Colorado combat veterans severely wounded in overseas action since Sept. 11, 2001, may obtain free licenses to hunt deer, elk and pronghorns in the state beginning this fall.
The Colorado Wildlife Commission, which met last week in Craig, unanimously approved the permits for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who participate in the military’s Wounded Warriors Programs.
“Offering free big-game licenses is just a small token of the gratitude we all feel toward the men and women who have served our country so courageously,” commission chairman Tim Glenn said.
For more information, call Erik Slater at 303-291-7380.
Draft fishing regulations.
The draft of fishing regulations to be in effect for the next five years submitted by the state Division of Wildlife to the Colorado Wildlife Commission sailed smoothly through that body’s meeting last week in Craig.
Two proposed alternatives for the gathering of live minnows to be used as bait generated some of the livelier discussion. The first alternative recommends that live bait fish can be used only in the body of water where they were collected and up to a half-mile in connecting canals. A second alternative provides an exception for Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero and Prowers counties, where the minnows could be moved anywhere within those counties.
The regulations will be finalized at the November meeting.
Meet the candidates.
Colorado sportsmen will have an opportunity to meet the major candidates for governor at a series of gatherings sponsored by a group of conservation organizations.
The meetings will be at Mickey’s Top Sirloin (6950 Broadway). Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper will be on hand at 6:45 p.m. Friday. Tom Tancredo will be available Oct. 7 at 6:30 p.m. A date for Dan Maes has not been determined.
For additional information, call 303-526-0516.
Karl Licis, Special to The Denver Post
