Home Lake SWA: hunting rules and access

Home Lake SWA is 64 acres of State Wildlife Area in Rio Grande County, Colorado, in game management unit 791. CPW lists no hunting for it, and its rules for the property run to 10 lines: 5 on its page for the property and 5 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.

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 sunrise to sunset; no time restrictions for fishing.
• B. Hunting and the discharge of firearms or bows prohibited.
• C. Vessel use prohibited, except for launching and use of vessels propelled by hand, wind, electric motor, or motorboats up to 10 horsepower.
• D. Dogs must be under control and on leash by handler, except service animals or when actively hunting, training for hunting or during licensed field trials.
• E. Valid hunting or fishing or Colorado State Wildlife Area Pass NOT required to access this property.

In CPW's regulations

• a. Public access is prohibited from sunset to sunrise, except for fishing.
• b. Hunting and the discharge of firearms or bows is prohibited.
• c. Vessel use is prohibited, except for launching and use of vessels that are propelled by hand, wind, electric motor, or motorboats up to 10 horsepower.
• d. 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).
• e. Public access to Home Lake State Wildlife Area is exempt from requirements set forth in section #900(C)1 of these regulations.

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 Home Lake 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 791, around Home Lake SWA

• Elk in unit 791, 2024: 163 hunters in all seasons took 57 elk, 35% success (2023: 46% from 96 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 148 hunters, 38%. Unit 791 elk by season
• Deer in unit 791, 2024: 19 hunters in all seasons took 15 deer, 79% success (2023: 75% from 20 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 19 hunters, 79%. Unit 791 deer by season
• Unit 791: 409 square miles in Alamosa, Mineral, Rio Grande and Saguache Counties, 0% national forest and 0.1% BLM land, from 7,500 to 7,800 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 791

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 791 elk, unit 791 deer.

Nearest CPW properties to Home Lake 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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