Vote in November to Ban Mountain Lion hunting!!

[ColoradoOak]

Proposition 127 results: Ban on mountain lion, bobcat hunting fails

Proposition 127 won in some urban Colorado counties ls most rural communities vote against a ban on mountain lion hunting

coloradosun.com

 

[diablo]

 

[diablo]

A huge thanks to all who helped defeat this measure including Dan Gates, CRWM, the Concord Fund, SCI, HOWL, GoHunt, Wild Sheep, RMEF, NSSF, Fur Takers, MDF, NRA, cattlemen, woolgrowers and sportsman and women!!!

From a recent article in the VailDaily:

Colorado’s Wildlife Deserve Better’s largest donor is the Concord Fund, a conservative advocacy and donor organization based in Virginia. The group, which has ties to Leonard Leo, co-chairman of the Federalist Society, contributed $600,000 to the committee.

Its next largest donor is the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, a Washington D.C.-based advocacy organization for hunters, anglers, trappers and recreational shooters. To date, the group has donated $237,000 to the committee.

Safari Club International’s Colorado Chapter donated $150,000, making it one of several Safari Club International chapters to do so. This group is a hunting rights organization based in Washington D.C. representing hunter interests. It has 50,000 members nationwide.

A Safari Club International chapter, based in Tuscon, has donated $41,500 to the committee opposing 127, with its Upper Colorado River, Michigan, Southern New Mexico, Alaska and Four Corners chapters also making contributions.

Other large donations to Colorado’s Wildlife Deserve Better include:

• $200,000 from Rocky Mountain Elk, a Montana-based nonprofit with chapters in various states including Colorado, with the stated mission to protect elk, habitat and the heritage of hunting.
• $150,000 from Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management, a group that has been outspoken against 127 and Denver ballot measures to ban fur and slaughterhouses
• $100,000 from the Wild Sheep Foundation, a Montana-based organization supporting wild sheep conservation
• $50,000 from the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a trade association for the firearms industry based in Connecticut
• $35,000 from Fur Takers of America, a national fur trapper association based in Wisconsin, which has a Colorado affiliate, Colorado Trappers and Predator Hunters Association
• $25,000 from the Mule Deer Foundation, a Utah-based nonprofit that supports deer conservation and regulated hunting as a part of wildlife management

It has also received donations from the National Rifle Association and various other cattlemen and wool grower associations as well as sportsmen and hunting outfitters.

 

[Thill]

Try harder please.

Stepping in to help Colorado hunters every time they find themselves on the ropes (which appears to be always) is getting mighty old.

Mallard - Please clarify how you want us to try harder.

I am little taken back by your comment.

The cat ban would have far reaching results for sportsmen in all states had it failed here. This is not just a win for Colorado, but for all sportsman every state.
For the 1st time we now have a grasp on what it might take to defeat these groups. And are starting to assemble plans to prevent this from happening again.

YOU ARE EITHER PART OF THE SOLUTION OR
PART OF THE PROBLEM.

 

[diablo]

This is not just a win for Colorado, but for all sportsman every state.

Amen!!

 

[sneakem]

Try harder please.

Stepping in to help Colorado hunters every time they find themselves on the ropes (which appears to be always) is getting mighty old.

Right... because helping people who believe in the same interests and ideals is tiresome....

What's getting old is people complaining about helping others... hunters are the minority and need to stick together.

Fortunately there are enough of us left to put up a fight or at least ask for help and people willing to answer the call for help.

 

[diablo]

 

[SanJuan]

Try harder please.

Stepping in to help Colorado hunters every time they find themselves on the ropes (which appears to be always) is getting mighty old.

Enlighten us DuckBoy. What exactly have you ever done to help Colorado hunters?

 

[jims]

What is happening in Colorado and California can and has filtered off to other states. It was a giant leap in the right direction defeating 127.

On a positive note, much can be learned from 127 and provide momentum to burn future fires in every state across the country.

 

[jims]

I hope you weren't holding your breath, they are already at it again!

OPINION: Election Research Suggests Coloradans Oppose Trophy Hunting – Pagosa Daily Post News Events & Video for Pagosa Springs Colorado

pagosadailypost.com

 

[HntHrdr]

I hope you weren't holding your breath, they are already at it again!

OPINION: Election Research Suggests Coloradans Oppose Trophy Hunting – Pagosa Daily Post News Events & Video for Pagosa Springs Colorado

pagosadailypost.com

That dumb b”tch was on the board of this whole thing, they are coping right now and planning another attack I’m sure. They are the worst. They have nothing in their lives except their anti hunting fantasies. Most of us have hobbies, duh . Careers, families, other responsibilities. We will be ready though

 

[Mathewsshooter]

I hope you weren't holding your breath, they are already at it again!

OPINION: Election Research Suggests Coloradans Oppose Trophy Hunting – Pagosa Daily Post News Events & Video for Pagosa Springs Colorado

pagosadailypost.com

With that logic let's revisit the wolf invasion count

 

[Mathewsshooter]

On there Facebook account they stated they are going after new Mexico next election like they said, hold on. Here we go

 

[diablo]

On there Facebook account they stated they are going after new Mexico next election like they said, hold on. Here we go

Can you post a link to that?

 

[diablo]

What is happening in Colorado and California can and has filtered off to other states. It was a giant leap in the right direction defeating 127.

On a positive note, much can be learned from 127 and provide momentum to burn future fires in every state across the country.

They learned from this as well and will be applying that to the next push!

 

[ColoradoOak]

On there Facebook account they stated they are going after new Mexico next election like they said, hold on. Here we go

Can you show us where that was posted? I searched their FB page and did not find it.

 

[Mathewsshooter]

 

[Mathewsshooter]

If you read thru the comments on Fakebook a troll named Julie makes the statement

 

[txhunter58]

I hope you weren't holding your breath, they are already at it again!

OPINION: Election Research Suggests Coloradans Oppose Trophy Hunting – Pagosa Daily Post News Events & Video for Pagosa Springs Colorado

pagosadailypost.com

They saw the writing on the wall and had that article ready to go

 

[txhunter58]

Got this in an email today. It wasn't an accident that it didn't come out until after the election.

Nov. 12, 2024

DENVER — Colorado Parks and Wildlife has completed analyzing data from a multi-year effort to measure the density of mountain lions in western Colorado. Data confirmed a robust mountain lion population and, in some areas, exceeded modeled estimates.

“We were satisfied to see that our measured estimates of lion density from our winter field seasons are equal to, and in some cases higher than, the lion density projections we use when making harvest management decisions,” said Mark Vieira, CPW’s Carnivore and Furbearer Program Manager. “Data confirmed that current management is meeting agency goals of providing opportunity while managing for healthy and robust populations.”

This effort began in 2020 with a study area in Middle Park, between Kremmling and Granby. That was followed by a second study area in the Gunnison Basin that began in 2021. As part of the West Slope Mountain Lion Management Plan that was approved by the Parks and Wildlife Commission in 2020, CPW committed to initiating a series of studies aimed at estimating how many independent – adult and subadult – mountain lions live in different habitat types and areas of the Western Slope.

“These study areas were selected to be representative of Colorado’s lion habitat with balanced habitat types, landownership and lion harvest levels,” Vieira said.

WATCH: Check out this video on the Western Slope Mountain Lion Density Study.

Numerous CPW staff, including wildlife biologists, district wildlife managers and researchers, invested hundreds of hours to capture, mark, collar and monitor lions as well as to deploy cameras to collect data. In all, CPW marked or collared 48 mountain lions in the Middle Park study area and just over 50 in the Gunnison Basin.

After two years of collection in each of the study areas, an analysis of the data was completed by a CPW staff biometrician, a statistician who uses mathematics to analyze biological data.

Results of the camera-based mark-resight estimates in Middle Park averaged 2.5 independent lions per 60 square miles during the winters of 2021-22 and 2022-23.

In the Gunnison Basin, CPW observed an average density of 4.2 independent lions per 60 square miles in the winters of 2022-23 and 2023-24.

Staff estimated mountain lion density using camera-based mark-resight estimates, a wildlife management technique used to estimate the population size of animals in a specific area. The use of motion-activated cameras to “mark” and “resight” animals over time allows researchers to make informed estimates of population density and trends.

In the mark phase, CPW biologists placed ear tags and GPS collars on mountain lions to create a sample of “marks.” In the resight phase, the trail cameras match with call boxes and record photos of animals. By identifying how many marked individuals are seen in the photos and combining that with photos of unmarked individuals, researchers can estimate the total population size in the study area using mathematical models. Lastly, GPS collar location information is used to account for lions that move on and off the study area during the resighting period.

Through a better understanding of the population density, CPW can make even more informed management decisions based on science.

“These results show that the lion populations in these representative study areas are strong,” Vieira said. “This combination of GPS collars and ear tags on lions paired with trail cameras across large representative study areas is showing us that parts of Colorado appear to have high lion numbers compared to studies of lions in other states.”

As part of the continuing commitment of the West Slope Lion Plan to monitor mountain lion populations, CPW initiated an additional study area during the 2023-24 winter in the Book Cliffs north of Grand Junction and plans to begin lion capture work on a fourth study area east of Durango this winter.

 

[Thill]

Thats BS - that should have absolutely been out before the election!!!