of CR 27 and USFS 5 69, 84, 86, 691, 861 26
Rd. 110) and 214, 441
70 (East of Hwy. 141,
7 1 except between Hwy. 145 10
8 4 and San Miguel River north
9 3 of Norwood Bridge)
18, 27, 28, 37, 181, 371 11 70 (West of Hwy. 141) 6
19 5 71, 711 9
FALL SEASON
20 9 72 4
40 7 73 10
48, 49, 50, 481, 500 8 74, 741 6
54, 55, 551 7 75 4
56, 561 8 76, 79, 791 5
57, 58, 581 20 77 6
59, 591 7 78 5
60 5 80 5
61 (North of Delta-Nucla 81 4
Rd.) 7 82 6
61, 62, 70 191 8
(Uncompahgre Plateau 5 201 5
Research Area)
511 4
62 (North of Delta-Nucla Rd.) 7
751, 771 5
910
APRIL SEASON
HUNTING DATES: APRIL 1-30, 2015
HUNTING LION IN APRIL
The April mountain lion season is in addition to the regular season
that runs from November through March. The April season runs
every year from April 1-30.
There are separate quotas and game management units open for the
April hunt. Please see the tables on pages 12-13.
APRIL SEASON RULES APPLY:
» Hunters must obtain a new mountain lion hunting license for the
April 2015 season. A license from the previous fall season is not
valid.
» A hunter may only harvest one lion from April 1, 2015-
March 31, 2016. It may be harvested in the season that runs
from April 1-30, 2015; or the regular season that runs from
Nov. 15, 2015-March 31, 2016.
WHAT YOU NEED TO HUNT
» BUY THE RIGHT LICENSE. April season licenses are available
starting on March 11, 2015, at CPW locations, at license agents, by
!
phone and online at www.bit.ly/cpwlicensesales.
Make sure you buy the correct license! There are also li-
censes available at this time for other seasons, so you must
specify to the sales agent that you would like a license to
hunt during the April 1-30, 2015, season.
» BEFORE HUNTING, call 1-888-940-LION (5466) to check open
units, just as during the regular lion season. Units open to lion
hunting will close as soon as the quota for that unit is met. Quota
numbers are available on the charts on pages 12-13.
» AFTER HUNTING, report your lion harvest to a CPW office
within 48 hours and check the lion for inspection and seal within
five days.
SAFE HANDLING OF GAME MEAT
APRIL SEASON
1. Don’t handle animals that 5. Wash your hands after dress-
are sick or found dead. Re- ing game.
port them to a CPW office. 6. Clean all tools and surfaces
2. Keep game cool, clean, dry. immediately afterward.
3. Do not eat, drink or smoke 7. Cook meat to an internal
while dressing game. temperature of at least 165° F.
4. Use disposable gloves when 8. Do not eat raw wild game.
cleaning game.
11APRIL SEASON
HUNTING DATES: APRIL 1-30, 2015
LICENSE & UNIT QUOTAS
These quotas are for April 1-30, 2015, only. Quotas are the total num-
ber of lions that can be harvested in a unit. Units not listed in the tables
below are not open to lion hunting in April.
CPW does not make any special requests of hunters regarding
the take of female lions in the units below.
UNITS HARVEST UNITS HARVEST
QUOTA QUOTA
10 6 46 3
11 3 51 4
12 1 52, 411 6
13 (West of Hayden 104, 105, 110 4
Divide Rd.) 4
123, 124, 125, 126,
13 (East of Hayden 127, 128, 129, 130,
Divide Rd.) and 131
2 132, 133, 134, 135,
136, 137, 138, 139, 8
22 1 141, 142, 143, 144,
24 2 145, 146, 147
29 2 211 12
31 5 421 2
32 1 461 6
33 5 501 4
38 5 521 1
39, 391 5 All other units east of
41 3 I-25: 87-103, 106, 107, 5
42 3 109, 111-122, 951
APRIL SEASON
12APRIL SEASON
HUNTING DATES: APRIL 1-30, 2015
Units below have had acceptable amounts of female mountain
lion harvest. Hunters are asked to continue voluntarily
refraining from taking female lions in these units:
UNITS HARVEST UNITS HARVEST
QUOTA QUOTA
1, 2 2 59, 591 3
3, 301 4 68, 681, 682 2
4 (North of CR 27 and 70 (East of Hwy. 141,
USFS Rd. 110) and 5
3 except between Hwy.
4 (South of CR 27 and 145 and San Miguel 6
USFS Rd. 110) 2 River north of Norwood
and 214, 441 Bridge)
7 1 70 (West of Hwy. 141) 2
8 3 71, 711 1
9 2 72 3
19 2 73 2
20 6 81 2
48, 49, 50, 481, 500 1 82 3
56, 561 2 191 6
57, 58, 581 2 201 2
511 1
TAKE THE TEST...
Did you know in old days,
mountain lions were regarded
as unwelcome predators, with
APRIL SEASON
bounties of up to $50 each offered?
It wasn’t until 1965 that mountain
lions were designated a big-game
species in Colorado.
Answer this and more in the required
mountain lion hunter test online at:
cpw.state.co.us/thingstodo/Pages/MountainLion.aspx
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COLORADO PARKS & WILDLIFE OFFICES
BRUSH GRAND JUNCTION MONTROSE
122 E. Edison 711 Independent Ave. 2300 S. Townsend Ave.
Brush, 80723 Grand Junction, 81505 Montrose, 81401
(970) 842-6300 (970) 255-6100 (970) 252-6000
COLORADO SPRINGS GUNNISON PUEBLO
4255 Sinton Rd. 300 W. New York Ave. 600 Reservoir Rd.
Colorado Springs, Gunnison, 81230 Pueblo, 81005
80907, (719) 227-5200 (970) 641-7060 (719) 561-5300
DENVER/ HOT SULPHUR SALIDA
NORTHEAST SPRINGS 7405 Hwy. 50
6060 Broadway 346 Grand Co. Rd. 362 Salida, 81201
Denver, 80216 Hot Sulphur Springs, (719) 530-5520
(303) 291-7227 80451, (970) 725-6200
STEAMBOAT
LAMAR
DURANGO SPRINGS
2500 S. Main St.
151 E. 16th St. 925 Weiss Dr.
Lamar, 81052
Durango, 81301 Steamboat Springs,
(719) 336-6600
(970) 247-0855 80487, (970) 870-2197
MEEKER
FORT COLLINS
73485 Hwy. 64
317 W. Prospect Rd. CPW
Meeker, 81641
Fort Collins, 80526 ADMINISTRATION
(970) 878-6090
(970) 472-4300 1313 Sherman St. #618
Denver, 80203
MONTE VISTA
GLENWOOD (303) 297-1192
0722 S. Road 1 East
SPRINGS
Monte Vista, 81144
0088 Wildlife Way
Glenwood Springs, (719) 587-6900
81601, (970) 947-2920
Printed for free distribution by
COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE
6060 Broadway, Denver, CO 80216
cpw.state.co.us
Editor: Amy Bulger | Cover photo © Vic Schendel
Printed September 2014 by Metropress, Denver | 10,000 copies
Colorado Parks and Wildlife Director: Robert Broscheid
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission sets mountain lion regulations
in September. The Commission (as of Sept. 2014): Bill Kane, chairman •
Gaspar Perricone, vice chairman • Christopher Castilian, secretary • Robert
Bray, member • Jeanne Horne, member • Dale Pizel, member • James Pribyl,
member • James Vigil, member • Dean Wingfield, member • Michelle Zim-
merman, member • Alexander Zipp, member • Mike King, ex-officio member
• John Salazar, ex-officio member
NOTE: Laws and regulations in this brochure are paraphrased for easier under-
standing and are intended only as a guide. The official Colorado statutes and
regulations are available at CPW offices or on the website.2014 Mountain Lion
brochure corrections
UPDATED: NOV. 25, 2014
PAGE CORRECTION AS PRINTED IN BROCHURE
C O L O R A D O PA R K S & W I L D L I F E
2014-2015 Colorado
Mountain Lion
Hunting
INCLUDES APRIL 2015 SEASON LEGAL METHODS OF TAKE
1. CENTERFIRE RIFLES OR HANDGUNS — LEGAL METHODS OF TAKE
Bullets must weigh minimum of 45 grains
and produce at least 400-foot pounds of 1. CENTERFIRE RIFLES OR HANDGUNS —
2 energy at muzzle. Semi-automatic rifles Bullets must weigh minimum of 45 grains
are allowed for lion hunting and may not and produce at least 400-foot pounds of
hold more than 6 rounds in the magazine energy at muzzle.
and chamber combined. Fully automatic
rifles are prohibited.
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