Hunting Coyotes in Colorado?

[HunterCO]

Just behind the old shooting range there is an abandoned hunting lodge two stories. It over looks a meadow and is a perfect place to set up you can shoot from the second floor windows.

I believe this is still illegal. My buddy got popped for something similar.
There is a law that says you can not discharge a firearm within 300 feet of a dwelling or structure, occupied or not. We were near an old sheep shed, miles from any house or home and he got a ticket.

I'll try and look up the exact law....
EDIT...kinda hard to find...I believe it was a National Forest Service reg.

Now it comes up every time he wants to buy a new gun...making him wait 24 hours for a response.....what a hassle.

You are correct in the fact that it is illegal to "Target shoot" within 150 yrds. of any campground, structure, trail or road. It however is not illegal to hunt under those circumstances.

I will call Pike National Forest tomorrow just to make sure. Something else to remember is each agency varies as to what there rules are. Just because something is legal in Pike NF does not mean it would be legal for instance in Arapahoe NF.

[Colorado Osprey]

We were "Hunting" in Pike National Forest..they were live critters...prairie dogs...but still critters, not paper.

[HunterCO]

We were "Hunting" in Pike National Forest..they were live critters...prairie dogs...but still critters, not paper.

Really?? "Prairie" dogs in the mountains?????? I have to ask where exactly was this?

[sniper_tim]

I would love to go coyote hunting with someone who has been before. I've been wanting to take my son since I missed a shot at one during deer season. No experience, however would help with driving/gas etc.

Also wondering if it is just pc, noticed the date of last post was Mon Jan 15. This post is ~2230 Tue. night. Is that my personal settings?

- Tim

[KarlPMann]

We were "Hunting" in Pike National Forest..they were live critters...prairie dogs...but still critters, not paper.

Really?? "Prairie" dogs in the mountains?????? I have to ask where exactly was this?

What are you kidding? The place my son hunts them is less than 2 miles from the south shoot location. It's just south of the south shoot location as a matter of fact. Karl.

[Colorado Osprey]

Where he got popped was just west of Highway 67 at the Teller/Douglas County line. There is a big field there full of prairie dogs. It almost across from the turn off that goes east to Rainbow Falls. There is no place to drive in..it's walk in only.

We've even seen antelope in that field.

We hunted it for about 10 years before he got busted...haven't been back in almost 10 years.....I stick to eastern Colorado now.

[KarlPMann]

[roll] That's where I was just talking about. The south shoot area is .5 miles north of the county line. Where my son shoots is about .5 miles south of the county line. Karl.

[Colorado Osprey]

Is the South shoot area east or west of 67?

I bet it is on the west side...in about 1/4-1/2 mile in the big meadow backed by the hills.

I've had been shooting there for about 20 years...again I haven't been in a few years though.

It was closed right after the burn? They used it for a staging and storage area. There is a herd of elk that live in that immediate vacinity...usually within 1 mile of that location. If shooting starts...they usually head west over the hill but return to the meadow to feed.

Have you seen anybody climb that hill with a 4x4?
A saw a guy almost roll his truck trying to get up it.

[KarlPMann]

Yup that's the spot exactly. Used to get real heavy use by shooters but always seemed to stay clean. Still does too. And I have seen a motorcycle and ATV up that hill, and I reported same to the local forest ranger. [roll] Oh, did I mention that is a "No Motorized Vehicle" area? :twisted: But that's where we shoot, not where my son hunts. He hunts on private propert about a mile south of there. He even gets paid for taking out the local vermin whilst not disturbing the Mrs. of the property owner. He LOVES silencers now. :twisted: :twisted: Karl.

[HunterCO]

We were "Hunting" in Pike National Forest..they were live critters...prairie dogs...but still critters, not paper.

Really?? "Prairie" dogs in the mountains?????? I have to ask where exactly was this?

What are you kidding? The place my son hunts them is less than 2 miles from the south shoot location. It's just south of the south shoot location as a matter of fact. Karl.

Hence why I asked I have never come across any in the hills so I was curious. From Kenosha pass all the way to the New Mexico boarder is pretty much prairie and a finger of that go's up towards WP. I see tons of antelope in Jefferson. I have never seen any dogs but it is all private property I don't know of any of the flats that are NF.