Mishak Lakes STL: hunting rules and access

Mishak Lakes STL is 2,567 acres of State Trust Land in Saguache County, Colorado, in game management units 82 and 682. CPW lists deer, elk and small game for it, and its rules for the property run to 1 line: 0 on its page for the property and 1 in its regulations.

State Trust Land is closed to the public unless CPW leases it, and this parcel is open only on the terms printed below. How the kinds of public land differ.

What CPW lists for hunting here

Deer, Elk, 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

Everyone age 16 years or older MUST have a valid hunting or fishing license to access a state trust land.

Restrictions on CPW's page for this property

None printed on the property's page.

In CPW's regulations

• a. Open for public access from August 15 through the end of February.

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 Mishak Lakes STL 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.

Units 82 and 682, around Mishak Lakes STL

• Elk in unit 82, 2024: 2,297 hunters in all seasons took 521 elk, 23% success (2023: 22% from 2,588 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 1,706 hunters, 27%. Unit 82 elk by season
• Deer in unit 82, 2024: 419 hunters in all seasons took 210 deer, 50% success (2023: 44% from 399 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 326 hunters, 59%. Unit 82 deer by season
• Unit 82: 1,088 square miles in Alamosa and Saguache Counties, 18.9% national forest and 9.7% BLM land, from 7,500 to 12,800 feet.
• Elk in unit 682, 2024: 86 hunters in all seasons took 54 elk, 63% success (2023: 63% from 75 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 86 hunters, 63%. Unit 682 elk by season
• Deer in unit 682, 2024: 19 hunters in all seasons took 6 deer, 32% success (2023: 77% from 13 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 19 hunters, 32%. Unit 682 deer by season
• Unit 682: 255 square miles in Saguache County, 0% national forest and 2.9% 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 units 82 and 682

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 82 elk, unit 82 deer, unit 682 elk, unit 682 deer.

Nearest CPW properties to Mishak Lakes STL

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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