Douglas Reservoir SWA: hunting rules and access

Douglas Reservoir SWA is 765 acres of State Wildlife Area in Larimer County, Colorado, in game management unit 9. CPW lists no hunting for it, and its rules for the property run to 12 lines: 5 on its page for the property and 7 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

CPW's page for this property lists no hunting opportunities.

Fishing, as CPW lists it: Fishing Opportunities, Coldwater Lake, Warm Water.

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. Access prohibited 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise, except while fishing.
• B. Hunting, discharging firearms or bows, sailboards, sailboats, ice skating, OHV and snowmobiles prohibited.
• C. Operating a vessel in a manner that creates a whitewater wake is prohibited.
• D. Any vessel or single-compartment air- or gas-filled flotation device and all water contact prohibited, unless actively fishing.
• E. Dogs must be under control and on leash by handler, except service animals or when actively hunting or training for hunting.

In CPW's regulations

• a. Public access is prohibited from one (1) hour after sunset until one (1) hour before sunrise, except while fishing.
• b. Hunting and the discharge of firearms or bows is prohibited.
• c. The use of any vessel or single compartment air or gas filled flotation device and all water contact is prohibited, unless actively fishing.
• d. Operating a vessel in a manner that creates a whitewater wake is prohibited.
• e. Sailboards, sailboats and ice skating is prohibited.
• f. OHV and snowmobile use is prohibited.
• g. Dogs are allowed but must be kept under control on a physical leash by the handler at all times, except as authorized in #900(C)(15).

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 Douglas Reservoir 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 9, around Douglas Reservoir SWA

• Elk in unit 9, 2024: 197 hunters in all seasons took 77 elk, 39% success (2023: 31% from 185 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 170 hunters, 41%. Unit 9 elk by season
• Deer in unit 9, 2024: 270 hunters in all seasons took 171 deer, 63% success (2023: 42% from 239 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 202 hunters, 75%. Unit 9 deer by season
• Unit 9: 386 square miles in Larimer and Weld Counties, 0% national forest and 0% BLM land, from 5,000 to 7,400 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 9

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 9 elk, unit 9 deer.

Nearest CPW properties to Douglas Reservoir 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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