The CBA (Colorado Bowhunters Association) is trying to put in a 5th alternative that severely cuts down non resident opportunities as well, but not sure if it will be on there.
Personally I understand them wanting to cut down on over crowding ect, but I looked at this from three points 1) a wildlife conservation 2) a hunter/sportsman and 3) an outfitter. I put my opinion as an outfitter last cause it’s not all about money to me.
Personally, I believe the wildlife comes first, their conservation is most important, second I believe everyone whether resident or non resident deserves the opportunity to hunt Colorado. We shouldn’t be pushing them out because they live somewhere else, I wouldn’t want them doing it to me if I ever wanted to hunt out east or another western state. I truly believe having an early rifle bull season would be detrimental to the herds, I think they need that few weeks between archery and first rifle to recover, finish breeding and have some relaxation. The archery season imo is pretty well set I like the setup and believe changing certain units to help conservation is a smart idea. As they did in eagle county. I always hated having to wait a week during archery to start hunting bears, I think run those season in tune with each other cause I always see bears the first week of archery and have to hold off. I can’t exactly remember how exactly I “voted” but it was pretty close to keeping the season structure the same. I think the only change I really thought was good was cutting 3rd rifle down to 5 days and giving more time between hunting seasons (helps me out as an outfitter to get things fixed and moved around between seasons)
That’s my opinion and I know my opinion still has flaws but there isn’t a wrong answer for the questionnaire and however it comes about is what we will have to deal with for 5 years.
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