Gunnison Wildlife Association

Gunnison Wildlife Association The Gunnison Wildlife Association is committed to protecting and enhancing the health and sustainability of wildlife and public lands in the Gunnison Basin.

๐Ÿ“ธ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ! ๐ŸฆŒ๐ŸŒ„The ๐†๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง is excited to announce our ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ & ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ซ๐š๐ข...
05/18/2026

๐Ÿ“ธ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ! ๐ŸฆŒ๐ŸŒ„

The ๐†๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง is excited to announce our ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ & ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ! Whether youโ€™re a professional photographer, a passionate hobbyist, or a young outdoor adventurer with a camera in hand, we invite you to capture the beauty of the Gunnison Basinโ€™s wildlife, landscapes, and wild places.

Share your favorite moments from the field and help us celebrate the incredible natural beauty that makes this region so special. Winning photos will be featured by GWA, and proceeds from the contest help support local wildlife conservation efforts.

โžก๏ธ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐–๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ฌ! https://www.gunnisonwildlife.org/post/2026-photo-contest

๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ. ๐Ÿพ๐ŸชพWe're supporting Beer, Bands & Barbed Wire Strands to help restore wildlif...
04/20/2026

๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ. ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿชพ

We're supporting Beer, Bands & Barbed Wire Strands to help restore wildlife habitat and protect access.

๐Ÿ“ ๐ˆ ๐๐š๐ซ ๐‘๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก | ๐†๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง, ๐‚๐Ž
๐Ÿ“… ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“โ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
๐Ÿ”— ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž: https://bit.ly/4tneN9r

The ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ž๐ซ, ๐๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ & ๐๐š๐ซ๐›๐ž๐ ๐–๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ is a signature family friendly stewardship event and one of ๐๐‡๐€โ€™๐ฌ largest habitat restoration and public lands gatherings!

๐–๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž!

๐ŸฆŒ ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž: ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ - ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Wednesday, April 1stโฐ 6:00 PM๐Ÿ“ Fred Field Center - 275 S...
03/13/2026

๐ŸฆŒ ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž: ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ - ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ 

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Wednesday, April 1st
โฐ 6:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ Fred Field Center - 275 S Spruce St, Gunnison

๐๐จ ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ž๐“๐‚
๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐„๐ฅ๐ค ๐‹๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

Major changes are coming to elk hunting in the Gunnison Basin. Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission recently approved eliminating over-the-counter (OTC) bull elk licenses for second and third rifle seasons in Game Management Units 54, 55, and 551. Beginning this year, hunters will need to apply through the annual draw to hunt bull elk in these units.

Join ๐‘ฎ๐’–๐’๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’๐’ ๐‘พ๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’๐’Š๐’‡๐’† ๐‘จ๐’”๐’”๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ for our annual Modeling Meeting to hear the latest from Colorado Parks and Wildlife on local big-game population trends, the science behind wildlife management decisions, and what these changes could mean for upcoming hunting seasons. This is a chance to learn more, ask questions, and join the conversation about the future of elk hunting in the Gunnison Basin.

2026 Annual Modeling Meeting

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž-๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ.
02/25/2026

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž-๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ.

02/17/2026

๐Ÿ“ธ ๐†๐–๐€ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ โ€” ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐จ๐จ๐ง

This April, weโ€™re opening our ๐Ÿ๐ง๐ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ and inviting photographers to capture the wildlife and landscapes that make the Gunnison Basin truly wild.

Whether youโ€™re behind the lens year-round or just catching the perfect moment, we canโ€™t wait to see your perspective.

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ! ๐Ÿ“ธ

๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ-๐ญ๐ก๐ž-๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐„๐ฅ๐ค ๐‹๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐†๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง โ›ฐ๏ธAfter years of local discussion ...
02/14/2026

๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ-๐ญ๐ก๐ž-๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐„๐ฅ๐ค ๐‹๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐†๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง โ›ฐ๏ธ

After years of local discussion and community input, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission has approved a shift to fully limited bull elk licenses in the northern Gunnison Basin (Game Management Units 54, 55 and 551).

๐Ÿ‘ ๐†๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง is proud to have supported this science-based change that puts wildlife first and helps protect the long-term health of our world-renowned elk herds. We send a heartfelt thanks to Gunnison Basin community members and other stakeholders who weighed in on this important issue and helped shape Gunnison Wildlife Associationโ€™s perspective.

๐Ÿ‘‰ With this change, the entire Gunnison Basin is now completely limited across all hunt codes, and hunters will need to plan on applying for elk licenses in these GMUs through the annual draw process.

๐ŸŒ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐ : https://bit.ly/3Oof7Fh.

Years of discussion surrounding over-the-counter versus limited hunting in the Gunnison area culminated in a recent regulation change specific to bull elk hunting in the northern Gunnison Basin.

๐“๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ก๐ฎ๐ ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ! Thank you to our attendees, sponsors, cooks, donors, and community partners w...
02/05/2026

๐“๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ก๐ฎ๐ ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ! Thank you to our attendees, sponsors, cooks, donors, and community partners who made it possible. ๐ŸฆŒ๐Ÿพ

What an incredible night! The 2026 Taste of the Wild was a tremendous success, and we are still feeling the energy, generosity, and community spirit that filled the room.

02/02/2026

๐Ÿ’ฅ ๐–๐Ž๐– ๐Ÿ’ฅ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐š๐ญ ๐“๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐!

This weekendโ€™s event was nothing short of incredible, and weโ€™re still riding the energy.

Last year, about ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž joined us. This year? ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ packed the room to celebrate conservation, wild game cuisine, and connection.

We were blown away by the creativity and generosity of ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ serving up ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ, each one showcasing the heart of this event.

We also loved expanding Taste of the Wild to include our community partnersโ€”thank you to ๐†๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐๐จ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ & ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž, ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ญ (๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฃ๐ž๐ซ๐ค๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ + ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ!), ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก for being part of the evening and adding so much value to the experience.

The room was full of positive energy, great conversations, and genuine excitement all night longโ€”and thatโ€™s exactly what this event is all about.

A huge ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ for making this event possible (weโ€™re highlighting you in the next slides ๐Ÿ‘‡). We truly couldnโ€™t do this without your support.

Thank you to everyone who attended, cooked, volunteered, sponsored, and showed up for wildlife and wild places in the Gunnison Basin.

๐–๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ! ๐ŸฆŒ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ๐Ÿ’š

โœจ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ!We are incredibly grateful for the amazing local businesses and partners who have step...
01/28/2026

โœจ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ!

We are incredibly grateful for the amazing local businesses and partners who have stepped up to support ๐“๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐, happening ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ™Œ

Because of your generosity, this event brings our community together to celebrate wildlife conservation, public lands, and the stewardship that makes the Gunnison Basin so special.

Please join us in thanking our ๐“๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌโ€”your support truly makes this event possible. We couldnโ€™t do it without you!

๐’๐ž๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐, ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž!๐ŸฆŒ๐ŸŒฒ

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ญ ๐“๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐!The first ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ through the door this Saturday will receive a ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐-๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ...
01/27/2026

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ญ ๐“๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐!

The first ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ through the door this Saturday will receive a ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐-๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐„๐š๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ข๐ง! โœจ

Come early, enjoy incredible wild game flavors, and take home a keepsake from the Gunnison Wildlife Association and Eagle Claw.

๐Ÿ“… ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ
๐Ÿ“ Fred Field Center
โฐ 6:00-8:00 PM

๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐› ๐จ๐ง๐ž!

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