Colorado Game Management Unit 23

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Simplified for the web from the public layer of Colorado Parks and Wildlife (source and terms). Units change with each season's regulations, and the legal boundary description in the regulations is what counts.

Legal shooting light this week

Colorado's general big-game hours: 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset, worked out for the middle of the unit (39.927, -107.766) on local time. Times can be a minute or two off at the unit's edges.

Legal shooting light, sunrise and sunset for the next seven days
Day	Shooting light starts (MST)	Ends	Sunrise	Sunset
Sun, Nov 1	6:09 AM	5:38 PM	6:38 AM	5:08 PM
Mon, Nov 2	6:10 AM	5:36 PM	6:39 AM	5:06 PM
Tue, Nov 3	6:12 AM	5:35 PM	6:41 AM	5:05 PM
Wed, Nov 4	6:13 AM	5:34 PM	6:42 AM	5:04 PM
Thu, Nov 5	6:14 AM	5:33 PM	6:43 AM	5:03 PM
Fri, Nov 6	6:15 AM	5:32 PM	6:44 AM	5:02 PM
Sat, Nov 7	6:16 AM	5:31 PM	6:45 AM	5:01 PM

Turkey, waterfowl, some public lands and opening days have their own hours. Always check the Colorado regulations for your species (where this rule comes from).

Maps that cover this unit

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Veatch Gulch, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

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Colorado Game Management Unit 23

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Legal shooting light this week

Maps that cover this unit

Veatch Gulch, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Blanco Ranger District Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) — White River National Forest (2026)

Big Beaver Reservoir, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Rifle Ranger District Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) — White River National Forest (2026)

Red Elephant Point, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Triangle Park, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Rattlesnake Mesa, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Sawmill Mountain, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

LO 7 Hill, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Thirteenmile Creek, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Buford, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Meeker, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Meadow Creek Lake, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Fawn Creek, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Yampa Ranger District Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) — Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland (2019)

Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) — Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland (2021)

Horse Mountain, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Rifle Falls, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Rio Blanco, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Ninemile Gap, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Thornburgh, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Deep Creek Point, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Devils Hole Gulch, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Sleepy Cat Peak, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)