Colorado Game Management Unit 521

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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 (39.038, -107.418) 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	5:38 PM	6:35 AM	5:08 PM
Mon, Nov 2	6:07 AM	5:37 PM	6:36 AM	5:07 PM
Tue, Nov 3	6:09 AM	5:36 PM	6:38 AM	5:06 PM
Wed, Nov 4	6:10 AM	5:34 PM	6:39 AM	5:04 PM
Thu, Nov 5	6:11 AM	5:33 PM	6:40 AM	5:03 PM
Fri, Nov 6	6:12 AM	5:32 PM	6:41 AM	5:02 PM
Sat, Nov 7	6:13 AM	5:31 PM	6:42 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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Bull Mountain, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

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Colorado Game Management Unit 521

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Legal shooting light this week

Maps that cover this unit

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

Aspen-Sopris Ranger District Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) — White River National Forest (2026)

Paonia District Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) — Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests (2023)

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

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

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

Grand Mesa Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) — Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests (2016)

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

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

Elk Knob, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gunnison District Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) (North) — Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests (2025)

Anthracite Range, CO — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)