CO Mountain Lion Ballot Initiative: Continuous Updates

[reallyoldman]

Subscribed. Willing to help anyway I can from Idaho.

The wolf measure was not only supported by the front range. It was also supported in Durango, Aspen, Vail, and other areas. Big Fin is right this is a very serious threat to all out door activities. If the anti-groups are as radical as it appears they are..they will be dictating policy on a very wide number of issues. To me this is a referendum on how far the radicals can push their agenda.

 

[marksjeep]

Townhall for Winning in Colorado: Conservation vs. Ballot Box Biology​

There will be 3 similar meetings on 3 different dates. Find one that works.

https://www.howlforwildlife.org/townhall_sept5

 

[SAJ-99]

The wolf measure was not only supported by the front range. It was also supported in Durango, Aspen, Vail, and other areas. Big Fin is right this is a very serious threat to all out door activities. If the anti-groups are as radical as it appears they are..they will be dictating policy on a very wide number of issues. To me this is a referendum on how far the radicals can push their agenda.

To me this is democracy at work. Inform the voter on your position and let them decide at the ballot box. At some point hunters will stop being butt-hurt every time this happens and start taking notes on how to organize a message and communicate their view with others.

 

[Dinkshooter]

The wolf measure was not only supported by the front range. It was also supported in Durango, Aspen, Vail, and other areas. Big Fin is right this is a very serious threat to all out door activities. If the anti-groups are as radical as it appears they are..they will be dictating policy on a very wide number of issues. To me this is a referendum on how far the radicals can push their agenda.

Not VAIL, Eagle county did not vote for wuffs. Look it up

 

[Dinkshooter]

Vote no on 91.

 

[Oak]

Vote no on 91.

It doesn't have a number yet. Vote no on the cat hunting ban.

 

[Oak]

Looks like the official title is Proposition 127 - Prohibit Bobcat, Lynx, and Mountain Lion Hunting.

 

[TOGIE]

it's just absolutely unreal to me that a proposed colorado revised statute would have language like that in it.

absolutely $*)Q!#@$ ridiculous.

very scary stuff for the hunting community.

 

[R.K.]

Denver Post ran a story about it. Mentioned California, saying numbers are stable after the ban. Failed to mention the state kills more cats now than hunters ever did in the past.

Anyone know how to contact them in a way they might read it?

 

[CoHunter1991]

 

[perma]

Still winnable CO. Don’t let off the gas pedal.

 

[CoHunter1991]

Yeah i think we have this. Listened to a ton of talks and podcasts on the issues and it seems like we have one hell of a team leading it.

 

[Ben Lamb]

Yeah i think we have this. Listened to a ton of talks and podcasts on the issues and it seems like we have one hell of a team leading it.

Complacency breeds failure. It's great there's a solid team, but they need people to help them lift it up. Grassroots efforts with effective leadership usually carries a lot more weight than a brilliant strategy w/o support.

Every time you think it's won, remember that there are more people looking at ways to steal that victory before you ever get a chance to pop the cork on the Prosecco.

 

[trb]

If anyone starts to create signage or handouts around this now that it has a number, please post that here so we can start promoting and distributing.

 

[Sytes]

Cats and pics of cats in relation to house cats are more effective on city slickers than domestic dogs and wolves, IMO.

Shell out the $. This isn't a Colorado "thing". This needs hunters nationally supporting the opposition to enviro-extreme, city slicker ballot box biology.

 

[Buffs35]

View attachment 339726

It began 30 years ago

 

[LuketheDog]

If anyone starts to create signage or handouts around this now that it has a number, please post that here so we can start promoting and distributing.

I've seen brochures at my little local gas station, and that's the only place I've seen any stuff like that...

 

[INMT]

A decent article from MSN

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[HOWL for Wildlife]

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[jimss]

California Mountain Lion Fatal and Nonfatal Human Attacks

Notice how many mountain lion attacks on humans have occurred since 1990 when lion hunting was banned!

Note how many children have been attacked! All of fatal attacks have even been older full-grown humans. 50/50 of the fatal attacks have been woman/men. You may notice that in recent years a higher % of attacks have been children.

Date	Type	Attack Location	County	Victim Sex	Victim Age
March 1986	Nonfatal	Caspers Wilderness Park	Orange	Female	5 yrs.
Oct. 1986	Nonfatal	Caspers Wilderness Park	Orange	Male	6 yrs.
March 1992	Nonfatal	Gaviota State Park	Santa Barbara	Male	9 yrs.
Sept. 1993	Nonfatal	Cuyamaca State Park	San Diego	Female	10 yrs.
Apr. 1994	Fatal	Auburn State Recreation Area	El Dorado	Female	40 yrs.
Aug. 1994	Nonfatal	Mendocino County (remote)	Mendocino	Male	48 yrs.
Nonfatal	Female	48 yrs.
Dec. 1994	Fatal	Cuyamaca State Park	San Diego	Female	56 yrs.
Mar. 1995	Nonfatal	Mt. Lowe (San Gabriel Mtns.)	Los Angeles	Male	27 yrs.
Jan. 2004	Fatal	Whiting Ranch Regional Park	Orange	Male	35 yrs.
Jan. 2004	Nonfatal	Whiting Ranch Regional Park	Orange	Female	30 yrs.
June 2004	Nonfatal	Sequoia National Forest	Tulare	Female	28 yrs.
Jan. 2007	Nonfatal	Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park	Humboldt	Male	70 yrs.
Jul. 2012	Nonfatal	Confluence of Shady Creek and Yuba River	Nevada	Male	63 yrs.
Sept. 2014	Nonfatal	Cupertino	Santa Clara	Male	6 yrs.
May 2019	Nonfatal	Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve	San Diego	Male	4 yrs.
January 2020	Nonfatal	Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park	Orange	Male	3 yrs.
February 2020	Nonfatal	Rancho San Antonio County Park	Santa Clara	Female	6 yrs.
June 2020	Nonfatal	Blue Sky Ecological Reserve	San Diego	Male	4 yrs.
August 2021	Nonfatal	Calabasas (Santa Monica Mtns.)	Los Angeles	Male	5 yrs.
May 2022	Nonfatal	Big Bar (Trinity River)	Trinity	Female	24 yrs.
Sept. 2022	Nonfatal	Pico Canyon Park	Los Angeles	Male	7 yrs.
February 2023	Nonfatal	Half Moon Bay	San Mateo	Male	5 yrs.
Mar. 2024	Nonfatal	El Dorado County (Remote)	El Dorado	Male	18 yrs
Mar. 2024	Fatal	El Dorado County (Remote)	El Dorado	Male	21 yrs
Sept. 2024	Nonfatal	Malibu Creek State Park	Los Angeles	Male	5 yrs

Verified Mountain Lion-Human Attacks

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