1999 Bighorn Sheep
& Mountain Goat Seasons

        

LICENSES INFORMATION

1. Limited licenses: All bighorn sheep and mountain goat licenses are limited in number and are available only for specific game management units. You must apply for these licenses through the drawing. These licenses aren't sold over the counter.
   
   
2. Raffle licenses: On June 12, one Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep license and one mountain goat license will be issued through a drawing sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society. The raffle will be 1 p.m. at the Lakewood Municipal Building, 445 S. Allison, Lakewood, CO. The drawing will be in conjunction with the sheep and goat hunter orientation.The licenses are for any open hunting area in the 1999 sheep and goat hunting seasons. Funds generated go for habitat projects and sheep and goat research. Tickets are $25 each. There will be a maximum of 1,500 tickets for sheer and 500 for goats. Contact the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society, P.O. Box 8320, Denver 80201-8320, (970) 493-0016 or (303) 693-4567.
   
   
3. Auction Licenses: One Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep and one mountain goat license were auctioned at the Foundation of North American Wild Sheep Foundation convention in Reno, Nev. The licenses are for any open hunting area in the 1999 sheep and goat hunting seasons.
   
   
4. Raffle and auction licenses are valid through October 31 in units that close before October 31. Auction or raffle licenses are valid in addition to any sheep or goat license received through the DOW's limited license drawing.

LICENSES REQUIREMENTS

1. Bighorn Sheep: : Anyone who harvests a bighorn ram (112 curl or larger), must wait five years before being eligible to apply for another Rocky Mountain bighorn ram license. If you harvested a desert bighorn sheep, you cannot participate in future desert bighorn sheep drawings. You cannot apply for a Rocky Mountain bighorn and desert bighorn license in the same year.
   
   
2. Mountain Goat: Anyone who harvested a mountain goat must wait five years before being eligible to apply for another mountain goat license.
   
   
3. You must be at least 12 years old to hunt sheep and goats. Youths, 12-15, can hunt sheep and goats but must meet hunter education requirements and hunt with a mentor. A mentor is 18 or older and has a hunter education card if born after 1948. The mentor is not required to hunt The youth and mentor must be able to see and hear each other while hunting. Youths may apply for a sheep or goat license at age 11 if they turn l2 before they go hunting. At age 16, youths can hunt alone.
   
   
4. Ten percent of limited licenses are allocated to nonresidents.
   
   
5. Licenses cannot be transferred to anyone else.
   
   
6. False statements made in obtaining a licenses or altering a license voids it, and wildlife on that license is illegal.
   
   
7. Lost or destroyed licenses can be replaced. There is a $25 replacement fee.

RESIDENCY QUALIFICATIONS

1. 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. (Except #2 below.)
2. U.S. armed services personnel, service personnel of a U.S. ally, personnel of the U.S. Diplomatic Service and diplomatic services of any nation recognized by the U.S. stationed here on permanent active duty orders, and their dependents. Active duty does not include personnel in reserve status or the National Guard.
3. Full-time students enrolled and attending a Colorado college, university or trade school at least six months immediately before applying for or buying a license, including students temporarily absent from Colorado but still enrolled.
4. Children under 18 have the same residency status as their custodial parent or legal guardian.

HUNTER EDUCATION (SAFETY)

CHILD SUPPORT DELINQUENCY

SHEEP AND GOAT HUNTER ORIENTATION

LEGAL HUNTING METHODS

1. ARCHERY: Hand-held bows or compound bows with a string not drawn mechanically or held mechanically under tension. String releases or mechanical releases that are hand-held and hand-drawn with no attachments or connection to the bow, other than to the bowstring, are legal. Arrows must have broadheads with an outside diameter or width at least 7/8 inch and at least two steel cutting edges. Edges must be in the same plane their entire length.
   
   
2. CENTERFIRE RIFLES must:
   
   
   1. be .24 caliber (6 mm) or larger.
      
      
   2. have at least a 16-inch barrel and minimum overall length of 26 inches.
      
      
   3. if semiautomatic, not hold more than 6 rounds in the magazine and chamber combined.
      
      
   4. use expanding bullets that weigh at least 70 grains for deer and antelope, 85 grains for elk and have an impact energy (at 100 yards) 1,000 ft. pounds rated by the manufacturer.
      
      
3. FULLY AUTOMATIC RIFLES are prohibited.
   
   
4. NEW FOR 1999 MUZZLELOADING RIFLES & SMOOTHBORE MUSKETS must:
   
   
   1. All muzzleloaders must be single-barrel and fired from the shoulder.
      
      
   2. All must fire a single round-ball or conical projectile tile length of which does not exceed twice the diameter. Sabots are prohibited. Cloth patches are not sabots.
      
      
   3. Muzzleloaders must be .40 caliber or larger to hunt deer, antelope, bear, sheep and goat.
      
      
   4. All muzzleloaders from .40 caliber to .50 caliber must use a bullet weighing at least 170 grains.
      
      
   5. Pelletized powder systems are prohibited during muzzleloading seasons.
      
      
   6. Those that can be loaded from the breech are prohibited during any muzzleloading season.
      
      
   7. Only open or iron sights are allowed.
      
      
5. SHOTGUNS must:
   
   
   1. be 20 gauge or larger.
      
      
   2. fire a single slug.
      
      
   3. have a minimum barrel length of 18 inches.
      
      
   4. have a minimum overall length of 26 inches.
      
      
6. CROSSBOWS must:
   
   
   1. have a minimum draw weight of 125 lbs.
      
      
   2. have a minimum draw length of 14 inches from the front of the bow to the nocking point on drawstring.
      
      
   3. have a positive mechanical safety device.
      
      
   4. use a bolt at least 16 inches long, have a broadhead at least 7/8-inches wide and at least two steel cutting edges in the same plane.
      
      
   5. not be used in a regular archery season.
      
      
7. HANDGUNS must:
   
   
   1. have a barrel at least 4 inches long.
      
      
   2. use a .24-caliber (6mm) or larger diameter expanding bullet.
      
      
   3. not have a shoulder stock or attachment.
      
      
   4. produce a minimum energy of 550 ft. pounds at 50 yards.
      
      
   5. Hunters can carry handguns in the field as long as the guns are not concealed.
      
      

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   SHEEP & GOAT HUNTING LAWS

   HUNTING HOURS

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

   ANNUAL BAG LIMITS

   1. Bighorn sheep - one animal.
      
      
   2. Mountain goat - one animal.
      
      
   3. You can apply for one bighorn sheep license and one mountain goat license per year. However, you cannot apply for both a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep license and a desert bighorn sheep license the same year.
      
      
   4. If your name appears on the list of applicants for more than one bighorn sheep license, your applications will be void, including group applications.
      
      
   5. Possession of wildlife is evidence you were hunting.

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   DEFINITIONS

   1. One-half curl ram: Male bighorn sheep with horn or horns with one or both tips grown at least through half or 180 degrees of a circle, measured by first establishing a reference line bisecting the eye and base of the ear. A one-half curl ram has one or both horns grown at least as far as the projection of the reference line.
      
      
   2. Ewe: A female sheep with horn or horns at least 5 inches long measured on outside curve.
      
      
   3. Mountain Goat: A mountain goat one year old or older.

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   WEAPONS RESTRICTIONS

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   2. Federal law prohibits anyone convicted of a crime of domestic violence, either felony or misdemeanor convictions, to possess a firearm. If the conviction was a misdemeanor, hunters can hunt in Colorado with muzzleloading or archery equipment. If the conviction was a felony, hunters, residents and nonresidents, cannot hunt with any firearm or weapon, including muzzleloading and archery. If you have questions about whether a crime falls in the category of domestic violence, contact the local district attorney. For questions about firearms, call the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, (303) 844-3421 in Denver.

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   CLOSURES

   1. Mt. Evans Hwy (units G4 and S3): Hunting prohibited within 1/2 mile either side of the center line of the Mt. Evans Hwy. (Colo. 5) from Echo Lake to the summit, all of Summit Lake Cirque and all of Summit Lake Flats above 11,600 feet. Also, the Mt Evans Road beyond Summit Lake is closed after Labor Day. From Echo Lake to Summit Lake, the road also may be closed after Labor Day. Hunters should not depend on vehicle access for hunting.
      
      
   2. It is illegal to hunt, fish or trap on State Land Board properties unless leased by the DOW or without permission of the lessee.
      
      
   3. It is illegal to hunt on private land without permission of owner or person in charge.

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   AFTER YOU HARVEST A BIGHORN SHEEP OR GOAT

   EVIDENCE OF SEX

   1. It is illegal to have or transport a big game carcass, or considerable part of it, without evidence of sex naturally attached. Evidence of sex must remain attached to the carcass until it is cut into processed meat (commercially or otherwise,) cut, wrapped and frozen, or stored at licensee's home.
      
      
   2. The head or intact skull of sheep and goats with horns naturally attached to the skull plate must accompany the carcass.
      
      
   3. The following are considered evidence or sex:
      1. Males: head, including antlers or horns, testicle, scrotum or penis.
         
         
      2. Females: head, udder (mammary) or vulva.

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   CARCASS TAG

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

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   MANDATORY CHECK -- BIGHORN SHEEP

   1. All bighorn sheep, including ewes and desert bighorn sheep, harvested must be inspected by a DOW officer or at a DOW office within 5 days after the season ends. You must personally present the sheep with horns and skull intact to a DOW office. A harvest report will be completed at that time, and bighorn rams will have a permanent marker attached to the horn.
      
      
   2. All bighorn hunters (whether successful or not) must return a completed questionnaire 30 days after the season ends or they will be ineligible for future sheep license.
      
      
   3. No one can trade, transfer or sell a bighorn sheep ram head or horns unless the horns were inspected and permanently marked by the DOW.
      
      
   4. Only bighorn sheep rams taken with a license will be permanently marked by the DOW. Horns found in the field won't be marked. Bighorn sheep capes and horns, or skull with horns, not marked, cannot be traded, transferred or sold.

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   MANDATORY CHECK -- MOUNTAIN GOATS

   1. Mountain goat hunters must personally present the goat with horns and skull intact to a DOW officer near where the goat wad killed within 5 days after the season ends. A harvest report will be completed during inspection.
      
      
   2. All mountain goat hunters (whether successful or not) must return a completed questionnaire 30 days after the season ends or they will be ineligible for future goat licenses.

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