Colorado hunters, anglers and those who care about the future of your outdoor traditions this one is for you.
Delia Malone, leader of a wilderness “watching” group that is opposed to responsible science-based wildlife management in Colorado, recently made a post on social media that is filled with outright lies and fear-mongering about Prop 302, the right to hunt and fish amendment.
Here’s the truth:
The right to hunt and fish amendment does NOT bring back ANY banned hunting or trapping methods. Period. End of sentence. Full stop.
“Traditional methods” = current legal methods only — the same archery, firearms, rods, and reels that Coloradans use today.
It does NOT repeal the 1996 constitutional ban on certain forms of trapping. Those remain illegal. Period.
Prop 302 explicitly states it does NOT limit Colorado Parks & Wildlife (CPW) from regulating hunting, fishing, and wildlife management for:
• sound scientific conservation,
• public safety, or
• preserving future opportunities for all species.
It simply protects the right to hunt and fish from future attacks by out-of-state activists and friends of Delia’s who want to ban it entirely. See Oregon PEACE Act - criminalizing hunting, fishing, farming, ranching and even pest control. Yes, make it a crime to catch a fish. In America 🤯
The same statute (CRS 33-1-101) she quotes already calls hunting and fishing the primary tools for wildlife management — Prop 302 just moves that protection into the Constitution like 24 other states have so politicians and ballot initiatives can’t erase it overnight, like her groups and movement have tried to do in Colorado for well over a decade.
No “protected class” for hunters. No second-class citizens. No takeover of parks or wildlife decisions by lawyers. Just common-sense constitutional protection for a heritage that already belongs to ALL Coloradans — including the 94% who don’t hunt but still benefit from healthy wildlife populations FUNDED by hunter/angler license dollars.
Stop the scare tactics. Set the record straight. Share the message.
Save Colorado’s Outdoor Heritage and join with us to ensure that your kids will have the same opportunities to explore, participate in and experience all that Wild Colorado offers.
#SIGNTHEPETITION #SaveCoHeritage