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1999 Mt. Lion Season    

WHAT'S NEW FOR 1999

Unit 78 - A separate quota has been established for licenses in unit 78.

Unit 131 Opened - Unit 131 will be open for mountain lion quotas in 1999. It is combined with unit 13E.

Hunting Season Dates

January 1 through March 31 and November 8 through December 31. Open to residents and nonresidents. The season is closed April 1 through November 7.

Reminder: Hunters must call 1-888-940-LION (5466) before hunting to make sure quotas are available in specific units.

License Requirements

  1. A Conservation Certificate (CC) (free and available at license agents) and a mountain lion license are required. CCs are good until your address or other personal information changes. When hunting, you must carry your CC, with a current lion license stamp attached. You can buy licenses at DOW offices and most license agencies.

  2. QUOTAS, 1-888 NUMBER
    Hunters must make sure a unit is open before hunting. Before all hunting trips in any GMU, hunters must call I -888-940-LION (5466) not earlier than 5 p.m. the day before. The recording tells what units are closed. If the harvest quota is reached, the unit is closed and hunters must pick a different unit.

Colorado Residency

These are the qualifications for Colorado residency:
  1. Anyone who has lived here continuously at least six months immediately before buying a license and who intends to make Colorado home. (Except #2 below.)

  2. U.S. armed services personnel, servicemen of U.S. allies), U.S. Diplomatic Service personnel and diplomatic services of a nation recognized by the U.S. stationed here on permanent active duty orders. Active duty does not include personnel in reserve status or the National Guard.

  3. Full-time students enrolled and attending a Colorado accredited college or university at least six months immediately before buying a license, including students enrolled but temporarily absent from Colorado.

Hunter Education (SAFETY) Requirements

Anyone born on or after January 1, 1949 must have completed an approved hunter education course sanctioned by a state, country or province before buying a lion license. Colorado honors hunter education courses from other states. Bowhunter education certificates are honored only when applying for an archery license.You must carry your hunter education card when hunting, unless the words "Proof of Hunter Education Verified" were printed by the DOW on your CC.

Minimum Age to Hunt Lions

You must be at least 12 to hunt big game. An 11 year old can buy a license if his/her 12th birthday arrives before the end of the hunting season on the license. However, the license is not valid, and youths cannot hunt before their 12th birthday. Hunters under 16 must be accompanied by a person 18 or older who must comply with hunter education requirements.

Hunting Hours

One-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.

Legal Methods of Hunting for Lions

  1. CENTERFIRE RIFLES OR HANDGUNS: Must use bullets of at least 45 grains in weight and produce at least 400-foot pounds of energy at the muzzle.

  2. MUZZLE-LOADING RIFLES: Minimum .40 caliber. Sabot rounds not permitted (cloth patches not considered sabots).

  3. SHOTGUNS: No smaller than 20 gauge and firing a single slug.

  4. HAND-HELD BOWS: bows using arrows with a broadhead that has an outside diameter or width at least 7/8 inch with at least two steel cutting edges. Each cutting edge must be in the same plane throughout the length of cutting surface.

  5. CROSSBOWS: Minimum draw weight of at least 125 lbs. and a minimum draw length of 14 inches, measured from the front of bow to nocking point of draw string. Must have a positive mechanical safety device. The bolt must be at least 16 inches long equipped with a broadhead with an outside diameter or width at least 7/8 inch with at least two steel cutting edges. Each cutting edge must be in the same plane throughout the length of cutting surface.

  6. Electronic calls cannot be used to hunt mountain lions. Non-electric calls, such as hand-held ones, may be used.

  7. Dogs are legal to hunt mountain lions. Pack limited to no more than 8 dogs.

  8. Bait is illegal to hunt mountain lions.

  9. Methods not listed are prohibited.

Bag Limits

  1. One mountain lion of either sex per calendar year.

  2. A lion taken during a special hunting season for big game causing damage is not part of the annual bag limit.

  3. A lion taken on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation is not part of the annual bag limit.

  4. Hunters can kill two lions, providing one is taken from the Black Ridge Canyons part of unit 40. The license for this area must be purchased at DOW's Grand Junction office. For boundary information, see brochure.

Lions with Kittens

It is illegal to kill a mountain lion accompanied by one or more kittens. It is also illegal to kill a kitten. A kitten is a lion with spots.

FLUORESCENT ORANGE

Lion hunters are not required to wear daylight fluorescent orange clothing.

AFTER YOU HARVEST A LION

EVIDENCE OF SEX

  1. You cannot have or transport a mountain lion carcass without evidence of sex naturally attached.
  2. For mountain lions, evidence of sex means the testicles or penis of a male and the vulva of a female.
  3. Evidence of sex is not required:
    1. when a donation certificate accompanies less than 20 lbs. of game meat.
    2. after carcass has been commercially processed, cut into portions, wrapped and frozen for storage or stored at licensee's home.

TAGS

You must attach the carcass tag to any mountain lion you take, per instructions on tag.

INSPECTION AND SEALS

Hunters who kill a lion must contact the DOW within 48 hours with their name, CC number, lion license number, date and unit of kill and sex of lion taken. If you get an answering machine, leave a message with this information. Mountain lions must be personally presented to a DOW officer for inspection and seal within 5 days after the lion is killed. Hides cannot be frozen. No lion or parts of it can be taken out of Colorado until inspected and sealed. A lion hide or head without a seal attached 5 days after the kill becomes the property of the state. A mandatory check report must be completed during inspection. Inspection and sealing can be arranged by contacting the nearest DOW office or officer. Inspection and the seal are free and must remain attached until hide is tanned. Note: Lions taken in the Black Ridge Canyons area of unit 40 must he inspected and sealed at the DOW's Grand Junction office.

PROBLEM LIONS OR DAMAGE HUNTS

  1. The DOW can authorize taking lions damaging live-stock or property, or frequenting areas incompatible with other users to protect public health, safety and welfare. This authorization will be made to licensed hunters, houndsmen or trappers who must abide by all hunting regulations
  2. The DOW keeps a list of hunters, houndsmen and trappers to take problem lions, considering their ability to respond, skill, experience and location. The urgency of the problem and where removal will occur also are considered.

ROAD CLOSURES

Hunting with archery equipment, rifles, handguns or shot-guns firing single slugs is prohibited within 50 feet on either side of the centerline of any state highway or municipal or county road.

1999 Mountain Lion Quotas
Either Sex

Listed below are 1999 quotas by game management unit. Season dates are January 1 - March 31 and November 8 through December 31.

Units
Lion Quota
      
Units
Lion Quota
      
Units
Lion Quota
1,2
6
       39
13
       74, 741
8
3, 301
5
       40
13
       75, 77, 751, 771
8
N of Moffat Cty Rd 27
(Forest Rd 110) & 5
12
       41
3
       76, 79
3
N of Moffat Cty Rd 27
(Forest Rd 110) & 441
5
       42
6
       78
5
7
2
       43
2
       80
3
8
5
       44
3
       81
2
9
5
       46
10
       82
10
10
14
       47
1
       83
10
11
16
       48, 49, 50, 481, 500
10
       85, 140, 851
30
12
18
       51, 104
15
       123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 129,
130, 132, 135,
136, 137, 138,
139, 141, 142,
143, 144, 145,
146, 147
10
W of Hayden Divide RD
(Cty Rd 53)
12
       52, 411
10
       128, 133, 134
4
E of Hayden Divide RD
(Cty Rd 53) & 131
10
       53, 63
8
       191
10
15
12
       54, 55, 551
7
       201
6
18,27, 28, 37, 181, 371
8
       56, 561
8
       211
17
19
8
       57, 58, 581
34
       421
8
20
12
       59
17
       444
4
21
16
       60
5
       461
7
22
26
       61
15
       501
10
23
10
       62
18
       511
10
24
3
       64
8
       521
6
25, 26, 34
7
       65
7
      
29
6
       66, 67
8
      
30
15
       68, 681
5
      
31
12
       69, 84, 86, 861
42
      
32
10
       70 east of Hwy 141
12
      
33
17
       70 west of Hwy 141
8
      
35
5
       71, 711
16
      
36
6
       72
4
      
38
10
       73
10
      


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