1998 Moose Hunting Information

1999 Moose Season

WHAT'S NEW FOR 1999

New Units Opened -

Units 66 and 76 are now open for limited moose hunting this year.

Preference Points -

You can accumulate a maximum of three preference points for moose.

License Requirements

Moose licenses are limited and available by application only. bout 79 licenses were issued last year, 10 percent to nonresidents.
License void if you give false information on the application. It is illegal to alter, loan or transfer a license.
Lost or destroyed licenses can be replaced by a DOW office or officer. You must complete an affidavit. The fee is $25.

Residency Requirements

You must meet at least one of the following qualifications to purchase a resident hunting license:

Anyone who has lived here continuously at least six months immediately before applying for or buying a license and who intends to make Colorado home.
U.S. armed services personnel,servicemen of a U.S. ally, U.S. Diplomatic Service personnel and diplomatic services of nations recognized by the U.S. stationed here on permanent duty orders or were Colorado residents when they entered the military.
Full-time students enrolled and attending an accredited Colorado college or university at least six months immediately before applying for a license, including students who are temporarily absent from the state but enrolled in a Colorado college or university.

Youths Licenses

Youths 12-15 can hunt moose but must meet hunter education requirements and hunt with a mentor. A mentor is 18 years or older and must meet hunter education requirements. Mentors are not required to hunt. The youth and mentor must be close enough to see and hear each other while hunting. Youth hunters may apply for a moose license at age 11 if they turn 12 before they go hunting.

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.

Legal Methods of Take

Centerfire Rifles: must be .24 caliber (6mm) or larger, have at least a 16-inch barrel and be at least 26 inches long overall. They must be fired from the shoulder and use expanding bullets weighing at least 85 grains and have an impact energy (at 100 yards) of 1,000 foot-pounds. Semi-automatic rifles cannot hold more than 6 rounds in the magazine and chamber combined. Fully automatic rifles are prohibited
NEW FOR 1999 - Muzzleloading Rifles & Smoothbore Muskets:
1. All muzzleloaders must be single-barrel and fired from the shoulder.
2. All must fire a single round-ball or conical projectile the length of which does not exceed twice the diameter. Sabots are prohibited. Cloth patches are not sabots.
3. Muzzleloaders must be .50 caliber or larger to hunt elk and moose.
4. All muzzleloaders for .50 caliber must use a bullet weighing at least 170 grains.
5. All muzzleloaders greater than .50 caliber must use a bullet weighing at least 210 grains.
6. Pelletized powder systems are prohibited during muzzleloading seasons.
7. Those that can be loaded from the breech are prohibited during muzzleloading seasons.
8. Only open or iron sights are allowed
Hand-held Bows: Arrows must have a broadhead at least 7/8-inch wide with at least two steel cutting edges in the same plane their entire length.
Shotguns: must be 20 gauge or larger, fire a single slug, have a minimum overall barrel length of 18 inches and a minimum overall length of 26 inches.
Crossbows: must have a minimum draw weight of 125 pounds; a minimum draw length of 14 inches (from front of bow to nocking point of drawstring); a positive mechanical safety and bolt at least 16 inches long. They also must have a broadhead at least 7/8-inches wide with at least two steel cutting edges in the same plane their entire length.
Handguns: must have a barrel at least 4 inches long; use a .24 caliber (6mm) or larger diameter expanding bullets; no shoulder stock or attachment and must fore a bullet with a minimum energy of 550 ft. pounds at 50 yards.

MOOSE HUNTING LAWS

Hunting Hours: A half hour before sunrise to a half hour after sunset.

Cow (antlerless) Moose: has no antlers or antlers less than 5 inches long.

Bull (antlered) Moose: has an antler or antlers at least 5 inches long.

Bag Limit: One moose. Any one who harvested an antlered moose in Colorado cannot participate in future antlered moose drawings.

Preference Points

Hunters who unsuccessful in drawing a moose license as a first choice will be awarded one preference point. You can use your preference points in future drawings for moose. You can accumulate a maximum of three preference points for moose.If you don't reapply at least once within five consecutive years for moose, all preference points will be purged from your file. When you draw a license as your first choice, your preference point level drops to zero. If unsuccessful for your first choice, you will be notified of accumulated preference points on your refund stub or on your second-choice license.

MANDATORY CHECK - ANTLERED MOOSE

Moose hunters who kill an antlered moose must personally present the antlers, attached to skull plate, to a DOW office or officer near the kill within 5 days after the season ends. A mandatory check report will be completed at that time.

Evidence of Sex

It is illegal to have or transport big game wildlife without evidence of sex naturally attached. Evidence if sex is not required for less than 20 lbs of meat with a donation certificate.
For bull moose, the head with antlers attached or the penis, testicles or scrotum are evidence of sex. For cow moose, an attached head or udder (mammary) are evidence of sex. An unattached head is not evidence of sex.
If a carcass is cut into pieces or deboned, evidence of sex need only be attached to one part of the carcass, as long as the entire carcass is transported together.
Evidence of sex is not necessary after the carcass is cut into processed meat (commercially or otherwise), cut, wrapped, frozen or stored at hunter's home.

Carcass Tags

The tag, dated, signed and attached to carcass allows possession and transportation. License is void if tag is inadvertently detached or signed before use. It's illegal to hunt with such a license unless you get a duplicate tag. You can get a duplicate from the DOW of you prove the detachment, loss or destruction was accidental.