New this year:  To offer as much access as possible, the entire atlas was not reprinted in the Late Cropland publication, instead, only new maps and updates maps were included. Hunters will need to reference both the Regular WIA Atlas (5.45MB PDF) and the Late Cropland Atlas (5.10MB PDF) to use the entire suite of properties open to Walk-In Access. For example, while Phillips County traditionally has a large “Late Cropland” signup, requiring that a new map is published in the Late Cropland Atlas, Mesa and Morgan counties do not have a Late Cropland Signup. Thus a hunter must reference the Regular Atlas to see maps for Morgan and Mesa counties.

Properties enrolled for 2009-2010 include Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) grasslands, sandsage and cholla rangelands, and cultivated cropland. Properties are enrolled for a variety of hunting opportunity, including pheasant, dove, scaled and bobwhite quail, cottontail rabbit, furbearers, and in some cases, ducks and geese.  

WIA strives to be a very convenient program with both the hunters whom use the program and with the landowners that enroll lands.  With that objective in mind, please remember these important  regulations:

• Hunters, as of January 1, 2010, no longer need a special permit to hunt on Walk-In Access Properties;
• Regular Walk-In Access Properties are open for access on September 1 through the end of February;
• Late Cropland Walk-In Access Properties are open for access from the opening day of pheasant season through the end of February;
• Lands enrolled in and posted as Extended Walk-In Access properties are open from the opening day of pheasant season through the end of March annually;
• Statewide, species of take is restricted to small game, furbearers and waterfowl; Hunters may not hunt or harvest Gambel’s quail, Gunnison sage-grouse or greater sage-grouse from Walk-In Access Properties;
• Public access is permitted from 1 hour before sunrise to 1 hour after sunset; For waterfowl hunting, access is allowed from 2 hours before sunrise to 2 hours after sunset.

Access to all Walk-In properties is for hunting only. Hunters must comply with Habitat Stamp requirements. 

NEW for 2009-2010:  To promote safe hunting and to help landowners efficiently harvest crops, some WIA properties, primarily grass sprinkler corners adjacent to irrigated corn fields, will be closed to WIA hunting when landowners are actively harvesting crops. Specifically, when harvesting machines are harvesting the associated corn field, sprinkler corners are CLOSED to all WIA hunting. In most cases, corners will only be closed for a day or two while the landowner completes harvest. All sprinkler corners will be posted with closure signs in addition to regular boundary signs. Adhering to this temporary closure will help us maintain excellent working relations with landowners, and will contribute to keeping high quality sprinkler corners open to public walk-in hunting.

Hunters may download the entire 2009-2010 Regular Walk-in Atlas (5.45MB PDF), the 2009 Late Cropland Supplement (5.10MB PDF), or individual map pages (below). Map pages updated for the Late Cropland period are identified as “.” Late Cropland Map pages contain all properties open to WIA. The Late Cropland Atlas and map pages also contains “Extended” WIA properties in some counties, which offer access through the end of March, annually.

Last season’s Walk-In Atlas is not valid for Walk-In hunting in 2009-2010. 

Hunting licenses and habitat stamps are available for sale online & by phone.

Remember, licenses are now by season-year. See "License Requirements" on page 4 of the Small Game Regulations Brochure (1.2MB PDF).

• Public access to these private parcels will be permitted for hunting small game, waterfowl and furbearers only;
   
• All hunting must occur during established seasons as listed in the 2009 Small Game Regulations Brochure (1.2MB PDF) and the 2009 Waterfowl Regulations Brochure (2MB PDF). 
   
• Park where there is no danger of fire;
   
• Leave no trash in fields;
   
• Do not clean game in or along the edges WIA properties;
   
• Determine field boundaries before hunting;
   
• Access for big game hunting is allowed only with landowner’s permission. Small game hunters will have access to Walk-in properties during big game seasons; 
   
• Hunters must walk into enrolled properties;
   
• Access by vehicle, horseback or other means is prohibited. 

Enrolled properties will be clearly marked with “Walk-in Access” signs. Hunters may download a description of WIA signs (PDF).

Regular & Late Cropland property maps: