Narraguinnep Resevoir SWA: hunting rules and access

Narraguinnep Resevoir SWA is 764 acres of State Wildlife Area in Montezuma County, Colorado, in game management unit 711. CPW lists waterfowl 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

Waterfowl.

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

There are currently no requirements to access this area.

Restrictions on CPW's page for this property

• A. Open for public access 1 hour before sunrise to 1 hour after sunset; no time restrictions for fishing.
• B. Launching and use of vessels may be allowed as posted. Contact the Durango CPW office for current information.
• C. Glass containers prohibited.
• 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 one (1) hour after sunset to one (1) hour before sunrise, except while fishing.
• b. Launching and use of vessels may be allowed as posted. Contact the Durango CPW office for current information.
• c. Glass containers are prohibited.
• 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 Narraguinnep Reservoir 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 Narraguinnep Resevoir 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 711, around Narraguinnep Resevoir SWA

• Elk in unit 711, 2024: 1,764 hunters in all seasons took 366 elk, 21% success (2023: 14% from 1,773 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 1,488 hunters, 20%. Unit 711 elk by season
• Deer in unit 711, 2024: 652 hunters in all seasons took 331 deer, 51% success (2023: 59% from 688 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 576 hunters, 55%. Unit 711 deer by season
• Unit 711: 820 square miles in Dolores, Montezuma and San Miguel Counties, 34.1% national forest and 22% BLM land, from 5,700 to 9,000 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 711

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 711 elk, unit 711 deer.

Nearest CPW properties to Narraguinnep Resevoir 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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