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Hunter education opt-out available; apprentice licenses available

RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife now offers apprentice licenses and hunter education test-out options. The changes, now in effect, are intended to encourage people to get active in the outdoors and interested in hunting.

June 7, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Excess snow takes toll on area’s elk and deer

RBC I As a flip on the last three years, when there was good snow, good forage and great calf and fawn survival, an abundance of snow this winter has done some harm to the elk and deer herds found in and around Rio Blanco County, according to the local[Read More…]

May 20, 2016 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: Open letter to hunters, guides, outfitters

Dear Editor: This is an open letter to hunters, guides and outfitters. Please take a second to review the current proposed actions of Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW). This past week, the CPW released the recommended tag allocations for big game animals.

May 13, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Hunter ed opt-out available

RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife now offers apprentice licenses and hunter education test-out options. The changes are now in effect. Hunter education test-out options are available for U.S. military and individuals 50-years of age or older.

April 26, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Hunting information, applications are now available online

RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s brochures for big game, sheep and goat can help and are available now online. In addition, CPW’s online application period and secure license application portal is open now until 11:59 p.m. on April 5. Check out cpw.state.co.us/learn/Pages/PlanYourHunt.aspx to find all the resources CPW has to[Read More…]

March 23, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

CPW offers three free youth turkey hunts near Meeker

MEEKER I Colorado Parks and Wildlife is offering three young novices an opportunity to learn how to hunt responsibly with the help of experienced mentors during a high-quality spring turkey hunt on private land near Meeker, April 22-24.

March 22, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Big game brochures and applications available online

RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s brochures for big game, sheep and goat can help and are available now online.   In addition, CPW’s online application period and secure license application portal is open now until 11:59 p.m. on April 5. Check out cpw.state.co.us/learn/Pages/PlanYourHunt.aspx to find all the resources CPW has[Read More…]

March 16, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Taxpayers can aid Colorado wildlife with state tax checkoff

RBC I Help threatened and endangered wildlife with a voluntary contribution to the “Non-game and Endangered Wildlife Cash Fund” on your 2015 Colorado tax returns through the income tax checkoff.

March 14, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Free turkey hunt may be won by women novices

RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife is accepting applications from novice women who wish to participate in a private land turkey hunt with experienced mentors.

March 13, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Women-only turkey hunt free to novices; applications are open

RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife is accepting applications from novice women who wish to participate in a private land turkey hunt with experienced mentors.

March 9, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

State hunting brochures online

RBC I An early morning sunrise viewed from a meadow, forest, mountain or plain while listening to chipmunks shuffle through the leaves is just one of the timeless memories that await big-game, sheep and goat hunters this fall in Colorado. Create a memory like this and many others that come[Read More…]

February 22, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Bennet amendment to aid bow hunters

RBC I Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet has introduced an amendment to provide bow hunters with access to some of the country’s prime hunting lands. The measure would allow bow hunters with sheathed archery equipment to cross national park lands along established trails or corridors to access adjacent hunting lands.

February 17, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled