El Paso County for Hunters

El Paso County GMUs and unit rules

Hunt codes for El Paso County come from 9 units; about 29% of the county sits in GMU 110. GMUs 110, 118, 512 are entirely in-county; the rest straddle county lines. Treat the percentages as a rough guide. The legal line is the road, river or ridge the brochure names for each unit. GMUs 110, 118, 111, 119, 123 fall in the plains group; the remaining units do not.

Elk antler point restrictions apply in GMUs 59, 511, 591: a legal bull has four points on one antler or a brow tine at least five inches long, in every season. The mandatory elk sampling units do not include any GMU in El Paso County. For lion, El Paso County units belong to group 11 (limit 9), group 19 (limit 5) and group 20 (limit 22). A group shuts as soon as its quota is filled. No shed collecting on public land west of I-25 before May 1. GMUs 110, 118, 111, 59, 119, 511, 591, 123 and 1 more take the statewide OTC spring turkey license.

GMU shares from the CPW GMU boundary layer over Census county lines; boundaries in the 2026 Big Game brochure GMU descriptions; point rule from brochure p. 36; CWD units from brochure p. 41; lion groups from the 2026-2027 Mountain Lion brochure; turkey lists from the 2026 Turkey brochure; shed closure from brochure p. 12. Checked November 5, 2026.

El Paso County SWAs, trust land and federal acres

About 8.7% of El Paso County, near 118,521 acres, is public hunting land on these layers, chiefly national forest (incl. grassland). The State Land Board owns more trust land than the public figure shows, but only parcels leased by CPW for hunting access are open; the rest is leased and closed to the public. Starred lines show land that is mapped but not counted as open hunting ground. Map-measured acres differ from what agencies publish, so use the land pages for official numbers.

El Paso County SWAs, trust lands and forest

Just over the El Paso County line

• Pikes Peak SWA29 miles, state wildlife area, Teller County
• Table Mountain STL31 miles, state trust land parcel, Fremont County
• Beaver Creek SWA31 miles, state wildlife area, Fremont County
• Brett Gray Ranch STL34 miles, state trust land parcel, Lincoln County
• Mueller State Park36 miles, state park, Teller County
• Adelaide STL36 miles, state trust land parcel, Fremont County

Bring a hunting or fishing license on SWAs and leased trust land; non-hunters 16 and older buy the SWA Pass. Property rules such as seasonal closures and vehicle limits come from each CPW page.

Acres from the CPW managed properties layer (SWA and STL), USGS PAD-US 4.1 (Forest Service, BLM, refuges, parks, military) and the BLM field office layer; places from the CPW SWA finder, the STL finder and each land page; access rules from the CPW property pages. Checked November 5, 2026.

El Paso County hunting events

Inside the county line: 3 listings ahead (RMEF banquet, hunter education class and hunter education course), checked November 4, 2026. Register-ed showed 1 class here as full or closed on the check date.

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Phone list for El Paso County hunts

Questions about access, damage or violations in El Paso County go to the Area 14 office, where Tim Kroening serves as area wildlife manager. CPW offices close on state holidays, so call before driving in to buy a license or check an animal.

El Paso County towns, units and land

El Paso County also includes:

• Monument13,408
• Manitou Springs4,607
• Palmer Lake2,575
• Calhan730
• Green Mountain Falls608
• Ramah106
• Air Force Academy
• Black Forest
• Cascade-Chipita Park
• Cimarron Hills
• Ellicott
• Fort Carson
• Gleneagle
• Peyton

Inside the county we found 7 taxidermists, 49 gun and outdoor stores and 10 outfitters and guides but no game processors. Registered outfitters are listed by mailing town from the DORA records; other businesses are directory listings worth a phone call before you drive.

El Paso County processors

El Paso County shoulder mounts

El Paso County sporting goods

El Paso County DORA outfitters

Offices and area wildlife managers from the CPW Contact Us page and the CPW area layer; towns and places from the 2024 Census gazetteer; outfitters from the DORA licence data; other services from store locators and Yellow Pages listings. Checked November 5, 2026.

El Paso County legal shooting light

In El Paso County, the light goose conservation order and furbearer hunting both run to half an hour after sunset.

The light goose conservation order runs to half an hour after sunset.

Hours rules from the 2026 Colorado Big Game brochure and the Small Game and Waterfowl brochure; sunrise and sunset worked out for this location with the NOAA solar formula (Mountain Time); checked November 5, 2026. Legal hours for every county.

Around El Paso County

County centres closest to this one, with three Colorado-wide guides.

El Paso County last word

Sign and attach the carcass tag as soon as the animal is down, and keep evidence of sex naturally attached.

Sources: 2026 Colorado Big Game brochure, CPW hunting, Census and the sources in each section. Checked November 5, 2026.