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10/9/2002
CO Division of Wildlife
HUNTERS SHOULD MAKE SURE THEIR DROUGHT MANAGEMENT LICENSE IS ‘ADDITIONAL’
Hunters should check to make sure their drought management elk license is an additional license if they hold another elk or deer license or plan to buy one.
Hunters who bought a drought management elk license, and also hold another elk or deer license or plan to buy one, should check to make sure their drought management elk license is an “additional” license under Colorado Division of Wildlife regulations.
The Wildlife Commission in September approved more than 14,000 new antlerless rifle elk licenses, 2,500 new antlerless archery elk licenses and 1,060 new doe deer licenses because of the drought and resulting lack of winter forage. Some, but not all of these licenses were considered “additional,” meaning a hunter can hold more than one license.
Hunters should check page 4-5 of the 2002 Deer, Elk, Antelope, Moose and Black Bear big game brochure (under Additional Licenses) or look at the “additional” unit map on the Division’s Web site (http://www.wildlife.state.co.us/drought_licenses/additional_elk_GMUs.jpg) to find out if their game management unit is an “additional” license unit.
Whether a hunter obtained his or her license through the drawing, as a leftover drawing license, or through the drought license sale, all rules of “additional” licenses, season participation and bag limits still apply.
Deer hunters can purchase a maximum of two licenses in 2002, of which at least one must be “additional.” All private land-only antlerless deer licenses and some antlerless deer units in a few units in north central Colorado are “additional.” None of the drought management deer licenses are “additional.”
Hunters may purchase up to three elk licenses in 2002. No more than one of the elk licenses can be an antlered or either-sex license, and at least two of the elk licenses must be designated as “additional” licenses. All private land-only antlerless elk licenses are “additional,” and there are 85 game management units where all antlerless elk licenses issued for those units are “additional.”
“Additional” licenses can be used in a different season from a hunter’s antlered or either-sex license. However, hunters’ antlered or either-sex elk and deer licenses must be for the same combined season, unless the antlered or either-sex elk license is for the fourth season in a unit which is not also open to deer hunting.
Refunds can be given until the season starts, but not after. Therefore, hunters should make a point of checking their licenses now.
Henrietta Turner, the Division’s license administration manager, said the Division is concerned that hunters who bought drought licenses that aren’t “additional” may then show up at an agent and buy another license.
“This could result in a hunter being out in the field and stopped by an officer only to realize that they don’t have a license that’s ‘additional,’ and that they have more licenses than is legal,” said Turner. “Those hunters will have paid for the license, but the officers are going to confiscate one of them. We want to remind hunters to make sure they’re legal before they get out there.”
CO Division of Wildlife
HUNTERS SHOULD MAKE SURE THEIR DROUGHT MANAGEMENT LICENSE IS ‘ADDITIONAL’
Hunters should check to make sure their drought management elk license is an additional license if they hold another elk or deer license or plan to buy one.
Hunters who bought a drought management elk license, and also hold another elk or deer license or plan to buy one, should check to make sure their drought management elk license is an “additional” license under Colorado Division of Wildlife regulations.
The Wildlife Commission in September approved more than 14,000 new antlerless rifle elk licenses, 2,500 new antlerless archery elk licenses and 1,060 new doe deer licenses because of the drought and resulting lack of winter forage. Some, but not all of these licenses were considered “additional,” meaning a hunter can hold more than one license.
Hunters should check page 4-5 of the 2002 Deer, Elk, Antelope, Moose and Black Bear big game brochure (under Additional Licenses) or look at the “additional” unit map on the Division’s Web site (http://www.wildlife.state.co.us/drought_licenses/additional_elk_GMUs.jpg) to find out if their game management unit is an “additional” license unit.
Whether a hunter obtained his or her license through the drawing, as a leftover drawing license, or through the drought license sale, all rules of “additional” licenses, season participation and bag limits still apply.
Deer hunters can purchase a maximum of two licenses in 2002, of which at least one must be “additional.” All private land-only antlerless deer licenses and some antlerless deer units in a few units in north central Colorado are “additional.” None of the drought management deer licenses are “additional.”
Hunters may purchase up to three elk licenses in 2002. No more than one of the elk licenses can be an antlered or either-sex license, and at least two of the elk licenses must be designated as “additional” licenses. All private land-only antlerless elk licenses are “additional,” and there are 85 game management units where all antlerless elk licenses issued for those units are “additional.”
“Additional” licenses can be used in a different season from a hunter’s antlered or either-sex license. However, hunters’ antlered or either-sex elk and deer licenses must be for the same combined season, unless the antlered or either-sex elk license is for the fourth season in a unit which is not also open to deer hunting.
Refunds can be given until the season starts, but not after. Therefore, hunters should make a point of checking their licenses now.
Henrietta Turner, the Division’s license administration manager, said the Division is concerned that hunters who bought drought licenses that aren’t “additional” may then show up at an agent and buy another license.
“This could result in a hunter being out in the field and stopped by an officer only to realize that they don’t have a license that’s ‘additional,’ and that they have more licenses than is legal,” said Turner. “Those hunters will have paid for the license, but the officers are going to confiscate one of them. We want to remind hunters to make sure they’re legal before they get out there.”
