Colorado Hunting Ban, Who is Donating

Have you donated to the cause?

  • Yes

    Votes: 10 47.6%

  • Not yet but I plan to

    Votes: 3 14.3%

  • No, and don’t plan to

    Votes: 8 38.1%
  • Total voters
    21
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newguy

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Just curious, I would say a good chunk of the people on this site hunt deer in Colorado and I think if this ban passes it will have a significant effect on the deer hunting. So it will be interesting to hear how many folks are donating to the cause. I donated to Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management after doing a little research including on this site they seemed to be working hard to fight this. It would be good to hear what other organizations people are giving money to, as well. I don’t think the amount donated is necessary but if you want to share then by all means.

Thanks,

Mark
 
18 year Colorado resident here… why would non-residents help us out when every first chance we get, we screw over the non-residents?

I’ve donated a quite a bit but it’s hard to ask for help and then tell those same people we don’t want to allocate as many tags for them all in the same conversation…

Todd
 
just_a_hunter said:
18 year Colorado resident here… why would non-residents help us out when every first chance we get, we screw over the non-residents?

I’ve donated a quite a bit but it’s hard to ask for help and then tell those same people we don’t want to allocate as many tags for them all in the same conversation…

Todd
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Nonresidents already treat Colorado like it is a limited resource, for many residents it is taken for granted because of how much easier, affordable, and practical it is to hunt every year. Not to mention if you care about going through all of the work and logistics of planning an out of state hunt, odds are you care more about going hunting. Residents are often the laziest hunters I encounter. Therein lies the problem.
 
Aerosith said:
Nonresidents already treat Colorado like it is a limited resource, for many residents it is taken for granted because of how much easier, affordable, and practical it is to hunt every year. Not to mention if you care about going through all of the work and logistics of planning an out of state hunt, odds are you care more about going hunting. Residents are often the laziest hunters I encounter. Therein lies the problem.
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I think you are confusing Colorado with Utah.
 
I love lazy hunting :)

Now I don’t watch much tv anymore, but I haven’t seen a single ad for or against. In the days of targeted ads, I’m a little surprised. Everyone else seems to find me.

I have seen some decent internet ads making the case against. The only “for” ads I’ve seen were what you would expect - humanizing the fuzzy kitties and criticizing the commercial hunting industry. But it appears that part of the strategy is to keep it low key.

If I were forced to bet my life on it, I would say the ban passes. The non-hunters just don’t seem to care. The hunting vibe doesn’t flow through this place like it used to.

I hope I’m wrong.
 
I lived in Colorado when the baiting for Bears ban passed , everyone laughed and said it would never happen, I believe it was an East Coast group that got it on the ballot
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I have donated and think every sportsmen in CO needs to actively engage with there family members and neighbors to get the word out to defeat this ballot issue.

The consequences of this ballot will send a strong message to every pro and anti sportsman in the country depending on the outcome.

Open your eyes, we just had anti sportsmens put on the wildlife commission.
 
I have donated around $250 to CRWM. Past few years it’s been around 1K a year that I’ve spent on causes for other states. I am done donating to out of state causes when every year they are raising costs and limiting opportunity. Most states, residents, and game commissions have made it very clear they don’t need nonresidents. I’ll pay my tag fees and that’s it. No Donations to walk in hunting or anything else.
They can fight their own battles from here on out. I’ll burn my points, shoot whatever the hell I like, and then be on my way back out of state.
 
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RyanTM said:
I have donated around $250 to CRWM. Past few years it’s been around 1K a year that I’ve spent on causes for other states. I am done donating to out of state causes when every year they are raising costs and limiting opportunity. Most states, residents, and game commissions have made it very clear they don’t need nonresidents. I’ll pay my tag fees and that’s it. No Donations to walk in hunting or anything else.
They can fight their own battles from here on out. I’ll burn my points, shoot whatever the hell I like, and then be on my way back out of state.
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You are from Texas so we understand.
 
grosventrehunter said:
Maybe in your own mind. Resident's should have the best hunting opportunities....period. The last time I check there were no road blocks keeping you in Texas. Move to a western state, become a resident, and have all the hunting opportunities you need. Simple really.
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Exactly my point. When they start pushing this crap in WY don’t ask for help from NR to fix your western state
Fight your own battles, without the NR money. Residents didn’t show up for the wolf vote and lost and won’t show up for this one either (and will lose) and will still find a way to blame it on NR’s. 🤣
 
RyanTM said:
I have donated around $250 to CRWM. Past few years it’s been around 1K a year that I’ve spent on causes for other states. I am done donating to out of state causes when every year they are raising costs and limiting opportunity. Most states, residents, and game commissions have made it very clear they don’t need nonresidents. I’ll pay my tag fees and that’s it. No Donations to walk in hunting or anything else.
They can fight their own battles from here on out. I’ll burn my points, shoot whatever the hell I like, and then be on my way back out of state.
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Ryan, I must assume you don't have kids or anyone you know that might enjoy hunting or fishing in the future. Remember they are typically trying to remove hunting and fishing privilieges one or two species at a time - state by state. Every state that loses any of these battles fuels the loss to the next state.
 
You know, if we could de-couple the “ownership” of animals from the State, and give it back to the landowners, stuff like this might could be challenged in court.

That ought to make grosventre’s head explode. :ROFLMAO:
 
Thill said:
Ryan, I must assume you don't have kids or anyone you know that might enjoy hunting or fishing in the future. Remember they are typically trying to remove hunting and fishing privilieges one or two species at a time - state by state. Every state that loses any of these battles fuels the loss to the next state.
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I do. Both enjoy hunting, even if it’s just to get out of school for a few days and go see someplace new. The oldest has been out of state on a hunt or two. I will continue to buy youth points for them in multiple states whether they take to hunting as an adult will be up to them.
I really don’t think it matters what the anti-hunting groups do, greed amongst ourselves will destroy it just as quickly. It’s hard to imagine what the tag cost increases and cuts to quota will be for nonresidents in the next five or even 10 years. Sky is the limit though, and states are figuring this out.
I really do hope we are at the peak of Western hunting popularity. Hopefully with the increased cost of tags, the decrease in available tags this trend will start to fall off.
 
RyanTM said:
I do. Both enjoy hunting, even if it’s just to get out of school for a few days and go see someplace new. The oldest has been out of state on a hunt or two. I will continue to buy youth points for them in multiple states whether they take to hunting as an adult will be up to them.
I really don’t think it matters what the anti-hunting groups do, greed amongst ourselves will destroy it just as quickly. It’s hard to imagine what the tag cost increases and cuts to quota will be for nonresidents in the next five or even 10 years. Sky is the limit though, and states are figuring this out.
I really do hope we are at the peak of Western hunting popularity. Hopefully with the increased cost of tags, the decrease in available tags this trend will start to fall off.
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I respectively disagree. If the popularity falls off, then the anti hunting groups will then have even more ammo to stop the hunting regardless of license fees or tags. There will be no tags available for anyone whom wants to hunt cats in CO if this ballot issues passes.
 
Thill said:
I suspect RyanTM is trolling monstermuleys with a different agenda!
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No troll. Just a honest opinion.
Discussing different ideas is an OK thing to do😉.
We’ll see if Colorado residents show up in a couple months. I have my doubts. I suspect that nonresidents are gonna pay the vast majority of this effort to fight the cat hunting ban.
 
A big pile of digital papers on the initiative. The finance information hasn’t been updated in a month.

I was looking for polling results to see where things stand, but can’t find any. I know that many local “papers” have made their voting recommendations and was at least looking for how those are stacking up.

The issue is eerily quiet in my news cycle.

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Bluehair said:
I love lazy hunting :)

Now I don’t watch much tv anymore, but I haven’t seen a single ad for or against. In the days of targeted ads, I’m a little surprised. Everyone else seems to find me.

I have seen some decent internet ads making the case against. The only “for” ads I’ve seen were what you would expect - humanizing the fuzzy kitties and criticizing the commercial hunting industry. But it appears that part of the strategy is to keep it low key.

If I were forced to bet my life on it, I would say the ban passes. The non-hunters just don’t seem to care. The hunting vibe doesn’t flow through this place like it used to.

I hope I’m wrong.
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You are exactly right. I have donated as much as I can afford but the writing is on the wall. To many democrats at non-hunters that like cats. And the title of the initiative has to many emotions tied to it, sad ****.
 
grosventrehunter said:
Maybe in your own mind. Resident's should have the best hunting opportunities....period. The last time I check there were no road blocks keeping you in Texas. Move to a western state, become a resident, and have all the hunting opportunities you need. Simple really.
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TEXAS.

A state with almost no public land forcing NR to outfit up, or pay trespass fees.

But they ***** about NR elk/deer tag cost and hundreds of thousands of quare miles of open access.

It would have been nice if the western public land states came to agreements on pricing structures so as to not penalize each other, bringing on a WE vs them attitude


Spend your money lobbying Texas to buy private and create public.
 

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