Colorado Amendment 83 Explained: Right to Hunt & Fish | The Captain’s Log Outpost

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2:03on the full-length hour show of the Captain's Log Radio with Captain Bobby Wooder. Now listen, this is important. This is something we need to talk about. This is what we're going to have a discussion about. In 2024 in the state of Florida, we passed a amendment two, which was the right to hunt and fish. We have this opportunity for you, for y'all over in Colorado. Yeah, this giant opportunity to do the same thing with a amendment 83. So a few facts real quick, are out at the top. And let me catch you up on a few things. There are 24 states in the United States. 24 that have this state constitutional right to hunt and fish. The first was Vermont, 1777. 1777, these people had it figured out. Way back then, the newest in the 24 state, this is state of Florida, and that happened two years ago in 2024. So let's make Colorado the 25th. Why is that important, y'all? Let's go over this.

3:04I've got some notes here. I want to go through them. And I want to parallel it to what's going on, what happened in Florida two years ago. So first off, this is a citizen initiative. This was not a bill written by legislature. Instead, this was a push from citizens. Huge, huge. To have that kind of support that speaks of volumes to what's going on here. In June, this big push happened. They had to have well over 200,000 signatures to get this on the ballot. That happened. They had only like five weeks to get that done. Y'all in Colorado stepped up, got the signatures in. They got certified, and now a Memant 83 is on the ballot. What would a Memant 83 do? What would it approve? What would it add to the state constitution? Number one, it would give you in Colorado

4:05a constitutional right to hunt and fish and harvest fish in a wildlife. Let's break these down. Number one, put that. That does not mean that you can go anywhere you want and kill and harvest as many animals or fishes you want. It doesn't mean that. It doesn't mean you can enter into someone's private property. It doesn't mean that. It just means that you cannot have your right to hunt and fish taken away from you, which is what they were trying to do in Oregon with a peace act that recently failed it. Fail to make it to ballot for this November. They're coming for it. They're coming. There are people in this country who want to take away your ability to hunt, fish, farm, raise animals, animal husbandry. They want to get rid of that and this protects it. Okay, so it is crucial that you guys lock that in. Number two, it allows for the protection of hunting

5:08and fishing using traditional methods. This was a huge argument in the state of Florida. Oh, well, traditional methods like what we did 200 years ago with traditions that were passed down. No. Oh, this is gonna bring back the net ban in the state of Florida. No. Oh, this means I can go harping a manatee. No. Traditional methods are defined as what is legal at the time of the vote. So meaning things that have been banned previously cannot be reinstated. Doesn't mean you can go now kill whatever you want. Animals that are a part of the ESA, the Endangered Species Act, animals that are on that list, doesn't mean you can go hunt these animals now. You're not gonna go and hunt a bald eagle, not allowed. Okay, in 2024 in the state of Colorado, it was called the Program One, Proposition 127. What that did is it protected

6:10with mountain lions, bobcats, and links. Meaning you couldn't hunt those animals. That doesn't change, okay? What's considered traditional methods is what's legal at the time of passage here. So doesn't get away, go away with a lot of those great things that are already in place. All right, let's continue down this list. Next, hunting and fishing is a primary and preferred means of responsibly managing and controlling wildlife populations. This was part of the language in the state of Florida. And people were like, oh, hunting and fishing is your only means. What about the scientific data? What about the FWC and official wildlife commission? You know, what about in other states, the DNR? It's gonna get rid of that. No, no, sir, that's not what that means at all. Instead, it's saying, let's say you have

7:10a population number of deer, a white tail deer, and they are way higher than the environment, than the estuaries, whatever you wanna call it. We're talking about deer. So let's just say the environment can handle. Well, what's gonna happen to those deer? Well, they're either gonna get hit by cars. They're gonna start raiding farms to get, you know, they're gonna look for food somewhere because there's so many deer, they can't, the environment can't keep up with it. Now they're gonna die of disease. There's problems with that. Management means having a safe, healthy number. Your stock populations have to be a safe, healthy number. If you have too many, now you're gonna run into other problems. So what does it mean by hunting and fishing is the preferred means of management? It doesn't take away the science, but instead it's saying, okay, we've got 50 deer too many. So now you can go out and harvest those animals,

8:10hunt those animals, to then lower the number and the stock number. Instead of putting out like a stair or a trap, and possibly catching that deer, or possibly catching something else. So instead of just using other ways to catch those animals, you're allowed to then focus in using hunting or fishing. We're talking about hunting in this situation, to then manage the numbers. Using hunting and fishing is preferred means management. Doesn't eliminate science, it doesn't eliminate the data, doesn't eliminate your DNR, and instead it's saying, the DNR can come alongside. Those hunters and fishermen, and say, here's our numbers, here's what we gotta do, here's your tags, let's fix the problem, pretty simple, pretty simple. Okay, so also gonna provide explicit protection for the state's ability to regulate hunting and fishing. Again, I said this earlier, already says once,

9:12it does not eliminate your DNR, it does not eliminate your management, your state run management. Instead, it protects the state run management. Meaning you still have to buy your hunting and your fishing license. Meaning you can't just go do whatever you want. There are rules, there are regulations, and those rules are regulations are backed by scientific data. And like we talked about, you're gonna use hunting and fishing to help manage those animals, based off of the scientific data collected by the state, your DNR, okay? Win, win, win, win for everyone, okay? A requirement that regulations be reasonable and necessary for specified purposes. Those include sound scientific wildlife conservation management, public safety, and preserving, hunting, and fishing opportunities for all species, statewide. Again, this is saying we're going to,

10:14this amendment will protect us as hunters and anglers, and allow for reasonable and necessary regulations so that we can have public safety. We can preserve hunting and fishing for generations to come, and we can have sound scientific wildlife, conservation, and management. All of these are tremendous wins, okay? Okay, so let's talk about some things that doesn't change, okay? We, and I've mentioned it already, it does not mean you as a hunter and angler can trespass on private property. You can't go and shoot 50 deer, and it's a big number I'm making that up, I'm being obnoxious on purpose, and then say, well, I have a right to hunt fish. No, that's not what that means, right? You're still, you still have rules, you still have regulations. All right, so to reiterate, to really just drive this through, this does not mean you can go hunting fish and do whatever you want, and not by a license

11:17because you have a right to hunt fish. That was again, one of the arguments in the state of Florida, oh, people are gonna do whatever they want, because they have a right to, that's not an argument. And saying that you have a right to hunt fish is not an argument, okay? The rules and regulations are still going to be in place, okay? What's really important here, guys, is the protection. This protects us, this protects what we believe in, this protects our way of life, this protects their traditions that have been handed down from generation to generation. Same arguments we had here in state of Florida, and you know what, there was cases, and I talked about this on the Monday show with Captain Bobby, there was a case in Southwest Florida where these people wanted to shark fish off the beach at night, very popular thing to do. There's less people in the water, so it's a lot easier to fish at night for sharks off the beach, because you're not dealing with swimmers or surfers

12:19or people or whatever, walking the beach, there's less traffic, less people at night. And night's a great time to catch sharks. So this got shut down, it was attempted to, but the city government, the county and city commissioners were trying to shut this down. They didn't want people to be attracting sharks in the water, to be closer to the beach, hey, the sharks are already there, but those people were protected. The state got involved and said, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, wait a minute. I, we hear your rules, or we hear your complaints, we hear your concerns, but because this person is on public property, and because they have a constitutional right, the state constitutional right to hunt fish, it was overturned. And now you can't continue to fish for sharks on the beach in South of Florida in the evenings. So this is, and this is just one example, guys.

13:20This has happened, has happened, and precedence has been set, and anglers have been protected, and so has the wildlife. I talked about this on Monday, the Pittman-Robertson funds, all of that is the tax, the money that's collected from the firearms, from ammo, from archery equipment, that is funding wildlife. Then you've got the Dingo Johnson funds, where you're spending money on fishing gear, and that is funding a lot of these programs, and the management, excuse me, the management, and the data collection of our fish, and our estuaries, and fishing equipment, and the tax from that is what feeds those funds. Then you have sport fish restoration funds, and that plays a role, and that is based off how many licenses are sold in a state, and the number of licenses you sell,

14:21then determine how much money the federal government is giving you for sport fish restoration. So guys, us as anglers and outdoorsmen and hunters, this is huge for us, and we need to protect it. So don't take my word for it, right? I'm a firm believer in this, but go out there and research this, look at what the Naysayers saying, look at what the antis are saying, look at what their messaging is, and then look at the real facts and the data, and compare that to the other 24 states in the language that's being used in a Mema 83, and how this is consistently the same from state to state to state, and why this is so important for us to get passed in the state of Colorado, a Mema 83 this year, November, 2026. We need to pass this, and these will be the 25th state, and we need to move on and get off 50.

15:21I think that's a tremendous goal. I'm passionate about this, because I got two little boys who love the outdoors, and you've heard me say this so many times on the count of zog radio, I wanna make sure that those boys have a better opportunity to hunt and fish in the United States, specifically the state of Florida where we live, but I want the good old days to be coming up. I want them to experience the good old days. So let's vote yes on a Mema 83 in the state of Colorado. We've got to get away from politics eventually, but guys, this is important. This is truly, truly an important thing that we need to pass just like we did here in the state of Florida. You all have a great day, great week. I'll see you power more. This is the Captain's Log Out Post. You're visiting our office k Love gumtool. Thanks and we could enjoy it. Thank you so much for coming back.

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