Mount Shavano SWA: hunting rules and access

Mount Shavano SWA is 84 acres of State Wildlife Area in Chaffee County, Colorado, in game management units 56 and 57. CPW lists no hunting for it, and its rules for the property run to 12 lines: 6 on its page for the property and 6 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 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. Closed S of CR 154 and W of Hwy. 291.
• B. Discharging firearms or bows prohibited except when hunting from W end of Mount Shavano SFU, upstream to marked property boundary. Hunting with centerfire rifles prohibited.
• C. Discharging firearms or bows prohibited except when hunting from E end of Mount Shavano SFU, downstream to Hwy. 291 bridge. Hunting allowed with hand-held bows only.
• D. Hunting prohibited between Hwy. 291 and the Arkansas River, from the Hwy. 291 bridge downstream to CR 175.
• E. Bicycles allowed.
• F. Dogs must be under control and on leash at all times.

In CPW's regulations

• a. Public access is prohibited south of Chaffee Co. Rd. 154 and west of Colorado State Highway 291.
• b. From the west end of the Mount Shavano SFU, upstream to the marked property boundary, discharge of firearms or bows is prohibited, except while hunting. Hunting with centerfire rifles is prohibited.
• c. From the east end of the Mount Shavano SFU, downstream to the Colo. Hwy 291 Bridge, discharge of firearms or bows is prohibited except while hunting. Hunting is allowed with hand-held bows only.
• d. Hunting is prohibited from the Colorado State Highway 291 Bridge downstream to Chaffee County Road 175.
• e. Bicycles are allowed.
• f. Dogs are allowed but must be kept under control on a physical leash by the handler at all times.

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 Mount Shavano 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.

Units 56 and 57, around Mount Shavano SWA

• Elk in unit 56, 2024: 421 hunters in all seasons took 99 elk, 24% success (2023: 21% from 423 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 279 hunters, 27%. Unit 56 elk by season
• Deer in unit 56, 2024: 344 hunters in all seasons took 111 deer, 32% success (2023: 37% from 298 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 274 hunters, 33%. Unit 56 deer by season
• Unit 56: 238 square miles in Chaffee County, 59.5% national forest and 5.8% BLM land, from 7,100 to 13,400 feet.
• Elk in unit 57, 2024: 483 hunters in all seasons took 163 elk, 34% success (2023: 31% from 584 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 370 hunters, 36%. Unit 57 elk by season
• Deer in unit 57, 2024: 303 hunters in all seasons took 148 deer, 49% success (2023: 45% from 263 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 251 hunters, 59%. Unit 57 deer by season
• Unit 57: 273 square miles in Chaffee, Park and Fremont Counties, 53.4% national forest and 16.6% BLM land, from 7,100 to 10,400 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 units 56 and 57

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 56 elk, unit 56 deer, unit 57 elk, unit 57 deer.

Nearest CPW properties to Mount Shavano 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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