Georgetown SWA: hunting rules and access

Georgetown SWA is 670 acres of State Wildlife Area in Clear Creek County, Colorado, in game management unit 39. CPW lists bighorn, deer and small game for it, and its rules for the property run to 9 lines: 5 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

Bighorn, Deer, Small game.

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

• NOTE: Hunting bighorn sheep prohibited within 0.25 miles of I-70 throughout SWA.
• A. Public access is prohibited from December 1 through June 14, except on the Union Pass Trail.
• B. Day use only, no overnight parking.
• C. Dogs are prohibited except on the Union Pass Trail. All dogs on the Union Pass Trail must be kept under control on a physical leash by the handler at all times.
• D. Discharge of firearms or bows is prohibited, except while hunting

In CPW's regulations

• a. Public access is prohibited from December 1 through June 14, except on the Union Pass Trail.
• b. Day use only, no overnight parking.
• c. Dogs are prohibited except on the Union Pass Trail. All dogs on the Union Pass Trail must be kept under control on a physical leash by the handler at all times.
• d. Discharge of firearms or bows is prohibited, except while hunting.

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 Georgetown 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 39, around Georgetown SWA

• Elk in unit 39, 2024: 459 hunters in all seasons took 143 elk, 31% success (2023: 28% from 425 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 292 hunters, 27%. Unit 39 elk by season
• Deer in unit 39, 2024: 528 hunters in all seasons took 147 deer, 28% success (2023: 26% from 636 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 328 hunters, 34%. Unit 39 deer by season
• Unit 39: 369 square miles in Jefferson, Clear Creek and Park Counties, 60.1% national forest and 0% BLM land, from 7,400 to 13,100 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 39

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 39 elk, unit 39 deer.

Nearest CPW properties to Georgetown 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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