Whitehorse SWA: hunting rules and access

Whitehorse SWA is 400 acres of State Wildlife Area in Adams County, Colorado, in game management unit 104. CPW lists waterfowl for it, and its rules for the property run to 8 lines: 3 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.

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 only for youth/mentors who have received certification to use the property as participants in the youth hunting program; access limited to dates specified by the program.
• B. Parking and access allowed from designated parking areas only.
• C. Reservations are available to authorized participants for waterfowl hunting. See "Reservations: Hunting" (page 1) for details. Hunters can hunt only the area reserved, except in areas where reservations are unreserved and unoccupied. Mandatory check in and check out at check station as posted and reservation holder mUst be present while hunting.

In CPW's regulations

• a. Public access is limited to youth and mentors who have received certification to use the property as participants in the youth hunting program.
• b. Public access is limited to dates specified by the program.
• c. Parking and access is allowed from designated parking areas only.
• d. Reservations are available to authorized participants for waterfowl hunting. Reservations must be made in accordance with #901.A of these regulations. Hunters with reservations may only hunt the area specified on the reservation, except when hunting areas which are unreserved and unoccupied.
• e. Waterfowl hunters must check-in and check-out at the designated check station and the reservation holder must be present while hunting.

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 Whitehorse 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 104, around Whitehorse SWA

• Elk in unit 104, 2024: 432 hunters in all seasons took 230 elk, 53% success (2023: 53% from 416 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 393 hunters, 55%. Unit 104 elk by season
• Deer in unit 104, 2024: 1,015 hunters in all seasons took 512 deer, 50% success (2023: 41% from 1,078 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 629 hunters, 54%. Unit 104 deer by season
• Unit 104: 1,453 square miles in Denver, Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas and Elbert Counties, 0% national forest and 0% BLM land, from 5,000 to 7,300 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 104

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 104 elk, unit 104 deer.

Nearest CPW properties to Whitehorse 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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