Colorado’s Proposed Ban on Mountain Lion Hunting Was Rejected.
On November 5th, 2024, Colorado voters rejected Proposition 127, which sought to ban hunting mountain lions and bobcats.
The Colorado anti-hunting initiative was about more than mountain lions or even a specific state.
This attempted ban should be a warning to all American hunters that ant-hunting and anti-gun forces nationwide want to destroy our firearms culture and hunting traditions.
About 55.5% of voters cast ballots against Proposition 127, representing the first time since 1992 that Colorado voters have rejected a wildlife ballot proposal. Fortunately, pro-hunting forces were well organized and able to effectively message about Proposition 127 to the Colorado Electorate.
The Colorado measure ignored the fact that populations of lions and bobcats are healthy and thriving, and hunting is carefully managed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Furthermore, the sweeping language used in this Colorado initiative could have been expanded in the future to ban the hunting of other game animals like deer, elk, and sheep.
Anti-hunting groups won’t stop with this Colorado initiative. While Colorado lion and bobcat hunters were the target on November 5, anti-hunting groups have tried to ban, and plan future attempts to ban, the hunting of many animals in other jurisdictions across the Country.
Hunters throughout America must understand that these types of efforts are never about science-based wildlife management.
Leftist anti-hunters and anti-gun groups just want to remove hunters from the process of wildlife management and destroy the American Hunting Traditions.
A ban on hunting your favorite species could be coming to your state next, so hunters must remain vigilant as we fight to protect opportunities for all American Hunters.
At Gun Owners of America, our Second Amendment Hunters Program works daily to protect the American Hunting Traditions. Please visit our website (www.gunowners.org/hunting/) and be on the lookout for ways you can get more involved in helping us protect hunting traditions in the coming months.
Kind Regards,
Mark Jones
Certified Wildlife Biologist®
National Director, Hunter Outreach
Buffalo, Wyoming
Colorado’s Proposed Ban on Mountain Lion Hunting A Threat to Hunting & Wildlife Management
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This is a victory of real science against leftist fake science. But consider this: forty percent of voters still reject real science. The fight is not over.
Yea, looks like someone learned something from kommiefornias mistakes. I wish that the rest could learn too.
When they come down out of the mountains and start attacking small dogs, cats and children it is obvious that the population has gotten to big. People stop feeding the wildlife. The word wild in wildlife is there for a reason, it’s not just a made up word.
It’s pretty sad that only 55% of Colorado voters voted against this measure. Colorado used to be known as a prime hunting and gun owning state, until ( articles mentioned) that over a million people moved to Colorado from commiefornia and flipped the state from Republican to Democrats. The hunting banning groups in Commiefornia told voters that mountain lions and black bears were a endangered species and to stop all hunting of them. They are not endangered species. These hunting banning groups film videos with tame or drugged mountain lions petting them and claiming they are harmless to humans. Mountain… Read more »
It appears that the hunters got up off their LazyBoy’s and cast a ballot, good for all of us, thank you. Please continue the leftist commies never quit. As MM stated, people need to stop feeding the wildlife. In my little burg, we have ijit’s that feed the deer and until recently we had the IGA Grocery, the lumber yard and the visitor bureau selling old fruit to feed the deer. The city council just 3 years ago passed an ordinance making it illegal to feed wildlife but failed to include punitive measures for the scofflaw citizens/tourist! I don’t know… Read more »