CO License Question

ssoden · July 25, 2011, 07:29:00 PM

Can't seem to find the info to this question .. I buy a OTC Elk tag .. I tag out ( like a did last year) early in the hunt. Can I still carry my bow to small game hunt if I have a small game license? I would be calling Elk for my partner with a bow .. with my Elk tag filled .. just not sure.

Thanks for your help

Elksong · July 25, 2011, 07:34:00 PM

yes.

4dogs · July 25, 2011, 07:38:00 PM

Perfectly leagle Steve...may look into a turkey tag too. Have fun.

Orion · July 25, 2011, 07:44:00 PM

If you're calling elk while carrying your bow, would be a tough sell to convince the warden you aren't hunting elk, IMO. Calling with no bow in your hand, or small game hunting with bow, but not calling elk -- probably not a problem. How lucky do you feel?

sndmn11 · July 25, 2011, 09:17:00 PM

do you hunt small game with your elk broadheads?

jhg · July 25, 2011, 09:43:00 PM

That was my question too. Quiver up with blunts and get out there.

awbowman · July 25, 2011, 09:50:00 PM

I would think blunts or judos and you would be OK. I'm doing it if I kill first this year.

ssoden · July 25, 2011, 10:02:00 PM

Good point ... I would feel a whole lot better with small game points on ....

sndmn11 · July 26, 2011, 12:01:00 AM

The wildlife officers I have worked with are pretty smart and very reasonable. While I cant speak on their behalf, from my LE perspective, if you were contacted and had a valid small game license and a quiver full of blunts or other small game specialty heads, that would be the end of the story. If on the other hand you claimed to be hunting grouse for instance, and had a quiver full of 185gr snuffers, that might cause a little bit of suspicion. I would imagine that the former sitaution would be a lot less inconvenient for you than the latter.