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The information contained here is for guideline purposes only
and intended to help you better plan your hunt.
Obtain a copy of the Colorado State Proclamation for the most complete
and accurate information or contact the Colorado Division of Wildlife.

Deadline To Apply is April 6, 2000

Moose License Fees	Guided Moose Hunts
2000 Moose Season Dates	After You Harvest a Moose
Moose License Information	Moose Bag Limit
Moose Application Deadline	Legal Moose Hunting Methods
Colorado Hunting Regulations	Colorado Hunting

Moose License Fees

Resident

$ 203.25

Nonresident

$1,003.25

(Includes $3 application fee and 25¢ search & rescue fee.)

Approximate 2000 Season Dates

Archery - Resident

Sept. 7 - 26

Archery - Nonresident

No Nonresident Licenses Available

Muzzleloading Rifle - Resident

Sept. 11 - 19

Muzzleloading Rifle - Nonresident

No Nonresident Licenses Available

Regular Rifle, 1st Resident

Oct. 16 - 27

Nonresident Regular Rifle

Oct. 16 - 27

Regular Rifle, Second

Oct. 16-27

Regular Rifle, Third

Oct. 30 - Nov. 7

Moose Application Deadline

April 6, 2000 - Midnight postmark acceptable.

License Information

1. All moose licenses are limited and available by application only. About 79 licenses were issued last year, 10 percent to nonresidents.

2. License void if you give false information on the application. It is illegal to alter, loan or transfer a license.

3. Lost or destroyed licenses can be replaced by a DOW office or officer. The fee is $25.

Bag Limit

One moose. Anyone who harvested an antlered moose in Colorado cannot participate in future antlered moose drawings.

Legal Methods of Take

1. 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 magazine and chamber combined. Fully automatic rifles prohibited.

2. NEW FOR 1999 - MUZZLELOADING RIFLES & SMOOTHBORE MUSKETS:

a. All muzzleloaders must be single-barrel and fired from the shoulder.

b. 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.

c. Muzzleloaders must be .50-caliber or larger to hunt elk and moose.

d. All muzzleloaders for .50 caliber must use a bullet weighing at least 170 grains.

e. All muzzleloaders greater than .50 caliber must use a bullet weighing at least 210 grains.

f. Pelletized powder systems are prohibited during muzzleloading seasons.

g. Those that can be loaded from the breech are prohibited during muzzleloading seasons.

h. Only open or iron sights are allowed.

3. HAND-HELD BOWS: Arrows must have a broadhead at least 7/8-inch wide with at least two steel cutting edges in same plane for their entire length.

4. SHOTGUNS: must be 20 gauge or larger, fire a single slug, have a minimum barrel length of 18 inches and a minimum overall length of 26 inches.

5. 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 device and bolt at least 16 inches long. They must have a broadhead at least 7/8 inches wide with at least 2 steel cutting edges in same plane their entire length.

6. 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 fire a bullet with a minimum energy of 550 ft. pounds at 50 yards.

After You Harvest a Moose

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 then.

EVIDENCE OF SEX

1. It is illegal to have or transport big game wildlife without evidence of sex naturally attached. Evidence of sex not required for less than 20 lbs of meat with a donation certificate.

2. For bull moose, the head with antlers naturally 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.

3. If a carcass is cut in pieces or deboned, evidence of sex need only be attached to one part of the carcass, if the entire carcass is transported together.

4. Evidence of sex not necessary after the carcass is cut into processed meat (commercially or otherwise), 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 DOW if the detachment, loss or destruction was accidental.

TRANSPORTING WILDLIFE

1. During transportation, moose must have the tag attached except for 20 lbs or less of meat with a donation certificate.

2. Moose shipped by common carrier must be accompanied by license, a photocopy or carcass tag, and, if applicable, a donation certificate.

3. Processed moose meat must be accompanied by a carcass tag or, if donated, a donation certificate.

4. Moose must be tagged to be transported for other hunters. The upper part of the license must be kept by hunters who harvested the game. If you transport improperly tagged or illegal game, you can be cited for violations.