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Article III - SPECIAL SEASONS, AREAS, DATES AND LIMITS
Section 2 CCR 406-5-513 - YOUTH, VETERAN AND ACTIVE MILITARY PERSONNEL WATERFOWL HUNTING DAYS

2 Colo. Code Regs. § 406-5-513

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Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 19, October 10, 2024
Section 2 CCR 406-5-513 - YOUTH, VETERAN AND ACTIVE MILITARY PERSONNEL WATERFOWL HUNTING DAYS
A. Central Flyway Northeast Zone - All areas east of Interstate 25 and north of Interstate 70.
1. Dates: October 12 - October 13, 2024.
2. Daily bag limit:
a. Ducks and Mergansers: Six (6) in the aggregate. Of the 6 (six), no more than five (5) mallards, of which no more than two (2) can be female, one (1) pintail, two (2) canvasback, two (2) redheads, three (3) wood ducks, and one (1) scaup.
b. Coots: Fifteen (15).
c. Dark Goose: Five (5).
3. Possession limit: Three (3) daily bag limits.
B. Central Flyway Southeast Zone - All areas east of Interstate 25 and south of Interstate 70, and all of El Paso, Pueblo, Huerfano and Las Animas Counties.
1. Dates: October 19 - October 20, 2024.
2. Daily bag limit:
a. Ducks and Mergansers: Six (6) in the aggregate. Of the 6 (six), no more than five (5) mallards, of which no more than two (2) can be female, one (1) pintail, two (2) canvasback, two (2) redheads, three (3) wood ducks, and one (1) scaup.
b. Coots: Fifteen (15).
c. Dark Goose: Five (5).
3. Possession limit: Three (3) daily bag limits.
C. Central Flyway Mountain/Foothills Zone - All areas west of Interstate 25 and east of the Continental Divide, except El Paso, Pueblo, Huerfano and Las Animas Counties.
1. Dates: September 28 - September 29, 2024.
2. Daily Bag Limit:
a. Ducks and Mergansers: Six (6) in the aggregate. Of the six (6), no more than five (5) mallards, of which no more than two (2) can be female, one (1) pintail, two (2) canvasback, two (2) redheads, three (3) wood ducks, and one (1) scaup.
b. Coots: Fifteen (15).
c. Dark Goose: Five (5).
3. Possession limit: Three (3) daily bag limits.
D. Pacific Flyway Western Zone - All areas west of the Continental Divide not included in the Eastern Zone.
1. Dates: October 26 - October 27, 2024.
2. Daily bag limit:
a. Ducks and Mergansers: Seven (7) in the aggregate. Of the 7 (seven), no more than two (2) female mallards, one (1) pintail, two (2) canvasback, two (2) redheads, and two (2) scaup.
b. Coots: Twenty-five (25).
c. Dark Goose: Five (5).
d. Light Goose: Ten (10).
3. Possession limit:
a. Three (3) daily bag limits.
E. Pacific Flyway Eastern Zone - All of Routt, Grand, Summit, Eagle, and Pitkin counties, those portions of Saguache, San Juan, Hinsdale, and Mineral counties west of the Continental Divide, and those portions of Gunnison County except the North Fork of the Gunnison River Valley (GMUs 521, 53, and 63), and that portion of Moffat County east of the northern intersection of Moffat County Rd 29 with the Moffat-Routt County line, south along Moffat County Rd 29 to the intersection of Moffat County Rd 29 with the Moffat-Routt County line (Elkhead Reservoir State Park).
1. Dates: September 28 - September 29, 2024.
2. Daily bag limit:
a. Ducks and Mergansers: Seven (7) in the aggregate. Of the 7 (seven), no more than two (2) female mallards, one (1) pintail, two (2) canvasback, two (2) redheads, and two (2) scaup.
b. Coots: Twenty-five (25).
c. Dark Goose: Five (5).
d. Light Goose: Ten (10).
3. Possession limit:
a. Three (3) daily bag limits.
F. Youth seasons are restricted to hunting by youth 17 years of age and younger accompanied by a mentor. A mentor must be 18 years of age or older and hold a valid hunter education certificate or be born before January 1, 1949, and must accompany the youth while in the act of hunting. Mentors are not authorized to hunt ducks, geese, mergansers, or coots during this season.
G. Veteran and active military personnel seasons are restricted to hunting by veterans and members of the Armed Forces on active duty, including members of the National Guard and Reserves on active duty (other than training). For the purposes of this rule, the term "veteran" means a person who served in the active military, naval or air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable. Acceptable forms of military identification include:
1. DD214;
2. DD Form 2;
3. DD Form 2765;
4. Active, retired or veteran military identification cards;
5. A current Colorado Driver's License or state issued identification card with the word 'Veteran' printed on it as specified in 42-2-303 (5)(a), C.R.S.;
6. VA medical card; or
7. For members of the National Guard and Reserves, current military orders for active duty other than training.

2 CCR 406-5-513

37 CR 15, August 10, 2014, effective 9/1/2014
37 CR 17, September 10, 2014, effective 10/1/2014
38 CR 15, August 10, 2015, effective 9/1/2015
38 CR 17, September 10, 2015, effective 10/1/2015
39 CR 07, April 10, 2016, effective 5/1/2016
39 CR 19, October 10, 2016, effective 11/1/2016
40 CR 03, February 10, 2017, effective 3/2/2017
40 CR 07, April 10, 2017, effective 5/1/2017
40 CR 13, July 10, 2017, effective 8/1/2017
40 CR 23, December 10, 2017, effective 1/1/2018
41 CR 07, April 10, 2018, effective 5/1/2018
42 CR 11, June 10, 2019, effective 7/1/2019
43 CR 03, February 10, 2020, effective 3/1/2020
43 CR 11, June 10, 2020, effective 6/30/2020
43 CR 19, October 10, 2020, effective 11/1/2020
44 CR 07, April 10, 2021, effective 5/1/2021
45 CR 07, April 10, 2022, effective 5/1/2022
46 CR 07, April 10, 2023, effective 5/1/2023
47 CR 07, April 10, 2024, effective 5/1/2024