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Why Colorado elk tags are getting harder to draw every single year

Getting a Colorado elk tag used to feel hard. Now it feels like homework, strategy, and luck all rolled into one. That is not hunters imagining things. The system really is getting tighter. More ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

More limited elk, deer licenses offered this year, reflecting continued recovery from ’22-23 winter

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is offering an increased number of limited elk and deer hunting licenses this year thanks in part to northwest Colorado herds’ continued recovery from the 2022-23 severe ...
Yahoo

Elk boost: CPW proposes an increase in hunting licenses

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) will propose an increase in hunting licenses for the 2026 Big Game Hunting season. CPW said the proposal is due to an increase in elk populations in northwest ...
Vail Daily

Colorado big game hunting and fishing licenses are now available for 2026

Colorado hunters and fishers can now apply for new opportunities as Colorado Parks and Wildlife opens up applications for its 2026 big game draw and for fishing licenses. Colorado Parks and Wildlife ...
KOAA 5

Rebounding elk populations prompts proposal for increased licenses for big game hunting

MEEKER, Colo. (KOAA) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) says that after this year's annual classification flights, they saw that elk in multiple areas are returning to the population objective range ...
Post Independent Citizen Telegram

Northwest Colorado elk herds bounce back three years after tough winter

Elk herds in northwest Colorado between Meeker and Steamboat Springs have rebounded after a punishing winter in 2022-23 decimated some of the state’s largest herds. With the recovery, Colorado Parks ...