CO coyote hunting - legality

[180ls1]

Can someone verify if I have the below correct regarding coyote hunting in Colorado? I have my small game license and am west of I25.

I can use any caliber (223, 6.5, 300) if I have a small game license only?

If I have a big game tag, I can use any caliber until I fill that big game tag, then I need to use .230 or smaller for coyotes?

Orange is only mandatory when big game hunting but is probably recommended.

I called a local office but the phone rep was all over the place.

 

[FrankieP1988]

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[180ls1]

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Thanks, so if I was just tagging along helping buddies (I won't have a deer/elk tag next year) I would need to use a sub-.230 if I wanted to tote something along to shoot a coyote with?

 

[FrankieP1988]

Thanks, so if I was just tagging along helping buddies (I won't have a deer/elk tag next year) I would need to use a sub-.230 if I wanted to tote something along to shoot a coyote with?

Yessir!


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[LongWayAround]

I am not sure about the caliber restrictions but something to consider. If you want to take a furbearer other than coyote (fox, badger, etc.), you will need a furbearer license.

If you are helping a buddy during rifle season, I would wear some orange.

 

[FrankieP1988]

Yessir! Though i think there is clarification needed on what they consider to be regular deer and elk seasons.


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[TaperPin]

Makes me wonder what band of idiots has been making game laws there. Lol

 

[csp20108]

That is a terribly written sentence. What if you're east of I-25, it's not a regular deer or elk season?

 

[LongWayAround]

That is a terribly written sentence. What if you're east of I-25, it's not a regular deer or elk season?

I agree, it is poorly written.

In the case you state, use whatever you want.

We have a 6mm minimum for big game. The intention of the law is to prevent "party hunting" by people who claim to be hunting coyotes with a 30-06 while "helping" their friends with a deer/elk tags.

As it is written, one can still use a rifle less than the big game minimum while West of I-25 and during big game seasons.

 

[RS_Non-Res]

That paragraph is about preventing poaching.
"You can't carry an elk rifle and claim to be hunting small game."

 

[Huntin Fool]

Whoever wrote that law must not know what they’re doing or members of rokslide. 22 calibers make the best big game rifles

 

[Erict]

I am confident that "Centerfire rifles larger than .23 caliber" means .24. If they wanted it otherwise, they would/should have included the thousandths. Good luck!

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

That is a terribly written sentence. What if you're east of I-25, it's not a regular deer or elk season?

East/west of I25 changes various regulations. East of I25 is also mostly private. Generally speaking I think you can shoot a coyote with whatever caliber any time of the year on the east side.

Whoever wrote that law must not know what they’re doing or members of rokslide. 22 calibers make the best big game rifles

CO has a .243 minimum caliber for big game.