Extended Youth Season Pronghorn Hunts
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Take Advantage of Increased Youth Opportunity
Colorado Parks and Wildlife offers youth many opportunities to head into the field to harvest a big-game animal. One of the foremost goals at CPW is to expand youth opportunities and turn first-time hunters into lifelong sportspeople. Offering more chances at success builds the foundation of solid hunting skills and passes down the appreciation of the outdoor lifestyle we cherish.
Does a hunter qualify for a license?
Know the Basics
- Youths must purchase an original limited license for doe or either-sex pronghorn for anywhere in the state. Buck licenses are not eligible.
- Unfilled either-sex limited licenses must be taken to a CPW office to be converted to a doe license before hunting in a December season. Doe licenses do not need to be converted and may continue to be used as-is during the December season.
- Youths must follow all of the rules for the December season they hunt, including unit boundaries and private-land designations.
Youth ages 12-17 have an opportunity to keep hunting if they don’t harvest a pronghorn with their original doe or either-sex license. To participate in the extended season, youth must first purchase a limited license for an either-sex or antlerless pronghorn. Limited licenses can be purchased through the primary and secondary draws, the leftover (remaining) license list, and/or vouchers.
Youth can easily convert their unfilled limited either-sex pronghorn (where the season has ended) to a female (antlerless) license through the new Youth Extended Hunt License Conversion Request form online. Licenses can also be taken into a CPW office in person to be converted.
Youth hunters must be accompanied by a mentor who is 18 or older and also meets hunter education requirements. Youths and mentors must be able to see and hear each other while hunting.
Choosing the Correct License
Youths can hunt the extended youth season with:
- Youths may hunt in only the seasons and units that are marked as open to hunting in the tables below. The dates youths may hunt are listed below. Pay close attention to these dates, they are different in each unit.
- Extended youth season licenses and converted licenses will not be transferable to hunt anywhere in the state. Youths must hunt within a designated group of units near where their original license was valid. See the map at the end of this list for details.
- Youths may only hunt during the rifle season in the units on the map that are a solid color. Striped or white colored units are closed to the extended youth season hunting.
Youths can not hunt the extended youth season with:
- Unfilled buck pronghorn tags
Youth Late Pronghorn hunting rules:
- Youth can convert their unfilled limited either-sex pronghorn license (where the season has ended) to a female (antlerless) license through the new Youth Extended Hunt License Conversion Request form online or in person at a CPW location. Doe licenses do not need to be converted; an original license is valid for a late hunt.
- Youths must comply with all regulations that apply to the December-January season they hunt, including season dates and geographic restrictions. If the unit table indicates a hunt is valid on private land only, youths can hunt only on private land. If the unit tables don’t state “private land only,” the license is valid on public and private land. Permission is required before hunting on private land.
- Youths may only hunt during the December or January doe season in the units on the map that are a solid color. Striped or white colored units are closed to the extended youth season hunting. See the map on the next page for details.
- A mentor who meets hunter education requirements must accompany youths 16 and younger.
- Mentors don’t have to hunt, but can do so with the youth only if the mentor’s license is valid for the same late season and unit during which the youth will be hunting.
- Youths who obtained their original license at age 17 and later turn 18 can participate in these late seasons. Youth hunting rules still apply, even though the hunter is 18 while hunting.
- At age 11, youths can buy or apply for a license if they turn 12 before the end of the season on their original license. Youths cannot hunt with the license until they turn 12.
- Unfilled buck pronghorn licenses may not be used to participate in this program.
Choose Where to Hunt
Extended season hunting is outlined on the map below. Youths may hunt during the extended season in any GMU within the red border that also contains the GMU where their original license was valid.
Eligible Hunts
Unfilled Doe Deer License Unit(s) |
Valid Extened Season GMUs |
Season Dates |
|---|---|---|
|
1-8 |
Cannot hunt in units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 no Dec. or Jan. rifle doe hunts available |
N/A |
|
9 - Landowner permission is advisable before applying. Most land is private. |
9, 191 |
Dec. 1-Jan. 31 |
|
10-78 |
Cannot hunt in units 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78 no Dec. or Jan. rifle doe hunts available |
N/A |
|
79 |
79, 791 - private land only |
Dec. 1-Dec. 31 |
|
80-86 |
Cannot hunt in units 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86 no Dec. or Jan. rifle doe hunts available |
N/A |
|
87 - Plains |
87 - private land only |
Dec. 1-Dec. 31 |
|
88 - Plains |
88 - private land only |
Dec. 1-Dec. 31 |
|
89 - Plains |
89 - private land only |
Dec. 1-Dec. 31 |
|
90-94 |
Cannot hunt in units 90, 91, 92, 93, 84 no Dec. or Jan. rifle doe hunts available |
N/A |
|
95 - Plains |
95 - private land only |
Dec. 1-Dec. 31 |
|
96 |
Cannot hunt in unit 96 no Dec. or Jan. rifle doe hunts available |
N/A |
|
97 - Plains |
97 |
Dec. 1-14 |
|
98-104 |
Cannot hunt in units 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104 no Dec. or Jan. rifle doe hunts available |
N/A |
|
105 - Plains |
105 |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
106, 107, 109 |
Cannot hunt in units 106, 107, 109 no Dec. or Jan. rifle doe hunts available |
N/A |
|
110 - Plains |
110 |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
111 - Plains |
111 |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
112 - Plains |
112, 113, 114, 115 |
Dec. 7-15 |
|
113 - Plains |
112, 113, 114, 115 |
Dec. 7-15 |
|
114 - Plains |
112, 113, 114, 115 |
Dec. 7-15 |
|
115 - Plains |
112, 113, 114, 115 |
Dec. 7-15 |
|
116 - Plains |
116, 117, 122, 127 |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
117 - Plains |
116, 117, 122, 127 |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
118 - Plains |
118, 119 |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
119 - Plains |
118, 119 |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
120 - Plains |
120, 121, 125, 126 |
Dec. 7-15 |
|
120 - Plains |
120, 121, 125, 126 - private land only |
Dec. 7-15 |
|
121 - Plains |
120, 121, 125, 126 |
Dec. 7-15 |
|
121 - Plains |
120, 121, 125, 126 - private land only |
Dec. 7-15 |
|
122 - Plains |
116, 117, 122, 127 |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
123 - Plains |
123, 124 |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
124 - Plains |
123, 124 |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
125 - Plains |
120, 121, 125, 126 |
Dec. 7-15 |
|
125 - Plains |
120, 121, 125, 126 - private land only |
Dec. 7-15 |
|
126 - Plains |
120, 121, 125, 126 |
Dec. 7-15 |
|
126 - Plains |
120, 121, 125, 126 - private land only |
Dec. 7-15 |
|
127 - Plains |
116, 117, 122, 127 |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
128 - Plains Landowner permission is advisable before purchasing. Most land is private. |
128, 129, 135 - private land only |
Dec. 7-11 |
|
129 - Plains Landowner permission is advisable before purchasing. Most land is private. |
128, 129, 135 - private land only |
Dec. 7-11 |
|
130 - Plains |
130, 146 |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
130 - Plains |
130, 146 - private land only |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
131 |
Cannot hunt in unit 131 no Dec. or Jan. rifle doe hunts available |
N/A |
|
132 - Plains |
132, 139, 145 - private land only |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
133 - Plains Landowner permission is advisable before purchasing. Most land is private. |
133, 134, 140, 141, 147 - private land only |
Dec. 7-11 |
|
134 - Plains Landowner permission is advisable before purchasing. Most land is private. |
133, 134, 140, 141, 147 - private land only |
Dec. 7-11 |
|
135 - Plains Landowner permission is advisable before purchasing. Most land is private. |
128, 129, 135 - private land only |
Dec. 7-11 |
|
136 - Plains |
136, 143 |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
136 - Plains |
136, 143 - private land only |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
137 - Plains |
137, 138, 144 |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
137 - Plains |
137, 138, 144 - private land only |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
138 - Plains |
137, 138, 144 |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
138 - Plains |
137, 138, 144 - private land only |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
139 - Plains |
132, 139, 145 - private land only |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
140 - Plains Landowner permission is advisable before purchasing. Most land is private. |
133, 134, 140, 141, 147 - private land only |
Dec. 7-11 |
|
141 - Plains Landowner permission is advisable before purchasing. Most land is private. |
133, 134, 140, 141, 147 - private land only |
Dec. 7-11 |
|
142 |
Cannot hunt in units 142 no Dec. or Jan. rifle doe hunts available |
N/A |
|
143 - Plains |
136, 143 |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
143 - Plains |
136, 143 - private land only |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
144 - Plains |
137, 138, 144 |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
144 - Plains |
137, 138, 144 - private land only |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
145 - Plains |
132, 139, 145 - private land only |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
146 - Plains |
130, 146 |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
146 - Plains |
130, 146 - private land only |
Dec. 1-31 |
|
147 - Plains Landowner permission is advisable before purchasing. Most land is private. |
133, 134, 140, 141, 147 - private land only |
Dec. 7-11 |
|
161, 171, 181 |
Cannot hunt in units 161, 171, 181 no Dec. or Jan. rifle doe hunts available |
N/A |
|
191 - Landowner permission is advisable before applying. Most land is private. |
9, 191 |
Dec. 1-Jan. 31 |
|
201-771 |
Cannot hunt in units 201, 211, 214, 231, 301, 361, 371, 391, 411, 421, 441, 444, 461, 471, 481, 500, 501, 511, 512, 521, 551, 561, 581, 591, 681, 682, 691, 711, 741 , 751, 771 no Dec. or Jan. rifle doe hunts available |
N/A |
|
791 |
79, 791 - private land only |
Dec. 1-Dec. 31 |
|
851, 861 |
Cannot hunt in units 851, 861 no Dec. or Jan. rifle doe hunts available |
N/A |
|
951 - Plains |
951 - private land only |
Dec. 1-Dec. 31 |