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Hunting License Fees are Changing in 2019
With the passage of Senate Bill 18-143, CPW is able to adjust pricing to meet the pressures of increased management costs and resource usage across the state. These adjustments allow the agency to continue our conservation mission, while also ensuring transparency and accountability in working to achieve the ten key goals laid out in the bill.

Hunting license fees​ are changing in 2019. Learn more about the approved 2019 Hunting​​ License Fee updates, and visit our Future Generations Act Frequently Asked Questions page for additional information.​

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IMPORTANT: License Refund, Reissue & Exchange Information

For updates on Colorado Parks & Wildlife's Refund, Reissue and Exchange policies, please visit the Refund, Reissue & Exchange page​.​​​​​ ​​​​​​

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Looking for Leftover License Information?

For OTC and Leftover information, please visit the Big Game Hunting page​.​​​​​ ​​​​​

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​​Purchase at a Retail Location​

​Stop by hundreds of retailers​ or a CPW location and buy your license in person.  

Purchase By Phone

​Toll free 1-800-244-5613​​

Purchase Online

​​​Buy a leftover license online​.

To learn more about creating an account, or how to buy a hunting license in our integrated purchasing system, please visit our online purchasing FAQs page​.​​​​​​

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Things to know when buying online or by phone 

  • ​The 2018 license year runs from 4/1/2018 - 3/31/2019. 2019 over-the-counter spring turkey license sales went on sale March 19, 2019 and annual mountain lion licenses went on sale March 25, 2019.

  • Customers may use Visa, MasterCard or Discover credit cards. Visa, MasterCard​, or Discover debit cards work if they can be used without a PIN. Licenses are mailed the business day following the purchase.​

  • Customers must have completed all the requirements for Hunter Education before applying for or buying a hunting license or before applying for a preference point.

  • In most cases, licenses purchased online or over the phone will reach you by mail within 10 days or you may pick up your license at a license agent location or Colorado Parks and Wildlife office.

  • Except for big game, Turkey licenses, and the Colorado Waterfowl Stamp, a temporary authorization number (TAN) may be substituted for the license(s) purchased for 14 days from the date of purchase. Please print or write down (must be legible) the TAN and carry it with you while hunting or fishing until you receive your license. If the license OR all of the licenses you purchase in this transaction expire in less than 7 days, you will NOT receive anything in the mail. A temporary authorization number (TAN) is all you need for 1 or 5 day fishing or small game hunting licenses. 

  • When you receive your license, review it for accuracy and sign it to validate it. If there are any issues, please contact the call center at (303) 297-1192 or a CPW office.

  • Telephone sales representatives at 1-800-244-5613 are trained to sell licenses and do not know specific wildlife-related information for Colorado. For questions not related to the sale of licenses, call Colorado Parks and Wildlife at (303) 297-1192.​

​Mule deer by the number: How CPW calculates wildlife population​

​CPW has been inventorying deer populations, as well as other species such as elk, from the air for over 50 years. The​ aerial inventory helps CPW understand fawn reproductive rates and set wildlife population goals as well as the number of hunting licenses offered every year.

Learn more about how CPW calculates mule deer population.

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