Thank you, that is helpful. While there is some overlap in hunting issues from CO to NY, we do not have mountain lions or wolves, so the conversation is different here, and I'm catching up on it. In NY, deer are overrun, about ~1 million any given year, with hunters taking ~250,000...it's well established that hunting is a management tool at least for that species. I've waded into the research a bit on hunting predators as a management tool and am finding mixed results, especially for the mountain lions. Basically, hunting the older males destabilizes populations, leading to more urban conflict. Do you have good sources on this for me to look into?
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I suspect you haven't been paying attention. There is not a single legitimate hunter on the commission that controls hunting regulations in CO.
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What are your realistic expectations and how do you suggest we advocate for them?
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How about you just get Victor Marx elected?
Holy crap the dems the just killed a bill to make sex trafficking a felony, and introduced a bill to legalize prostitution. Demons are running the state in all agencies and the legislature.
The_Coloradoboy
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Glad I left the state when I did is all I gotta say about it at this point…
elkduds
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Like it or not, they still will come January. The larger the coalition of sportspeople including hunters, the harder we are to ignore. The bigger a target it is during primaries, the better for our cause. Because of his power to appoint CPW Commissioners, the Governor's is the most impactful voice for our cause. We must expand, monetize and increase public volume coming from our advocacy groups.
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SFC B
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My expectations for the state, having lived here 17 years, are that the state is well past the tipping point when it comes to these issues. As the state has gone from purple to very blue, even given the HUGE amount of dollars hunting generates in the state, policies and attitudes have followed directly and negatively for trapping and hunting. Given the entire spectrum of political changes, along with the skyrocketing cost of living, the folks moving here are more and more blue (and from even more blue states) and the folks leaving due to these things are the more red folks (including those most interested in these issues). Given what the state legislature looks like, and the absolutely insane initiatives floated every session, I can't really see a legitimate way forward. Opportunities, seasons and access will be chipped away at to the very core. The biggest problem is that the folks who lean blue but might be concerned about hunting are by FAR a minority of constituents with the folks they WILL vote for and their voices don't really hold weight. It will be a question of priorities with them and I think they will acquiesce to their group due to what they will hold "more important issues". It really is a question of numbers. Not just about blue leaners, but the TYPE of blue leaners who are the numbers. I hunt WI regularly and it is pretty purple/blue leaning BUT hunting culture is HUGE and the very whisper of going after it is catastrophe for a candidate.
As for me, as soon as the wife has gotten her pension contributions to where she wants (1-1.5 yrs) we are headed back to the Midwest. I love the mountains, but I can visit them. The people and COLA here get worse by the day and every time I go home to visit or hunt it really smacks me in the face.
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You do know that several years ago they legalized abortion up until birth, right? 2 years after voting to bring back and protect fricking wolves......let THAT sink in and you will understand where the state is at.
