​Colorado voters could adopt a right to hunt and fish, but opponents warn measure threatens wildlife

Opponents fear hunting rights Prop 302 could endanger Colorado wildlife

Deer in Colorado. (Courtesy of Colorado Parks and Wildlife/Wayne D. Lewis) This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | Colorado voters will decide in November whether to put the right to hunt and fish in the state’s constitution. Backers of the amendment, currently known as Initiative 302, gathered enough signatures to land on the ballot, the secretary of state’s office announced last week. “The people of Colorado have spoken w…

The ‘right to hunt’ is a Trojan horse

The “right to hunt” – sounds innocuous, doesn’t it? But the effort to add it to the Colorado state constitution through a ballot initiative isn’t. As a hunter and angler, I support protecting my ability to hunt and fish, but this is the wrong way to do it. The proponents are using the ballot process to try to prevent future citizen-initiated ballot questions. Only the Legislature and state agencies would be able to make changes to wildlife laws.…

​Colorado voters could adopt a right to hunt and fish, but opponents warn measure threatens wildlife

Colorado voters will decide in November whether to put the right to hunt and fish in the state’s constitution. Backers of the amendment, currently known as Initiative 302, gathered enough signatures to land on the ballot, the secretary of state’s…

‘Right to Hunt’ Ballot Measure Facing Opposition in Colorado – Pagosa Daily Post News Events & Video for Pagosa Springs Colorado

The constitutional amendment would enshrine the right to hunt and fish 'by the use of traditional methods'...