Sawhill Ponds: hunting rules and access

Sawhill Ponds is 208 acres of State Wildlife Area in Boulder County, Colorado, in game management unit 29. CPW lists no hunting for it, and its rules for the property run to 13 lines: 6 on its page for the property and 7 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, Warm Water.

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 5 a.m.-midnight.
• B. Other activities may be prohibited as posted to implement the management agreement between CPW and the City of Boulder.
• C. Vessel use and hunting prohibited.
• D. Horseback riding only on established maintenance roads.
• E. Dogs must be under control and on leash at all times.
• F. 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 between midnight and 5:00 a.m.
• b. Other activities may be prohibited as posted, to implement the management agreement between Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the City of Boulder.
• c. Vessel use is prohibited.
• d. Hunting is prohibited.
• e. Horseback riding is allowed on established maintenance roads.
• f. Dogs are allowed but must be kept under control on a physical leash by the handler at all times.
• g. Public access to Sawhill Ponds 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 Sawhill Ponds 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 29, around Sawhill Ponds

• Elk in unit 29, 2024: 249 hunters in all seasons took 70 elk, 28% success (2023: 28% from 261 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 173 hunters, 24%. Unit 29 elk by season
• Deer in unit 29, 2024: 829 hunters in all seasons took 191 deer, 23% success (2023: 27% from 918 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 647 hunters, 23%. Unit 29 deer by season
• Unit 29: 441 square miles in Boulder, Jefferson and Gilpin Counties, 20.6% national forest and 0.3% BLM land, from 5,000 to 12,200 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 29

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 29 elk, unit 29 deer.

Nearest CPW properties to Sawhill Ponds

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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