Colorado · 2026-27 season year

Colorado Turkey Season 2026-27

Q: When is spring turkey season in Colorado in 2027?

Not yet published as of September 2, 2026. Colorado Parks and Wildlife had not posted spring 2027 dates when this page was last checked; they will appear first on the agency page linked here.

Q: Does Colorado have a fall turkey season in 2026?

Yes: September 1, 2026 to January 15, 2027, as published by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The zone table and source link are on this page.

Q: Do turkey dates in Colorado vary by zone?

The 2026-27 dates on this page are published as shown in the table above, without the multi zone splits some states use. If the agency restructures zones for a future year, its own page is authoritative; this page states its season year and read date so you can tell exactly what it covers.

Q: Where are the bag limits, legal methods and license rules?

At Colorado Parks and Wildlife, whose regulations page is linked on this page. Those rules are legally binding and change annually. This page carries the season window itself, with the source and read date attached.

Q: Can these dates change?

Yes. Agencies amend proclamations, split zones, and occasionally correct their own published tables. This page covers the 2026-27 season year with data as of September 2, 2026, says so in the copy, and links the exact agency page it read. Treat the agency page as the final word on the morning you hunt.

Q: Why do spring seasons open when they do?

Spring seasons across the country are set around the breeding season: gobblers are vocal and callable, and season frameworks are structured to run while hens are nesting. That is why spring dates cluster from late March in the South to May in the northern tier. The exact window is each agency's annual decision, which is why this page quotes Colorado Parks and Wildlife rather than a rule of thumb.

Spring 2027: not yet published as of September 2, 2026. Fall 2026: September 1, 2026 to January 15, 2027. Every date below was read from Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s own published page, linked beside it, on the date shown.

This page covers the 2026-27 season year. Dates were read from the agency sources linked below, last checked September 2, 2026. Seasons change annually and agencies correct their own pages; confirm against the linked agency page before you hunt.

Not yet published as of September 2, 2026

Spring 2027

not yet published

September 1, 2026 to January 15, 2027

Fall 2026

published

Statewide

Zone structure

as the agency draws it

Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Source

read 2026-09-01

The flagship

Spring 2027 turkey season in Colorado

Spring 2027 season

not yet published

Colorado spring 2027 turkey season: not yet published as of September 2, 2026

Colorado Parks and Wildlife had not posted these dates when this page was last checked. The current official brochure is the 2026 edition, whose spring tables cover Apr 11 to May 31, 2026; the 2027 brochure with spring 2027 dates was not yet published when read. Colorado spring licenses are largely by draw with an application deadline in early February. They will appear first on the agency page linked below.

Watch for them at Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Close view of a strutting male wild turkey with fanned tail in California grassland — A western tom in strut. Merriam’s and Rio Grande birds carry the western seasons. “Male wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) strutting” by Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0

The other half

Fall 2026 turkey season in Colorado

Fall 2026 season

published

Fall 2026 season opens in 61 days, on December 15, 2026 (Late season, private land only, units 112 and 113).

Colorado fall 2026 season, as published by Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Zone	Opens	Closes	Notes
Fall limited license units (most listed units)	September 1, 2026	October 4, 2026	Unit by unit draw licenses; several units instead run Sep 1 to Oct 23, 2026, and many units are closed to fall turkey
Late season, private land only, units 112 and 113	December 15, 2026	January 15, 2027	Over the counter beardless turkey licenses, private land only

Dates read from 2026 Colorado Turkey Hunting Brochure (Colorado Parks and Wildlife), accessed 2026-09-01.

Colorado's fall turkey is a unit level system; the brochure's per unit tables are the authority and the agency map shows unit boundaries.

Trail camera photo of a wild turkey flock feeding through green woods — A fall flock on a trail camera at Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge. Fall seasons, where held, hunt birds grouped like this. “Wild turkey flock” — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters — Public domain

Why the window sits where it does

Spring seasons are built around the breeding season

Spring turkey seasons exist because of a biological coincidence that favors the hunter and protects the flock at the same time: gobblers are at their most vocal and callable in the weeks when hens are being bred and beginning to nest. Agencies set their windows so that most hens are already on nests while gobblers are still responsive, which is why the opener sweeps north with spring itself, from the Gulf states in March to the northern tier in May.

The dates are an annual regulatory decision, not a fixed calendar, which is why this page reads them from Colorado Parks and Wildlife each season year and states the year it covers.

Wild turkey hen crossing a path with three well grown poults — A hen with poults. Spring season structures exist to protect nesting hens while gobblers are still callable. “Wild turkeys (hen with poults)” — ShenandoahNPS / Luca Pfeiffer — Public domain

Rules

Colorado turkey hunting regulations

Season windows are carried here with their source and read date attached. Everything else a hunter is bound by is set by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and its regulations page is linked below.

Current Colorado regulations

Bag limits, legal methods, shooting hours, license and permit requirements, and youth or special season rules for Colorado are set by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, are legally binding and change annually. Its current regulations page is linked here.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife: current regulations

Colorado turkey season questions

When is spring turkey season in Colorado in 2027?

Does Colorado have a fall turkey season in 2026?

Do turkey dates in Colorado vary by zone?

Where are the bag limits, legal methods and license rules?

Can these dates change?

Why do spring seasons open when they do?

Three wild turkey toms displaying side by side in late winter brush — Toms displaying in late winter. By the time most spring seasons open, flocks like this have broken up. “Leader Of The Pack” by Paul VanDerWerf, CC BY 2.0

This page covers the 2026-27 season year with data as of September 2, 2026. Every season window is republished from the Colorado Parks and Wildlife page linked beside it, read on the date shown; windows the agency had not yet published are labelled not yet published. Bag limits, legal methods, shooting hours and license rules are set by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, whose page is the final word on the day you hunt. See also the national turkey season guide.