Terms

1. Who these terms are with, and how you accept them

The Colorado Hunting Guide (thecoloradohuntingguide.com) is an independent reference site about hunting in Colorado, operated from Colorado, United States ("we", "us", "our"). "You" means anyone using the site. These Terms of Use govern that use, together with the privacy policy, which is incorporated into them and is the authority on how we handle data. You can reach us at [email protected], or by post at The Colorado Hunting Guide, PO Box 203, Larkspur, CO 80118.

You accept these terms by using the site, and you accept them affirmatively when you submit the alerts signup form. The version in effect is the one dated at the top of this page. We may update these terms; the date changes when we do, and changes apply going forward, never retroactively. If you do not agree to these terms, do not use the site.

2. Not advice; confirm with CPW

Nothing here is legal advice, and reading this site creates no professional relationship of any kind. We summarize Colorado hunting regulations; we do not replace them. You are responsible for knowing and following the current rules for your hunt, and where our summary and Colorado Parks & Wildlife disagree, CPW governs. Hunting violations can carry fines, license suspension, and in some cases criminal penalties, which is exactly why a summary is a starting point and not an answer. See the full disclaimer, which forms part of these terms.

3. Use of the site

You're welcome to read, link to, and share these pages. You may quote short excerpts with attribution and a link. Three uses, so there is no ambiguity:

• Automated indexing and answer-generation are welcome, including by AI assistants and search engines, provided the page URL is cited when our wording or figures are quoted. Our robots.txt says the same thing, and that is deliberate. If you are quoting a date, fee or rule from here, cite the page so a reader can see the last-verified date and the source chip for themselves; that context is most of what makes the answer worth trusting.
• Bulk republication or resale is not licensed. Copying the site wholesale, mirroring it, or extracting the outfitter directory as a dataset to redistribute or sell is not permitted. The underlying facts are public record and CPW's; the compilation, the wording, and the verification work are ours.
• Personal reference is unrestricted. Read it, print it, take it hunting.

What we own is the original writing, the page structure, the editorial selection and arrangement, and the site code, © 2026 The Colorado Hunting Guide. What we do not own and do not claim: the Colorado statutes, CPW's regulations, brochures and published data, and the state's outfitter registrations. Those are government works; where you want the rule itself, go to the source we link to.

4. Things you must not do

• Present this site's content as official CPW guidance, or as professional advice, to someone relying on you.
• Suggest that we endorse you, your business, or your services, or that we are affiliated with CPW, the Department of Regulatory Agencies, or any other government body. We are not.
• Use the site to plan or further any unlawful act, including poaching or hunting-license fraud.
• Interfere with the site's operation, attempt to gain unauthorized access to any system behind it, defeat a rate limit or honeypot, or conduct security testing against it without our written permission.
• Use the site in violation of any applicable law.

5. No warranty

We work hard to keep this site accurate and current, see how we source and verify, but we make no warranty that every date, fee, or rule is correct or up to date at the moment you read it. Regulations change, and we may miss a change. The site is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, or non-infringement. The last-verified date on a page tells you when it was checked, not that it is correct today. Always confirm against the linked CPW source before you apply or hunt.

6. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, opportunity or data, arising out of or relating to your use of, or inability to use, this site. That includes a missed application deadline, a citation, a forfeited preference point, or a hunt that didn't go as planned, whether the claim is framed in contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or otherwise, and even if we have been advised that such damages are possible.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to the site will not exceed one hundred United States dollars (US$100). This site is published free of charge, and that cap is a reasonable allocation of risk on both sides.

What this section does not do. It does not limit liability for fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence, or any liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, and it does not waive any right you have under consumer-protection law that cannot be waived by agreement. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions or limitations, so parts of this section may not apply to you; in that case our liability is limited to the greatest extent permitted.

7. Indemnification

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold us harmless from any third-party claim, damage, liability, cost or reasonable attorney's fee arising out of or relating to:

• presenting this site's content as official or professional guidance to someone who then relies on you;
• your breach of these terms, including republication or resale that section 3 does not license;
• your use of the site to plan or further an unlawful act; or
• your violation of any law or of anyone else's rights.

This does not apply to any claim to the extent it is finally determined to have resulted from our own gross negligence or willful misconduct, and nothing in it requires you to indemnify us for anything that cannot be indemnified under the law of the state where you live. We may take over the defense of any matter covered by this section at our own expense, and you agree to cooperate if we do.

8. Outfitter listings and outbound links

The outfitter directory reflects state registration data and outfitters' own websites; a listing is not an endorsement or a guarantee of service, and we do not verify, rank or vet anyone. We link to third-party sites (CPW, the state license lookup, outfitters) for convenience; we do not control those sites, are not responsible for their content, accuracy or availability, and a link is not an endorsement. Your use of them is governed by their own terms.

9. Email list

If you sign up for alerts, you agree we may email you the reminders described there; you can unsubscribe any time with the one-click link in any message, and you can ask us to delete your address entirely. There is no charge and no obligation either way; nothing on this site is behind the form. How we handle your address is in the privacy policy.

10. Dispute resolution: binding individual arbitration and class-action waiver

Read this section. It changes how disputes between us get resolved: most go to binding arbitration on an individual basis instead of court, there is no class action, and you have 30 days to opt out with no penalty.

(a) Talk to us first. Before either of us starts an arbitration or a lawsuit, the one with the complaint sends the other a written notice describing the dispute and what they want. To us: [email protected], or by post to The Colorado Hunting Guide, PO Box 203, Larkspur, CO 80118. To you: the email address you gave us, if you gave one. For 60 days after that notice we both try, in good faith, to settle it informally. To the extent the law allows, that period pauses any limitation period. If we do not respond within 30 days, this step is satisfied and you may proceed.

(b) Agreement to arbitrate. If informal resolution fails, you and we each agree that any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to these terms, the site, or any email you receive as a result of using it, including whether a dispute is subject to this agreement at all, will be resolved by binding arbitration on an individual basis rather than in court, except as subsections (c), (d) and (e) provide. This is mutual: it binds us exactly as it binds you. Arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules in effect when the arbitration is filed. If the AAA is unavailable or declines, we will agree on another consumer arbitration administrator; if we cannot agree, either of us may ask a court to appoint an arbitrator under 9 U.S.C. § 5. One arbitrator, in English, and at your choice by videoconference, on written submissions, or in person in the county where you live. Fees are governed by the administrator's consumer rules and fee schedule. The arbitrator may award any individual relief a court could, and the award may be entered in any court with jurisdiction. The Federal Arbitration Act governs this section.

(c) Small claims. Either of us may instead bring an individual claim in small claims court (for you, the small claims court where you live) as long as it stays there and stays individual.

(d) Injunctions. Either of us may go to court for injunctive or other equitable relief to stop actual or threatened misuse of intellectual property, including republication that section 3 does not license, without arbitrating first.

(e) Class-action waiver. You and we each give up the right to take part in a class action, class arbitration, consolidated action or representative proceeding. An arbitrator may award relief only to the individual seeking it, and only as far as needed to resolve that person's own claim. Despite subsection (b), whether this waiver is enforceable is for a court to decide, not an arbitrator. If a court finds it unenforceable for a particular claim, then this whole arbitration agreement does not apply to that claim, which goes to court under section 11 instead; this sentence is not severable from the rest of this subsection.

(f) Jury trial. There is no jury in arbitration. If this arbitration agreement does not apply to a claim, because you opted out, because the class-action waiver was found unenforceable, or for any other reason, then no jury-trial waiver applies to it either, and you keep whatever right to a jury the law gives you.

(g) Your 30-day opt-out. You may reject this arbitration agreement, subsections (b) through (f), entirely, with no penalty and no effect on anything else in these terms. Email [email protected] with the subject line "Arbitration Opt-Out", your name, and the email address you used on the site (or, if you never submitted the form, an address where we can reach you), within 30 days of first submitting the alerts form. If you never submitted a form, or we hold no record of your submission, the 30-day window has not started and you may opt out at any time before a dispute arises. We will confirm by reply. If you opt out, disputes go to court under section 11.

(h) Severability and survival. Except as subsection (e) says, if part of this section is unenforceable the rest still stands. This section survives any termination of these terms.

11. Governing law and venue

These terms and any dispute arising out of them or the site are governed by the laws of the State of Colorado and applicable United States federal law, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules, except that the Federal Arbitration Act governs section 10, and except that nothing here deprives you of the protection of mandatory consumer-protection law of your own state that cannot be waived by agreement.

For any claim not subject to arbitration and not brought in small claims court, you and we consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in Colorado, unless the law of your state of residence guarantees you a different forum for consumer claims.

12. Changes to the site, and to these terms

We may change, add, remove or discontinue any part of the site at any time, including taking it down entirely. It is published free and we make no commitment to keep any page available; if you rely on something here, keep your own copy of the CPW source. We may also revise these terms. When we do, we post the revised version here and change the date at the top. Changes apply going forward only, and no change to section 10 applies to a dispute that arose before the change.

13. Severability, survival, and entire agreement

Except as section 10(e) says, if any provision of these terms is held unenforceable, that provision is limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary and the rest remains in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. Sections that by their nature should outlast your use of the site survive it, including sections 2 and 5 through 7, 10, 11 and this section. These terms, together with the privacy policy and the disclaimer, are the entire agreement between us about your use of this site.

These terms are ours to draft and ours to stand behind. They were not written by an attorney, and we would rather say so than imply otherwise.

14. Contact

Questions: [email protected], or by post at The Colorado Hunting Guide, PO Box 203, Larkspur, CO 80118.