Unit S47 (Browns Canyon)
Colorado Hunting Guide — Bighorn Sheep
Unit S47 lies in Chaffee, Fremont and Park counties. CPW bounds it by U.S. 24 and Kaufman Ridge among others. CPW's harvest estimates put bighorn sheep success here as high as 100%. Federal land covers about 93% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
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Bighorn Sheep Hunting in Unit S47
Unit S47 lies in Chaffee, Fremont and Park counties. CPW bounds it by U.S. 24 and Kaufman Ridge among others. CPW's harvest estimates put bighorn sheep success here as high as 100%. Federal land covers about 93% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find Bighorn Sheep in Unit S47
What CPW publishes for unit S47 is a boundary, not a bighorn sheep map. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's. The unit lies in Chaffee, Fremont and Park counties.
The lines of the unit: U.S. 24, Kaufman Ridge and Badger Creek
CPW has unit S47 bounded on the north by U.S. 24; on the east by Kaufman Ridge, Badger Creek and Fremont CRs 2 and 12; on the south by Arkansas River and South Arkansas River; on the west by U.S. 285 and 24. That is a legal description, not a habitat map. Its value is practical — those are the features you will navigate by, and the ridges that separate one day's country from another's.
High ground inside the line: Jack Hall Mountain, Cameron Mountain and Big Baldy Mountain
Named high points inside the unit include Jack Hall Mountain at 11,040 feet, Cameron Mountain at 10,974 feet, Big Baldy Mountain at 10,732 feet, Aspen Ridge at 10,724 feet and Jack Rabbit Hill at 10,599 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: East Castle Rock Gulch, Cable Gulch and Columbine Gulch
Below them sit East Castle Rock Gulch at 9,260 feet, Cable Gulch at 9,165 feet, Columbine Gulch at 9,150 feet, West Columbine Gulch at 9,141 feet and Herring Park at 9,133 feet. Those are the basins, parks and bottoms this unit has, and they are what you glass into from above. Two you can watch from a single knob is worth more than five you have to drive between.
Public ground to start from: Aspen Ridge STL, Badger Creek STL and Burns Canyon STL
CPW lists Aspen Ridge STL, Badger Creek STL, Burns Canyon STL, Chaffee County Shooting Range SWA and Dirty Gulch STL 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 93% of the unit on top of those.
The herd this unit belongs to: RBS-09
CPW does not manage bighorn sheep unit by unit. It manages them as data analysis unit RBS-09, and unit S47 is one piece of it. The rest of RBS-09 is unit S7, unit S49 and unit S79. So the objective behind your tag was written for that whole area, and a neighbouring unit in the same herd is a fairer comparison than the statewide figure.
Unit S47 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Jack Hall Mountain (11,040 ft), Cameron Mountain (10,974 ft), Big Baldy Mountain (10,732 ft), Aspen Ridge (10,724 ft)
Holding ground: Coons Park (9,567 ft), Bassam Park (9,500 ft), Sawmill Gulch (9,319 ft), Aspen Ridge STL, Badger Creek STL
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 S47
Bighorn Sheep Success Rates
CPW's 2023 harvest estimates put bighorn sheep success in unit S47 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 | 270 | 1.1% | 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 S47, by hunt code, with resident and nonresident kept apart because the two draw from different licence pools:
- SMS47O1R — Rifle, 1st Season, Ram Only, resident: 270 applicants for 3 licences, 1.1% 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.
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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 S47, 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