FORT CARSON OPEN AREAS

Check this page often to ensure changes have not occured, such as Training Area or Block closures, High Velocity to Low Velocity changes, or closures due to military training priorites, emergencies or severe weather. 

ATTENTION: Permits for 2025-2026 will go on sale Wednesday, March 12th. These permits are valid from April 1,2025-March 31, 2026. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO WHICH PERMIT YOU ARE PURCHASING.  2024-2025 permits are still available since the 2025-2026 permits are NOT VALID until April 1st.                                                                                                               

FC Harvest Summary -> PCMS Harvest Summaries can be found by clicking HERE

2023-2024 Fort Carson Harvest Report

2024-2025 Fort Carson Harvest Report 

FORT CARSON HUNTING & NON-CONSUMPTIVE RECREATION: OPEN: SUNDAY, MARCH 22-SATURDAY, MARCH 23 See bottom of page for open dates and areas.  

Open Areas last updated on 03/20/2025  

• Open areas for Fort Carson are updated each week on Thursday afternoon/evening or Friday during hunting seasons if downrange is open.

• Otherwise closed until dates and blocks are updated. Downrange is CLOSED for recreation during the week Mon - Fri, unless otherwise stated.

• Often durning the Big Game seasons, it MAY be open on Fridays and some federal holidays, depending on training and downrange conditions. Downrange will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve,  Christmas Day, and New Years Day. 

• Attention OTC Antlered Elk 2nd and 3rd Rifle Season hunters; Downrange will be closed during the week, unless otherwise posted. A reminder that all OTC Elk licenses are good in many other areas of CO. Please see page 40 of the 2024 CO Big Game brochure for more info. 

• Hunters/Recreationists can only enter and exit FC through any of the manned gates. ( Gate 1, Gate 3, Gate 20 and when open Gate 4, Gate 5, Gate 6, and Gate 19) 

 

If there has been rain or snow on Fort Carson it is HIGHLY suggested that you call Range Operations fire desk @ 719-526-5698 option 9 before you head downrange to verify the road conditions. If the road conditions are RED, there will not be any hunting or other downrange activities available. Safety is our # 1 priority.

 

***Step-By-Step Guidance On Getting An Account and Purchasing Your Permit(s) Click Here ***

 

Attention Users!

(09/14/22)  Users must checkout through their phone or computer on iSportsman and enter their harvest data.  You must always check out no later than the posted checkout time (below). 

If you are already checked into iSportsman and the website goes down or you are packing out an already harvested animal and won't make the checkout time, you must call FC 719-725-4682 or PCMS 719-338-9536 - DPW Wildlife.

 

During the weekends, if the iSportsman website goes down (for example - no one - including admins can log in to the website) and no one can check in from the website, downrange will be closed to recreation until iSportsman is fixed. If recreationists are already downrange when iSportsman goes down, they are permitted to continue recreating, however, they will not be able to change blocks. If a user needs to check out while iSportsman is down, they need to call FC 719-725-4682 or PCMS 719-338-9536 to notify DPW staff that they will be checking out. 

CHECKING IN (to go downrange): checking in can be done from your account on iSportsman, on any computer/smartphone with internet access. Check-in for a daily downrange pass can be done any time after 0400 on the day of the hunt. Make sure to print your downrange pass or save it to your smartphone. If you save your pass to your smartphone, you must fill out your paper pass containing the info from your iSportsman downrange pass and place it on your vehicle's dashboard to be in view at all times.*** PLEASE DO NOT PLACE YOUR HUNTING PERMIT ON YOUR DASHBOARD. THE HUNTING PERMIT IS NOT THE DOWNRANGE PASS. The downrange pass contains the date, your name, phone number, permit number, block you are checked into and the applicable TA's . Any youth or non-participants need to be listed on your downrange pass. Click Here for a pre-made downrange pass , if you wish to print copies to fill out.

CHECKING OUT (to leave downrange):  checking out for the day must be completed no later than the posted final checkout time. Switching blocks may be done by checking out on your phone and then checking back in and receiving a new downrange pass during the same day. If you check out late your account will get put on a minimum 2-week hold and you'll receive a monetary citation. Holds can only and MAY only be removed by contacting Fort Carson Conservation Law Enforcement Officers, otherwise, the hold will expire on its own.

 

Downrange Hunting & Other Downrange Recreation: OPEN- Sunday, March 22- Saturday, March 23

***REMINDER: FOR GMU 591: Bull elk taken in all seasons must have 4 points or more on one antler OR a brow tine of 5 inches or more. For more information go to: https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Hunting/BigGame/Elk-Antler-Point-Restrictions.pdf

*** When available, cycling downrange on Fort Carson is only authorized on routes 1, 4, and Butts Road. Route 1 is only permitted to the red sign in TA 48. Cycling on Route 4 ends at Gate 7.You must check in through iSportsman with a minimum of a non-consumptive permit and choose the option for cycling on weekends. 

*** When the Bird Farm is open, it is for non-consumptive activities such as hiking, photography, and dog training. The Bird Farm is a wildlife conservation area, and you are required to stay at least 50 feet from any active bird nests, including the artificial bird nest boxes. 

 

The Gold Route between TA 32 and TA 33 will be temporarily closed. Please plan accordingly when navigating down range. 

Sunday, March 22- Saturday, March 23

Block 1: TA 4 (Archery ONLY) (2 personnel)
Block 2: TA’s 5 and 6 (Archery ONLY) (5 personnel)
Block 3: TA’s 7, 11, 12 and 14 (LV) (6 personnel)
Block 4: TA’s 9 and 16 (LV) ( 9 personnel)
Block 5: TA’s 10 and 15 ( 11 personnel)
Block 6: TA’s  8 and 13 (LV) ( 5 personnel)
Block 7: TA’s 17 and 18 ( 8 personnel)
Block 8: TA’s 20 and 24 (LV) (7 personnel)
Block 9: TA’s 25 and 28 (LV) ( 10 personnel)
Block 10: TA 30 (5 personnel)
Block 11: TA 31 (LV) (6 personnel) 
Block 12: TA 39 (6 personnel)
Block 13: TA’s 40 and 41 ( LV) ( 21 personnel)
Block 14: TA’s 42 and 56 ( 12 personnel)
 Block 15: TA 43 ( 8 personnel)
Block 16: TA 48 ( 5 personnel)
Block 17: TA 54 ( 4 personnel)

 

If there has been rain or snow on Fort Carson it is HIGHLY suggested that you call Range Operations fire desk @ 719-526-5698 option 9 before you head downrange to verify the road conditions. If the road conditions are RED, there will not be any hunting or other downrange activities available. Safety is our # 1 priority.

 

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