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There are several important changes in the Colorado application process in 2018 that need your attention before you apply for 2018 licenses.
The CPW has gone to a single, integrated purchasing system. Hunters that were in the previous system must now look up their previous account and set up their profile in the new system. It is not automatically moved over and depends on you doing it yourself.
Every hunter, including youth, other members of families and members of hunting groups will need to have their own CPW account and each person must enter their own unique email, no exceptions. Your email becomes your account login along with a password you create.
All limited license applications are now paperless, including the trophy species that up until last year, could only be sent in by paper. You must apply at cpw.state.co.us
Good news – hunters for any species will not have to pay for the license(s) when they apply but they must still put in their payment information so that the card can be charged when they are successful in getting drawn.
But, if there is a problem with the payment, you must clear it up before the new payment deadline listed in the brochure that is due out on February 8. If you are not paying attention and do not pay by the payment deadline, you surrender your license and you lose both the license and the preference points. Hopefully, you will get an email alerting you to that fact. Make sure your email doesn’t have a typo and if for some reason the address changes you need to contact them.
The group application process has also changed. Now, the group leader must apply BEFORE the rest of the group submit their applications. With all these changes and the flood of activity the last week before the deadline, procrastination is not an option this year.
Last, OTC licenses will not go on sale until after the leftover licenses in early August.
For more information, see http://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/BuyApply/7-Key-Changes-Limited-Lic-Apps.pdf You can also call 800-244-5613 for help. There is also a video to walk you through the new process at http://cpw.state.co.us/cpwshop
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How about giving the Colorado Bowhunters Association a little credit in your alert?
ill me in, Steve. Did the CBA have a hand in the new application process or what’s the tie-in?
Thanks, Guys!. That is a very easy to understand summary when, quite often, the instructions on the Government web sites are a little convoluted or confusion.
Be prepared to spend a couple days with this process if you have recently renewed your drivers license and you are Colorado resident. You will need to email a copy of your drivers license, vehicle registration and 6 months consecutive pay stubs to prove that you are a resident. You are also unable to have a shared email, it must be unique to you.
Thanks for that clarification, Joe.
Do you still have to pay up front for cow tag if you are just getting points?
Another nail in the coffin for those of us that have been putting in $6000 per year for Sheep, Moose, and Mountain Goat. SMH
Heads up that the system has been known to assign new/incorrect customer numbers when you set up your account. It happened to me, but was easily fixed by reaching out to CPW and letting them know the issue. Lesson: don’t wait until the app deadline to set up an account!
I did it yesterday, it was easy, I am out of state, no problems.
I’m out of state and it took me an hour to sort out my account into the new system and I still can’t locate the changes to the GMU I’ve been hunting the last 6 years. Suppose legalizing pot has begun to effect the programing at the state level?
What unit and/or what kind of changes are you referring to? The hunt codes have not changed for 99% of the hunts. If you pull up the big game brochure and look under the right species and weapon type your unit should be listed there with all the application details you need
You do realize legalizing marijuana puts money into the pockets of schools and roads instead of the blackmarket like your state. If you don’t like it….don’t come here or just shut up. If it took you an hour to apply and you still don’t have your gmu info….sounds like you’re stoned!