Tag: Hunting
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After Colorado reintroduction, wild turkeys are a common urban encounter
Since moving into her neighborhood in 2017, Fountain resident Nicole Henderson has sighted her feathered neighbors like clockwork. She’s taken videos of them scratching at front lawns and bobbing their heads as they make meandering road crossings. “They are out every morning,” she said. After a successful reintroduction program, turkeys are now in the category…
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Reward doubles in poaching case involving 4 bull elk shot and left to rot
The search continues for a suspect in a poaching case that involved the deaths of four large bull elk in Southern Colorado a couple months ago. According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, their agency along with Operation Game Thief is seeking the public’s help in identifying a party that could be responsible for the killings,…
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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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All hunting in Piñon Canyon remains suspended due to government shutdown
Hunting on Fort Carson and the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site continues to be suspended due to the federal government shutdown, according to a news release by Colorado Parks and Wildlife on Thursday. The agency is offering full refunds and a preference point restoration to all affected license holders for the mule deer muzzleloader season from…
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Lightning strike killed 25-year-old hunters in Colorado, says report
UPDATE: A report from Denver7 published on Monday afternoon indicates that hunters Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko died by lightning strike, per the Conejos County coroner. Read that full update here. Andrew Porter’s fiancé Bridget Murphy also addressed the lightning strike in a Monday Facebook post published at noon. Her post reads: “It is OFFICIAL,…
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Family offering $10,000 reward in search for missing hunters in Colorado
Two 25-year-old hunters, Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko, remain missing in southern Colorado, with a large-scale search effort underway. Per a report from CVILLE RIGHT NOW, the men were last known to be hunting off of the Los Pinos trailhead in a part of Conejos County that’s Rio Grande National Forest land. A social media post from Porter’s fiance, Bridget…
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Changes to know ahead of big-game hunting season in Colorado
Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s annual big game brochure has been hitting hunters’ mailboxes — the annual reminder to start planning for the seasons ahead. The brochure is also available at CPW offices and posted online. And the agency is urging hunters to view it ahead of the primary draw application period, running March 1-April 1. Hunters…
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‘Premier’ expo for fishing, hunting and more stopping in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A celebration of fishing, hunting, camping and more is returning to downtown Denver. From Thursday through Sunday, the Colorado Convention Center will host International Sportsmen’s Expo, which calls itself the “premier” show provider of its kind stopping in this state, Utah and California. The events…
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Wildlife officials: Waterfowl hunters ‘may need to work a bit harder’ this season
Waterfowl hunters might be wise to temper expectations this fall and winter, when ducks and geese migrate through the state. That’s according to a recent Colorado Parks and Wildlife news release, which hinted “hunters may need to work a bit harder” for their targets in the 2022-23 season. With drought lingering across the region, officials…
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Colorado state park entrance fees will be waived on Aug. 1
Entrance fees at all 42 of Colorado’s state parks will be waived on Aug. 1 to celebrate the state’s 146th birthday. Colorado Parks and Wildlife has offered free admittance to the parks in conjunction with the state’s birthday, or Colorado Day, for at least five years. Colorado Day was established in 1907 by the state…