CHAPTER 3 - FURBEARERS, GAME REPTILES and SMALL GAME EXCEPT MIGRATORY BIRDS 
ARTICLE I  -  GENERAL PROVISIONS
#302 -  Manner of Take:
The following are legal methods of take for game species listed in this chapter. Any method of take not listed herein shall be prohibited, except as otherwise provided by Statute or Commission regulation or by 35-40-100.2-115, C.R.S.
B.  Game Mammals
1.  Any rifle or handgun.
2.  Any shotgun not larger than 10 gauge, incapable of holding more than three (3) shells in magazine and chamber combined.
3.  Handheld bows and crossbows.
4.  Pellet guns and slingshots.
5.  Hawking
6.  Except as prohibited by federal, state, and local statutes or regulations, toxicants or handheld devices designed to deliver into burrows and then ignite a mixture of propane and oxygen, or similar combination of explosive gases, may be used by a person, or a person’s agent, to take Richardson's ground squirrel, rock squirrel, thirteen-lined ground squirrel, pocket gopher, marmots, black-tailed, white-tailed, and Gunnison prairie dogs where necessary to control damage on land owned by them.
7.  Live traps, limited to cage or box traps, for tree squirrels and cottontail rabbits, for relocation or to control damage in accordance with #305.
#303 -  License requirements
Except as provided in 33-6-107(9) C.R.S., the following license requirements shall apply:
A.  A small game license is required to take those species defined in #300(A) as small game, except wild turkey.
B.  A furbearer license is required to take those species defined in #300(B) as furbearers, except as provided in #303 (C).
C.  A small game or a furbearer license is required to take bobcat, coyote, red fox, raccoon, striped skunk. Coyotes may be taken without a license during any big game season provided that the hunter has an unfilled big game license for that season and unit. Manner of take must be the same as that of the big game license.
D.  A turkey license is required to take wild turkey.
E.  Snapping turtles may be taken with either a small game license or a fishing license.
F.  A relocation permit is required to relocate small game and furbearers, in accordance with special conditions listed in #302(A)(3).
G.  Each hunter must call 1-866-COLOHIP (1-866-265-6447) prior to their first hunting trip of the season to register their intent to hunt small game or furbearers. For the purposes of this Section G, “season”  means the period September 1 through March 15.
H.  Walk - In Access Any person 16 years of age or older hunting small game, furbearers or waterfowl on any lands enrolled in the Division of Wildlife Walk-In Access Program must purchase an access permit through the Total Licensing System from the Division of Wildlife or a license agent prior to hunting. The Walk-In Access permit fee is $20.00. Hunters must carry such permits on their person when hunting on these properties. Hunters under 16 years of age may hunt on lands enrolled in the Walk-In Access Program without obtaining or possessing an access permit.
1.  Public access is prohibited from 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise.
2.	Species of take will be restricted by area or season:
a.	East of I-25, properties will be open to the take of all small game, furbearers and waterfowl.
b.	In the Pacific Flyway, properties will be open to the take of waterfowl only.
c.	Statewide, for properties described as spring turkey properties, take is restricted to turkeys only.
3.	Public access is permitted:
a.	East of I-25, from the opening day of pheasant season through February 28, annually.
b.	In the Pacific Flyway, from the opening day of the second regular goose season through the last day of the second regular goose season, annually.
c.	For all spring turkey properties, from the opening day of spring turkey season through the last day of spring turkey season, annually.
4.	Access shall be by foot only. Entry by horseback, motorized vehicle, or other means is prohibited.
5.	Access is permitted for hunting only; all other activities are prohibited.  Individuals may accompany hunters without obtaining or possessing a Walk-In Access permit provided they do not hunt. 
6.	Walk-in Access permits are not transferable to any other person, nor do they confer hunting privileges to any person other than the purchaser of the stamp.

#309 -  Wyoming (Richardson's) ground squirrel, black-tailed, white-tailed, and Gunnison prairie dogs, European Starling, and English or house sparrow
A.  Season Dates and Units
1.	Wyoming ground squirrel, European starling, and English or house sparrow: 
a.  Statewide: January 1 through December 31.
2.	Black-tailed, white-tailed and Gunnison prairie dogs:
a.	Public Land:  June 15 through February 28
b.	Private Land:  January 1 through December 31.