Tag: Colorado Hunting
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Here are a few tips that might save your life during hunting season in Colorado
Written by: Anna DeBattiste; Colorado Search and Rescue Association A successful hunt is not just a hunt that fills a tag – it’s also a hunt in which you don’t end up with a tag on your toe. Backcountry search and rescue teams in Colorado will tell you that hunters can be harder to find…
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Officials search for elk poachers near John Martin Reservoir
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife is asking for the public’s help in identifying suspects in a poaching case at the John Martin Reservoir State Wildlife Area. Officials said someone killed two cow elk and left them to rot. State regulations require that any animal harvested must have all meat prepared for human consumption, according to CPW.…
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Colorado poaching case ends in 5 guilty pleas, over $10,000 in fines
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A poaching case from 2019 was finally resolved Monday as Colorado Parks and Wildfire announced the five suspects had pleaded guilty to the charges. The suspects, two of whom are juveniles, must pay more than $10,000 in fines and $2,500 in donations to Operation Game…
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Colorado’s hunter education is responsible for low fatality rates
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The fatal shooting of 26-year-old Simon Jacob Howell this week in a hunting accident near Kremmling shocked the state, largely because of the rarity of the tragedy. Colorado averages less than one hunter fatality per year despite approximately 500,000 people participating in hunting season annually,…