Yarmony Ranch SWA: hunting rules and access

Yarmony Ranch SWA is 3,719 acres of State Wildlife Area in Jackson County, Colorado, in game management unit 171. CPW lists big game for it, and its rules for the property run to 22 lines: 9 on its page for the property and 13 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

Big game.

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. Public access is prohibited, except while hunting or fishing.
• B. Hunting allowed for elk, moose and pronghorn with limited public access permit only.
• C. Limited access permits for big-game hunting may be obtained by contacting CPW Steamboat Springs Service Center at 970-870-3333. Permits are available for elk, pronghorn and moose hunting only. Hunters may only access property during the dates specified on their limited access permit. To obtain a limited access permit, hunters must already have a big game license for one of the specific hunt codes permitted on property. Limited access permits valid starting the first day of the season on the license. Hunters can only access the property during the dates specified on their permit and may have up to 2 nonhunting companions. Access by hunters with a limited access permit prohibited from 2 hours before sunrise and 1 hour after sunset, except that when an animal has been harvested, the successful hunter and their nonhunting companion(s) are allowed to remain as long as necessary to remove it.
• D. Fishing prohibited during big-game hunting seasons.
• E. Parking and access allowed from designated parking areas only; walk-in or horseback access only.
• F. Open for hunting or fishing only.
• G. Discharge of firearms or bows prohibited in designated safety zones, or as posted.
• H. Discharge of firearms or bows prohibited, excet while hunting.
• I. Building blinds prohibited.

In CPW's regulations

• a. Public access is prohibited, except while hunting or fishing.
• b. Hunting is allowed for elk, moose and pronghorn with a limited public access permit only.
• c. Limited public access permits may be obtained by contacting the CPW Steamboat Springs Service Center at 970-870-3333.
• d. To obtain a limited public access permit, hunters must already possess a big game license for one of the specific hunt codes permitted on the property.
• e. Limited access permits will be valid starting the 1st day of the season of the license.
• f. Hunters may only access the property during the dates specified on their limited public access permit and may be accompanied by up to two (2) people who are not hunting.
• g. Public access by hunters with a limited public access permit is prohibited prior to two (2) hours before sunrise and after one (1) hour following sunset, except that when an animal has been harvested, the successful hunter and their non-hunter companion shall be allowed to remain as long as necessary to remove it.
• h. Fishing is prohibited during established big game hunting seasons.
• i. Parking and public access is allowed from designated parking areas only.
• j. Public access is allowed by foot and horseback only.
• k. Discharge of firearms or bows is prohibited in the designated safety zones, or as posted.
• l. Discharge of firearms or bows is prohibited, except while hunting.
• m. Building blinds is prohibited.

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 Yarmony Ranch 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 171, around Yarmony Ranch SWA

• Elk in unit 171, 2024: 1,818 hunters in all seasons took 152 elk, 8% success (2023: 3% from 1,895 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 1,204 hunters, 10%. Unit 171 elk by season
• Deer in unit 171, 2024: 134 hunters in all seasons took 11 deer, 8% success (2023: 15% from 124 hunters). The rifle seasons alone: 103 hunters, 8%. Unit 171 deer by season
• Unit 171: 256 square miles in Jackson County, 37.5% national forest and 13.7% BLM land, from 8,100 to 11,800 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 unit 171

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 171 elk, unit 171 deer.

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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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