Colorado Wilderness Areas

The landmass of the Centennial State is 40% public lands or more, and of those public lands many have been federally designated Wilderness Areas. This means that they are the most pristine, cream of the crop, public lands we as citizens have access to in the United States. Colorado Wilderness areas make excellent hunting and fishing destinations, which is why I’ve made it my quest to visit all of them. In the below chart I’ve detailed the Colorado wilderness areas, which Game Management Units (GMUs) they cover, a potential base camp city, and whether or not you can get over the counter elk tags.

Please verify when you are looking to buy your over the counter tags that they are valid in the units listed. They don’t often, but sometimes do change. The early archery OTC and rifle OTC tags have slightly different units available to them.