DUCKS
Central Flyway
Youth | Mountain/Foothills Sept. 22-23; Plains Sept. 29-30.
Regular season | Mountain/Foothills Zone Sept. 29-Nov. 25. Eastern Plains Zone Oct. 6-22; Nov. 10-Jan. 27. Bag limit: Six ducks, no more than 5 mallards, of which no more than 2 can be females; 1 pintail; 1 canvasback; 2 redheads; 1 mottled duck; 2 wood ducks; 3 scaup. Also, 5 mergansers of which no more than 1 may be hooded; 15 coots.Teal: Sept. 8-16 east of I-25 and in Lake and Chaffee counties. Bag limit 4.
Pacific Flyway
Youth | Oct. 20-21.
Regular season | Sept. 29-Oct. 14, Oct. 31-Jan. 27. Bag limit: Seven ducks and mergansers, of which no more than 2 may female mallards, 1 pintail, 2 canvasback, 2 redheads, 4 scaup.Also: 25 coots.
GEESE
Central Flyway
Youth | Mountain/Foothills Sept. 22-23; Eastern Plains Sept. 29-30.
Early season | Sept. 29-Oct. 8 Northern Front Range, North Park, San Luis Valley, South Park. Bag limit: Four dark geese, possession 6.
Regular season | Nov. 17-Feb. 17.Bag limit: Four dark geese, 20 light geese.Light goose season: Nov. 8-Feb. 22. Daily bag limit 20, no possession limit.
Light goose conservation order
East of I-25, Feb. 23-April 30.
Pacific Flyway
Youth | Oct. 20-21.
Early season Sept. 1-9.
Regular season | Sept. 29-Oct. 5, Oct. 31-Jan. 27.Bag limit: Three geese in aggregate.
UPLAND BIRDS
Band-tailed pigeons | Sept. 1-30. Bag 5, possession 10.
Dusky (Blue) grouse | Sept. 1-Nov. 18. Bag 3/9.
Chukar | Sept. 1-Nov. 25. Bag 4/12.
Doves | Sept. 1-Oct. 30. Bag 15/30.
Eurasian collared doves only Dec. 1-Feb. 29.
Greater prairie chicken | Oct. 1-Nov. 9 in select portion of Yuma County by permit only. Bag 2/2.
Pheasant | Nov. 10-Jan. 21 east of I-25. Nov. 10-Jan. 6 west of I-25. Bag 3/9.
Ptarmigan: | Sept. 8-Oct. 7 except in units 53, 54, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 74, 75, 751, 76. 77, 78, 79, 80, 81. Sept. 8-Nov. 18 in the aforementioned units. Bag 3/6.
Quail | Nov. 10-Jan. 6 in northeast Colorado. Nov. 10-Jan. 21 in southeast Colorado. Nov. 10-Jan. 6 in western Colorado. Bag 8/24 of each.
Rail | Sept. 1-Nov. 9. Bag singly and aggregate 25/25.
Sage grouse | Sept. 8-14. Bag 2/4.
Sandhill crane | Oct. 6-Dec.2 east of Continental Divide, except North Park and San Luis Valley. Bag 3/6.
Sharp-tailed grouse | Sept. 1-16. Bag 2/4.
Snipe | Sept. 1-Dec. 16. Bag 8/16.
Turkey | Sept. 1-Oct. 7. Bag 1 either sex.
SMALL GAME ANIMALS
Abert’s squirrel | Nov. 15-Jan. 15. Bag 2/4.
Marmot | Aug. 10-Oct. 15. Bag 2/4.
Rabbit and hare | Oct. 1-Feb. 29: Bag 10/20 of each.
Fox and pine squirrel | Oct. 1-Feb. 29. Bag 5/10.
BIG GAME
Pronghorn | Archery Aug. 15-Sept. 20. Muzzleloading Oct. 21-29. Rifle Oct. 6-12. Bear | Archery Sept. 2-23; muzzleloading Sept. 8-16. Regular rifle Sept. 2-30 and concurrent with deer and elk seasons.
Deer | West of I-25 – Archery Aug. 25-Sept. 23. Muzzleloading Sept. 8-16. 3 regular rifle seasons Oct. 20-28, Nov. 3-9, Nov. 14-18. East of I-25 – Archery Oct. 1-26, Nov. 7-30, Dec. 15-31. Muzzleloading Oct. 13-21. Regular rifle Oct. 27-Nov. 6, Dec. 1-14.
Elk | Archery Aug. 25-Sept. 23. Muzzleloading Sept. 8-16. 4 regular rifle seasons Oct. 13-17, Oct. 20-28, Nov. 3-9, Nov. 14-18.
Moose | Archery Sept. 8-23; muzzleloading Sept. 8-16; regular rifle Oct. 1-9.
Mountain lion | Nov. 19-March 31.
* This calendar has been corrected. Because of a reporter’s error, the regular
season for ducks in the mountain/foothills
zone was incorrect. The season runs Sept. 29-Nov. 25.
