Recent Posts in Hunter Education

• Title 18 May Affect Your Privilege to Hunt and Fish

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  Posted By Feldmann Nagel, LLC 5-Mar-2018

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  Did you know some criminal convictions under Colorado’s Criminal code codified in Title 18 may affect your privilege to hunt and fish? Don’t get caught in that trap! Within Colorado’s Parks and Wildlife code codified in Title 33, ...

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• Importance of Seeking Legal Counsel After an Accusation of a Hunting Violation

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  Posted By Feldmann Nagal, LLC 19-Jun-2017

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  Colorado is a state that takes wildlife seriously. The state has many laws regarding conduct outlined in its official statutes. Specifically, the legislation in the Wildlife and Parks and Outdoor Recreation laws, Article 6 describe the general ...

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• Checkpoint Ahead - You better CHECK YOUR WILDLIFE because law enforcement is!

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  Posted By Charles Feldmann & Patrick F. Welsh 22-Oct-2015

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  Is that a DUI sobriety check ahead? Nope that is a Wildlife Checkpoint! Colorado Parks and Wildlife, is conducting one of the largest wildlife check stations in the state’s history. The CPW has set up a checkpoint near Idaho Springs and with ...

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• The Legalities of "Walkie Talkie" Use While Hunting

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  Posted By Feldmann Nagel, LLC 13-Jan-2015

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  By Julia M. Stancil, Esq. Several clients have asked about the legality of "walkie talkie" use or use of other electronic devices while hunting. For example, an elk hunter asked me if he would be violating Colorado's wildlife laws if he ...

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• Wildlife Laws Different, But Same Across States

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  Posted By Feldmann Nagel, LLC 1-Dec-2014

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  As the holidays come and go, many outdoorsmen will travel with their families and friends to hunt in neighboring states. This presents the hunter with a whole new world of opportunity and risk. For instance, a Kansas hunter who is used to setting out ...

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• Elk Violation

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  Posted By Feldmann Nagel, LLC 3-Nov-2014

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  November 1 st marks the beginning of the third rifle elk season in Colorado. With only four seasons total, the opportunities to harvest a cow or bull are winding down. The third season will run through the 9 th of November with the fourth season ...

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• Invasive Species' Effect on Local Trout

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  Posted By Feldmann Nagel, LLC 17-Sep-2014

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  Invasive species are nothing new to hunters. The public has often turned to sportsmen when certain animals move in where they are not supposed to be. Missouri's response to the increasing wild boar populations has been a policy of "Shoot on ...

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• Teal Opener

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  Posted By Feldmann Nagel, LLC 15-Sep-2014

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  Waterfowl season has officially opened in many states with early Canada goose and teal seasons in full swing. An opportunity to catch those early migrating blue wings and resident geese, September waterfowl seasons are a great way to knock the rust ...

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• Colorado's Hunter Education Faces Changes

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  Posted By Feldmann Nagel, LLC 31-Jul-2013

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  Changes may be coming to hunter education. Do you support the current two-day classroom sessions or a change like the "mentor" program? Let us know what you think. Colorado's hunter education could be too much of a good thing ...

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• Mentoring

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  Posted By Crooked Arrow 9-Mar-2013

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  By Crooked Arrow My grandson, John, who just turned 12 at the beginning of the year and just old enough to start hunting big game, took a week off school to hunt javelina with me here in Arizona. It was quite a trip for him as it was his first time ...

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• Dangerous Gun Bill

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  Posted By Chad M. Biggerstaff 27-Feb-2013

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  For all of us outdoors men who possess firearms this is a MUST READ! Have any of you ever borrowed a gun or loaned one to someone to use? If the recent Bill proposed in Congress is passed you and the other person may both end up in jail! I am not ...

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• Colorado Sportsmen to have their say with the new CPW

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  Posted By Jeffery L. Weeden, Esq. 20-Feb-2013

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  Here's the link to the article by Scott Willoughby in The Denver Post: Colorado sportsmen get opportunity to have their say - The Denver Post ...

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• OHV Fines Increased

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  Posted By Feldmann & Nagel LLC 18-Feb-2013

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  On a recent elk hunt I was sitting in my stand, late opening morning, enjoying the peace, quiet and unusually warm weather, for a November at over nine thousand five hundred feet, when suddenly my serene moment was destroyed as an off highway ...

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• Late Youth Elk Hunt Changes

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  Posted By Chad M. Biggerstaff 13-Feb-2013

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  For those of you who have been taking advantage of the extra seasons for youth hunters, make sure to look at the changes in this years big game brochure. "Colorado Parks and Wildlife's late youth elk seasons have been successful at getting ...

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• Permits for private-property elk, mule deer hunts in Meeker, CO available

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  Posted By Jeffery L. Weeden 10-Oct-2012

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  From the Steamboat Pilot and Today: Steamboat Springs — The Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife and the Miller Creek Ranch in Meeker are offering big-game hunters an opportunity to apply for a limited number of private-property elk and mule ...

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• Colorado House Bill 1330: New Hunter Appeals Process

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  Posted By Wildlife Lawyer 9-May-2012

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  On April 25, the Colorado House of Representatives passed House Bill 1330. Championed by State Representative Jon Becker, House Bill 1330 would create an appeals process for Colorado hunters and anglers with suspended hunting or fishing licenses. ...

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• Ted Nugent "Blindsided" by Game Law

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  Posted By Wildlife Lawyer 25-Apr-2012

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  Famed rock musician, conservationist, and political activist Ted Nugent pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal wildlife violation after he failed to recover a wounded black bear three years ago on an archery hunt in Alaska. Mr. Nugent agreed to pay ...

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