More Information on Colorado Mountain Lion Hunting Guides Trips Outfitters
Colorado Mountain lion ,Puma concolor, is thriving with an estimated population of 3,000 cats. The cats occupy a large portion of the state. Hunting styles and dates vary from year to year so prospective hunters should refer to the Colorado Department of Wildlife for season dates and regulations. Most Colorado mountain lion guides and outfittrers utilize dogs to track and bay mountain lions. Guides will normally drive roads until they locate a fresh set of tracks. At this point, they will turn their dogs in on the tracks if they are fresh. Hunters use anything from bow and arrow to rifle to harvest mountain lions.
Colorado mountain lion hunters should wear layers of clothing that they can take off as they begin to exert energy chasing the dogs. Mountain lion hunters should also wear comfortable footwear with lots of ankle support and waterproof. Colorado mountain lion hunters should be in good to excellent shape as lion hunting can be extremely demanding on one's body. Most of the terrain that lions inhabit is mountainous with draws and ravines to cross.... all at high altitude.
Resident and non resident licenses for mountain lion hunters in Colorado are available through the Colorado Division of Wildlife. The season runs generally from November through March each year.
Resident and nonresident hunter safety requirements for mountain lion hunters in Colorado requires that anyone born after 1-1-1949 have completed a Hunter Education course. You must have proof of the course with you while in the field.
Blaze orange (hunter safety orange) for Colorado mountain lion hunting requires that hunter wear 500 inches of hunter orange...ie..cap and vest.
