25K views · 822 reactions | Every day since mid-January, our crews are baiting deer and elk at 13 different sites spread over a 50-mile span in the Gunnison Basin. The baiting operation is working well to keep animals off roadways, and deer and elk are moving across the landscape and finding natural sources of food. | Colorado Parks and Wildlife | Facebook

Episode 127: Hunting Elk and Deer in Colorado with Flat Tops Wilderness Guides Cliff Gray

Each winter, CPW biologists fan out across Colorado in helicopters and small planes to count wildlife. They have just a few seconds to quickly dictate into an audio recorder what they see, calling out "bull, cow or calf" for each elk and "buck, doe or fawn" for every deer. They also count pronghorn on these wild rides across the eastern plains and into the high country. These videos, taken in recent weeks, show how little time biologists have to count wildlife. For a few seconds of stress on the

1.1K views · 41 reactions | Let's talk bears  With the relaunch of our podcast - Colorado Outdoors - you can listen to a deep hour of bear conversation. You'll hear about black bear conditions and learn how we work with community partners to reduce human-bear conflicts. Listen anywhere podcasts are available or by visiting this link: https://cpw.info/45uEh93 | Colorado Parks and Wildlife | Facebook

12M views · 580K reactions | This wildlife rescue sure is a swing in the right direction One of our wildlife officers recently rescued an elk stuck in a swing near Estes Park. We're not sure how long the elk was stuck in the swing but our officer took care to soothe the elk and carefully extract the antlers from the ropes. Great work by our officer! | Colorado Parks and Wildlife | Facebook