Back40 PassColorado · Official sources · Reviewed August 14, 2026
Colorado Parks and Wildlife says entering private land for hunting or related activity without prior permission is illegal, private land need not be posted or fenced, and separate permission is needed to retrieve or pursue wounded wildlife across a boundary. The reviewed current CPW sources do not prescribe a statewide written-permission form.
This is a qualified summary, not legal advice or permission. Reopen the cited official sources, confirm their effective dates and current versions, and check the exact property, activity, species, method, date, and local rule before relying on any form.
Direct, qualified answer
An official form can be mandatory, optional, embedded in a guide, or limited to one access program. Its existence alone does not establish a statewide written rule.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife says entering private land for hunting or related activity without prior permission is illegal, private land need not be posted or fenced, and separate permission is needed to retrieve or pursue wounded wildlife across a boundary. The reviewed current CPW sources do not prescribe a statewide written-permission form.
This statewide profile does not resolve municipal discharge rules or federal, tribal, preserve, and parcel-specific access terms; verify the property before entry.
Free request builder
Your name, contact, area, timing, and draft stay in this browser tab. Back40 Pass records privacy-aware page and tool activity; sharing or starting a request carries only state, game, and party from this builder.
Your draft
Choose primary game and timingSubject: Hunting permission request — [choose primary game], Colorado Hello, My name is [your name]. I am writing to ask whether you would consider discussing permission for 1 hunter to hunt [choose primary game] with archery in Colorado during [your requested dates]. I will not enter, scout, or hunt without your approval. If you are open to a conversation, I would like to confirm: - who controls access: Do you control access for this property, or is there an authorized manager I should contact? - every approved person and the exact dates - the property boundary, entry, parking, and no-go areas - permitted species, methods, and any property-specific limits - check-in, gates, livestock, crops, guests, and equipment rules - whether written permission or another state or local record is required - the game-retrieval plan, including neighboring property I understand the answer may be no, and I will respect it. Permission for one person, activity, or date would not be treated as permission for anyone else or another time. You can reach me at [add your preferred contact before sending]. Thank you for considering the request, [your name]
This is a request, not permission, a lease, or legal advice. Only an authorized person can approve access. Verify current state and local requirements before relying on any written record.
Applicability by rule
“General” below identifies the broadest modeled rule in this review. A rule is described as verified current only when the profile passes the evidence gate; pending rules are labeled with their future effective status.
Broadest modeled rule
CPW requires prior permission and warns that posting is unnecessary, but the reviewed current materials do not say that permission must be written or identify minimum document fields.
Conditional or related rule
CPW directs the hunter to obtain permission before crossing onto private land even when tracking or retrieving wildlife; the source does not prescribe a written medium.
Official forms
No current first-party statewide landowner-permission form was verified for this profile.
No current first-party statewide landowner-permission form was verified for this profile.
Private printable courtesy record
Entries stay in this browser tab and are not sent to Back40 Pass. Use an official state form whenever one is provided or required. This courtesy record does not determine legal sufficiency.
Courtesy record · Not a universal legal form
The authorized person and hunter should confirm that this record accurately describes the limited permission actually granted. No access outside the named people, property, dates, activities, map, or rules is implied. Permission may be subject to current law and may be revoked according to applicable terms and law.
Add the state, parties, property, and date range to print.
Claim-level source ledger
Superseded material may appear only as labeled context and never supports a current or future modeled claim.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife · Top 10 Most Common Hunting Violations; Trespassing
Open official source ↗Colorado Parks and Wildlife · Hunting Laws; Top 10 Most Common Hunting Violations; Trespassing
Edition: 2026
Open official source ↗Complete the chain
A tax record, request, conversation, form draft, or Back40 Pass response is never permission by itself.
Use the state and local record sources for orientation, then verify who controls the hunting rights.
Open Colorado property-record paths →Confirm seasons, licenses, tags, methods, local rules, and property-specific conditions separately.
Open Colorado hunting sources →Create a private request and receive a 30-day landowner response link. Public-board review stays optional; a request is not inventory or access.
Create a private Colorado landowner invite →Share a nonbinding private intake. Back40 Pass does not advertise land without owner action.
Share Colorado property interest →