Colorado Game Management Unit 26

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Simplified for the web from Colorado Parks and Wildlife's public layer (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 (40.003, -106.918) 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	6:06 AM	5:34 PM	6:35 AM	5:04 PM
Mon, Nov 2	6:07 AM	5:33 PM	6:36 AM	5:03 PM
Tue, Nov 3	6:08 AM	5:32 PM	6:37 AM	5:02 PM
Wed, Nov 4	6:09 AM	5:31 PM	6:38 AM	5:01 PM
Thu, Nov 5	6:11 AM	5:30 PM	6:40 AM	5:00 PM
Fri, Nov 6	6:12 AM	5:29 PM	6:41 AM	4:59 PM
Sat, Nov 7	6:13 AM	5:28 PM	6:42 AM	4:58 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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Trapper, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

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Colorado Game Management Unit 26

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Legal shooting light this week

Maps that cover this unit

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

Eagle-Holy Cross Ranger District Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) — White River National Forest (2026)

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

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

Burns North, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

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

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

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

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

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

Parks Ranger District Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) — Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland (2018)

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

Green Ridge, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Burns South, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Lynx Pass, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

State Bridge, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

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