Ranching For Wildlife
Ranching for Wildlife (RFW) started as a pilot program in 1986 with the intent to improve public hunting access to private land and to form a wildlife management partnership with participating landowners.
The program provides Colorado residents a unique opportunity to hunt on private ranch land normally closed to the public. Participating ranches provide public hunting recreation access to their land free of charge to those who draw licenses.
Harvest Success Rates
The tables below allow hunters to quickly determine the harvest success rates for enrolled ranches by species. For more information on each specific ranch, click on the ranch name.
Below are the 3-year average hunter success rates from 2022-2024.
Bighorn Sheep
Ranch Name |
Ram |
Ewe |
|---|---|---|
|
Not Hunted |
Not Hunted |
Deer
Ranch Name |
Buck or Either Sex |
Doe |
|---|---|---|
|
67% |
67% |
|
|
100% |
83% |
|
|
38% |
33% |
|
|
Not Hunted |
0% |
|
|
100% |
100% |
|
|
43% |
37% |
|
|
25% |
25% |
|
|
79% |
37% |
|
|
50% |
Not Hunted |
|
|
100% |
100% |
|
|
67% |
92% |
|
|
100% |
100% |
|
|
88% |
50% |
|
|
83% |
Not Hunted |
|
|
68% |
60% |
|
|
50% |
Not Hunted |
|
|
78% |
100% |
|
|
100% |
Not Hunted |
|
|
72% |
100% |
|
|
0% |
Not Hunted |
|
|
75% |
Not Hunted |
|
|
67% |
79% |
Elk
Ranch Name |
Bull or Either Sex |
Cow |
|---|---|---|
|
52% |
32% |
|
|
100% |
68% |
|
|
54% |
51% |
|
|
25% |
38% |
|
|
83% |
82% |
|
|
78% |
23% |
|
|
28% |
26% |
|
|
46% |
43% |
|
|
32% |
32% |
|
|
27% |
13% |
|
|
100% |
79% |
|
|
0% |
23% |
|
|
100% |
83% |
|
|
90% |
85% |
|
|
67% |
31% |
|
|
83% |
62% |
|
|
51% |
26% |
|
|
45% |
65% |
|
|
100% |
61% |
|
|
74% |
63% |
|
|
100% |
83% |
|
|
Not Hunted |
38% |
|
|
73% |
69% |
|
|
76% |
44% |
Pronghorn
Ranch Name |
Buck or Either Sex |
Doe |
|---|---|---|
|
25% |
88% |
|
|
83% |
17% |
|
|
56% |
95% |
|
|
100% |
42% |
|
|
100% |
58% |
|
|
90% |
96% |
|
|
89% |
86% |
|
|
78% |
40% |
|
|
100% |
67% |
|
|
83% |
51% |
|
|
100% |
100% |
|
|
100% |
Not Hunted |
|
|
100% |
100% |
|
|
67% |
87% |
Turkey
Ranch Name |
Spring - Tom |
Fall - Either Sex |
|---|---|---|
|
26% |
Not Hunted |
|
|
52% |
0% |