Cochetopa SWA: hunting rules and access

Cochetopa SWA is 6,712 acres of State Wildlife Area in Saguache County, Colorado, in game management unit 67. CPW lists deer, elk, pronghorn, rabbit and waterfowl for it, and its rules for the property run to 8 lines: 4 on its page for the property and 4 in its regulations.

A State Wildlife Area has its own rules on top of the statewide season rules. How the kinds of public land differ.

What CPW lists for hunting here

Deer, Elk, Pronghorn, Rabbit, Waterfowl.

Fishing, as CPW lists it: Fishing Opportunities, Coldwater Stream.

A species on this list is one CPW names for the property. It still needs an open season, the right license for the unit, and nothing in the restrictions below against it on your dates.

Who may enter

A valid hunting or fishing license OR SWA pass is required for everyone 16 or older accessing this state wildlife area.

Restrictions on CPW's page for this property

• A. Open for public access 1 hour before sunrise to 1 hour after sunset, with exception for hunters retrieving downed game.
• B. Access by foot only, and only from designated parking areas.
• C. Big game hunting is prohibited north of the posted east/west center line of Section 27, Range 2 East, Township 46 North.
• D. Dogs prohibited.

In CPW's regulations

• a. Public access is allowed by foot only from designated parking areas.
• b. Public access is prohibited from one (1) hour after sunset until one (1) hour before sunrise, except when a hunter is retrieving downed game.
• c. Big game hunting is prohibited north of the posted east/west center line of Section 27, Range 2 East, Township 46 North.
• d. Dogs are prohibited.

From CPW regulations, chapter W-9 (Wildlife Properties), 2 CCR 406-9, dated July 16, 2026.

Read it at the source before you go

The rules above are CPW's words, copied from CPW's page for Cochetopa SWA as it read on October 8, 2026 and from the regulations for CPW properties. CPW can change them or close the property at any time, signs on the ground count, and a rule that names a season moves with that season each year.

Unit 67, around Cochetopa SWA

• Elk in unit 67, 2024: 1,061 hunters in all seasons took 345 elk, 33% success (2023: 25% from 1,032 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 883 hunters, 35%. Unit 67 elk by season
• Deer in unit 67, 2024: 517 hunters in all seasons took 349 deer, 68% success (2023: 67% from 557 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 374 hunters, 80%. Unit 67 deer by season
• Unit 67: 674 square miles in Gunnison, Hinsdale and Saguache Counties, 39.4% national forest and 40.8% BLM land, from 7,700 to 12,700 feet.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife survey estimates for the whole unit, private land included. They are not figures for this property, and whether elk or deer may be hunted here is in CPW's list above.

2026 elk and deer rifle hunt codes for unit 67

A code valid in the unit is not permission to hunt this property: the property's own list and restrictions decide that. Legal light is half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset at the coordinates above, on the Colorado clock; the state's printed table is the rule. Archery, muzzleloader, late and private-land codes are on the unit pages: unit 67 elk, unit 67 deer.

Nearest CPW properties to Cochetopa SWA

Straight-line miles between the middles of the boundaries CPW maps, not road miles. A property can be much nearer at its edge.

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