C.R.S. § 33-6-117: Willful destruction of wildlife - legislative intent - penalties.

(1) (a) Except as is otherwise provided in articles 1 to 6 of this title or by rule of the commission, it is unlawful for a person:

(I) To hunt or take, or to solicit another person to hunt or take, wildlife and detach or remove, with the intent to abandon the carcass or body, only the head, hide, claws, teeth, antlers, horns, internal organs, or feathers or any or all of such parts;

(II) To intentionally abandon the carcass or body of taken wildlife; or

(III) To take and intentionally abandon wildlife.

(b) A person who violates this subsection (1), with respect to:

(I) Big game, eagles, and endangered species or threatened species pursuant to section 33-2-105 or the federal "Endangered Species Act of 1973", 16 U.S.C. sec. 1531 et seq., commits a class 5 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401 and, in addition, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than twenty thousand dollars. The court shall set the fine in an amount within the presumptive range set out in section 18-1.3-401 (1)(a)(III). Upon conviction, the commission shall assess twenty license suspension points and suspend the wildlife license privileges for one year to life of the person convicted.

(II) All other wildlife species, commits a class 2 misdemeanor and is assessed twenty license suspension points.

(2) The purpose and intent of this section is to protect the wildlife of this state from wanton, ruthless, or wasteful destruction or mutilation for their heads, hides, claws, teeth, antlers, horns, internal organs, or feathers, from being taken and abandoned, or any or all of the foregoing, and the provisions of this section shall be so construed.