Suggested Gear
Colorado weather changes often, layering is highly recommended. Give the weather ten minutes and it will change. It can go from a blizzard in September to 80 degrees. Please be prepared, it is better to have too much than not enough.
Archery Gear List
**WE REQUIRE THAT YOU WEAR A HUNTER SAFETY SYSTEM. PLEASE PURCHASE ONE AND BRING IT WITH YOU**
- Hunter safety card (if born after 1949)
- Proper hunting license and habitat stamp
- Bow/arrow/release/broadheads
- Extra bow components
- Light weight jacket
- Moisture wicking socks
- Long sleeve shirts/camo
- Wool sweater/fleece vest
- Light weight hunting pants
- Long underwear/non-cotton
- T-shirts
- Binoculars
- Range finder
- Warm gloves/hat
- Face mask or paint
- Boots (2 pair, waterproof, broken-in)
- Sunglasses
- Sunscreen, scent free
- Rain gear, jacket & pants (preferably not nylon)
- hunting license, ID, pen
- flashlight/headlamp with extra batteries
- scent shield/cover scent
Rifle/Muzzleloader Gear List
- Muzzleloader/ammo (Colorado law NO sabbots or pelletized powder. Only open sites – NO scopes. Minumum for elk 50 caliber)
- Rifle and gun-case with sling (Minumum 24 caliber/6mm .30 caliber recommended)
- Scope caps are highly recommended due to the elements
- Ammunition: Minumum 85 grain for Elk with impact energy (100 yards) of 1,000 foot pounds as rated by manufacturer.
- Hunter safety card (if born after 1949)
- Hunter orange (500 square inches, Hat & vest/jacket, visible above the waist)
- Proper hunting license and habitat stamp
- Gun and gun-case with sling (Minumum 24 caliber/6mm .30 caliber recommended)
- Scope caps are highly recommended due to the elements
- Ammunition: Minumum 85 grain for Elk with impact energy (100 yards) of 1,000 foot pounds as rated by manufacturer.
- Warm jacket
- Moisture wicking socks
- Long sleeve shirts/camo
- Wool sweater/fleece vest
- Warm hunting pants
- Long underwear/non-cotton
- T-shirts
- Binoculars
- Range finder
- Warm gloves/hat
- Boots (2 pair, waterproof, broken-in)
- Sunglasses
- Sunscreen, scent free
- Rain gear, jacket & pants (preferably not nylon)
- hunting license, ID, pen
- flashlight/headlamp with extra batteries
- scent shield/cover scent
Additional/Optional Gear
Toiletries
- medications/personal items
- lounge clothing and house shoes
- Chap Stick
- Sunscreen
Optional Gear
- Camera/film/sd card
- Phone/camera chargers
- Gaiters
- small first aid kit
- lighter
- water bottle
- space blanket
- compass and whistle
- knife sharpening equipment
- Day Pack/fanny pack
- sharp hunting knives
- several large coolers for transport of game meat