Unit S24 (Battlement Mesa)
Colorado Hunting Guide — Bighorn Sheep
Unit S24 lies in Garfield and Mesa counties. CPW bounds it by Colorado River and Garfield CRs 331 among others. CPW's harvest estimates put bighorn sheep success here as high as 100%. Federal land covers about 92% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
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Bighorn Sheep Hunting in Unit S24
Unit S24 lies in Garfield and Mesa counties. CPW bounds it by Colorado River and Garfield CRs 331 among others. CPW's harvest estimates put bighorn sheep success here as high as 100%. Federal land covers about 92% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find Bighorn Sheep in Unit S24
CPW draws an exact line around unit S24 and says nothing about where the bighorn sheep stand inside it. So the ground below is the unit's own and the read on where to start is ours, labelled as such. The unit lies in Garfield and Mesa counties.
The lines of the unit: Colorado River, Garfield CRs 331 and Mesa CR 330E
CPW has unit S24 bounded on the north by Colorado River and I-70; on the east and south by Garfield CRs 331 and 342, Mesa CR 330E, Colo. 330 and 65; on the west by Colorado River. 25 Snowmass West (Pitkin, Gunnison, Eagle Cos.) bounded on the north by Roaring Fork River; on the east by Capitol Creek and Roaring Fork River-Crystal River divide; on the south by Crystal River-Gunnison River divide; on the west by Crystal River-Gunnison River divide and Colo. 133. It tells you the shape of the unit and nothing about its inhabitants. What it does give you is the way in: the rivers and highways you cross, and the divides that decide which drainage you end up in.
High ground inside the line: North Mamm Peak, South Mamm Peak and Haystack Mountain
Named high points inside the unit include North Mamm Peak at 11,117 feet, South Mamm Peak at 11,038 feet, Haystack Mountain at 10,976 feet, Bald Mountain at 10,742 feet and Houston Mountain at 10,261 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Sheep need rock to escape into and will not stand far from it.
Holding ground: Horse Gulch, Pole Gulch and Jacks Pocket
Below them sit Horse Gulch at 7,083 feet, Pole Gulch at 7,045 feet, Jacks Pocket at 7,032 feet, Grassy Gulch at 6,871 feet and Bull Basin at 6,865 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past on the way to somewhere steeper. Work out which of them you can see from one position before you pick a camp.
Public ground to start from: Jerry Creek Reservoir SWA, Mogensen Ponds SWA and Plateau Creek SWA
CPW lists Jerry Creek Reservoir SWA, Mogensen Ponds SWA and Plateau Creek SWA inside this unit as ground open to public hunting. Each property sets its own restrictions, and the agency's page for it is where they are written down. Federal land covers about 92% of the unit on top of those.
Water: Mud Spring
Named sources include Mud Spring. Nothing in the data says which of them run in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
The herd this unit belongs to: RBS-34
CPW does not manage bighorn sheep unit by unit. It manages them as data analysis unit RBS-34, and unit S24 is one piece of it. CPW puts no other unit in RBS-34, so this unit carries the herd on its own. Read a neighbour in the same herd before you read the state average — the herd, not the unit line, is what the agency is steering.
Unit S24 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: North Mamm Peak (11,117 ft), Haystack Mountain (10,976 ft), Bald Mountain (10,742 ft), Elk Mountain (10,227 ft)
Holding ground: Hells Hole (8,302 ft), Bear Gulch (7,444 ft), Bull Basin (6,865 ft), Jerry Creek Reservoir SWA, Mogensen Ponds SWA
Every one of these was tested against the unit polygon before it went on the map. They are starting points, not agency recommendations.
How to Hunt Bighorn Sheep in Unit S24
Bighorn Sheep Success Rates
CPW's 2023 harvest estimates put bighorn sheep success in unit S24 at 100% — 3 animals taken by 3 hunters. On a sample that small the percentage moves several points with one animal, so read the hunter count beside it.
These are the agency's own printed figures for this unit, not a modelled estimate and not a state average. They describe one season, so check CPW's current harvest estimates before you read a trend into them.
Bighorn Sheep Draw Odds
| Season | Tags | Applicants | Draw % | Pts Req |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle — 1st Season ram only (resident) | 3 | 386 | 0.8% | 3 |
| Rifle — 1st Season ram only (nonresident) | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
Data from 2026 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number.
Open in Draw Odds EngineCPW's 2026 draw recap for bighorn sheep in unit S24, by hunt code, with resident and nonresident kept apart because the two draw from different licence pools:
- SMS24O1R — Rifle, 1st Season, Ram Only, resident: 386 applicants for 3 licences, 0.8% drawn, 3 preference points needed
Colorado runs a pure preference-point draw, so the point figure above is the requirement the agency published for that code in that year, not a forecast for the next one. Figures checked against CPW's own statistics pages on 2026-06-09.
Unit Logistics & Expectations
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Every fact on this page is tied to a primary source below. Last fact-checked 2026-10-23.
- Colorado Sheep & Goat Hunting Brochure — Game Management Unit (GMU) Descriptions (pp. 16-17) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife · supports: GMU boundary description, Counties the unit lies in, Data analysis unit (DAU) the unit belongs to · accessed 2026-10-22
- 2023 Colorado Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep Harvest Estimates — Colorado Parks and Wildlife · supports: Percent success for bighorn sheep in unit S24, Hunters and harvest by weapon and season · accessed 2026-10-22
- CPW CPWAdminData feature service — GMU and sheep/goat unit boundaries — Colorado Parks and Wildlife GIS Unit · supports: Mapped extent of the unit, Which named ground falls inside the unit line · accessed 2026-10-22