| Window | Dates | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Season | 01 OCT 2026 – 31 JAN 2027 | 123d |
As publishedOct 1, 2026 – Jan 31, 2027 (annually)
Limited to specific NE Colorado GMUs (93, 97, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 109; all of Morgan Co.; portions E of Colo. 71 and S of Colo. 14/Hwy. 138). Published by CPW as recurring annual dates. HIP registration required.
Colorado's greater prairie-chicken population is confined to a single, tightly-described corner of the northeastern plains. CPW's own species account describes the birds as fairly common local residents in the sandhills of northern and central Yuma County, extreme eastern Washington County, and extreme southern Phillips County, in mid-grass sandsage-grassland-on-sandhills habitat mixed with cornfields, matching the state's Game Management Unit (GMU) list for the species (93, 97, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 109, plus all of Morgan County) almost exactly. CPW's own recovery narrative frames this as a conservation success story: the population grew from a low of roughly 600 birds in 1973, through cooperative habitat projects with eastern Colorado landowners, to a level that can easily sustain a limited harvest today.
CPW conducts active spring lek monitoring for greater prairie-chicken in northeast Colorado (Yuma/Washington/Phillips counties), but no discrete standalone 2026 report, press release, or numeric count has been found, unlike lesser prairie-chicken, whose 2026 count reached outdoor press. No confirmed fixed publish window exists for this species.
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