The 2026 Colorado Big Game brochure is now available, with a number of changes that affect the upcoming seasons and the ...

Colorado is a hunting paradise. The state is home to 10 big game species that are found anywhere from the sprawling plains filled with sagebrush to the lush cottonwood river bottoms to the majestic ...

Some wildlife watchers are publicly "mourning the loss" of the aging bull that others say probably wouldn't have survived the winter ...

This year’s elk season is a historic one in Colorado. It’s the first time in more than 80 years that big-game hunters have shared the landscape with an established population of gray wolves. This is ...

COLORADO — If you're going out to hunt big-game this year, you can now apply for your licenses. The application period runs until April 1, but there are some changes you should know about. If you're ...

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission approved a regulation change that eliminates over-the-counter bull elk hunting licenses in the northern Gunnison Basin.

Last fall was my nineteenth season of public lands elk hunting in southwest Colorado’s San Juan Mountains. During eight days I hunted for a total of 63.5 hours (or 7.93 hours a day on average) and ...

Western states are facing a peculiar wildlife management crisis. Elk populations are thriving across the region, but hunters who purchase tags can't reach them. The animals have settled onto private ...

Lou has a lot more elk hunting experience than I do, and we’d made a pact years ago that we’d be there for each other’s first archery elk. After a bust in Colorado the year prior, we were ready to try ...

For decades, chronic wasting disease has plagued Colorado’s deer, elk and moose herds. While Colorado Parks and Wildlife has been working to manage and respond to outbreaks of the fatal neurological ...