We have a friend/coworker that lives in Fairplay and i fell in love with his property. 35 acres right at 10k feet and a view of Pikes Peak on a clear day. Not sure if I need that much land but i loved the view. Been watching zillow and he'll let me know if there's anything that pops up around him. Close enough to civilization if you need something but far enough away to be secluded as well. @Hnthrdr send me a PM if there are some other areas you think we should consider.
Agree with you on the exhaustion @fngTony .
It absolutely doesn’t to any reasonable person, R, D, or unaffiliated/independent. However, the Polis-Reis administration has a clear agenda, diminish and de-prioritize hunting and fishing, while elevating anti-hunting, anti-agriculture activists. And hoping no one will notice until it is too late and wildlife management has been completely changed forever.
WOLVERINES!When the Co balkanization is complete I’ll form alliances with the west and east and liberate the front range, using a rag tag group of roksliders haha
This is spot on. So frustrating. The outfitter's rep on the commission started her "outfitting" business in 2024 I believe. Has no prev experience outfitting and only runs fishing trips 2 days/week in the summer. Wonderful representation for all of our outfitters right?
I hope so too, but based on my very narrow perspective of my local community, I'd say the opposite is happening. Hopefully my micro point of view on this is skewed but I worry the Polis-Reis regime is growing its base
Butterfly effect man… maybe Co would have become deep red if you did…
It’s more than Silva-Blayney being unqualified …. Which she is. It was clear move to put a Colorado Sierra Club anti-hunting activist on the commission. She was a self-described “super-volunteer” and state leader with Colorado Sierra Club. They have publicly backed every anti-hunting initiative- Prop 127, HB 25-1258, etc. She encouraged others to sign a Humane Society petition to eliminate mountain lion and black bear hunting. She is supposed to represent outfitters despite openly advocating to eliminate hunting seasons that make up a decent portion of outfitters clientele.
This is all that needs to be said about the Polis administration, complete disregard for the user groups that are to be represented explicitly by these appointments.
Easily the most frustrating part of this whole issue. The blatant “stacking of the deck” is mind boggling… our commission is comprised of animal rights activists, anti hunters and Polis stooges. Hard to believe it could crumble so quickly.
Yep it has become insanely political/ polarizing. As a lifelong Co resident I felt like Co was a very live and let live state growing up here in the 90’s… maybe that was our downfall. Seems like the easy going, mind your own business mentality got enough people here that now want to tell me how to live, how to recreate, what I can and cannot own or shoot, what my heritage is?! And how I can or cannot spiritually connect to the land that the good Lord made. Not sure what the path forward is… I do know that we can no longer just mind our own business and have to actively attack and meet this resistance head on. Best way is to let people know the truth, know about how hunters are THE CONSERVATIONISTS and how we welcome all kind of recreational pursuits while looking out for the animals. They need to know the “rewilders” ultimate goal is to remove man from the landscape completely and have entire no go zones where people are not allowed to step foot on, which includes giant swaths of Our public land
Agreed on the bold.
That kind of behavior should always create backlash, not only when it goes against your interests.
Absolutely, instead of getting centrists of either party it seems we have been reduced to extremes and until we can regain some kind of balance it’s hard to call yourself a hunter or conservationist and support the polis/ D regime in anyway. It’s like stabbing yourself in the stomach and hoping you don’t die of infection, lots of stuff has to be undone now, especially on our wildlife commission. That said the R party in Colorado is almost laughable at this point and seems to put forth very few worthwhile candidates at the state level :/
I couldn't agree more! Refreshing to read. The "they did this so we'll do that" pendulum is destroying us. We need to get past the tribalism.
Every concerned hunter, angler, wildlife conservationist, and ag producer needs to call and/or write their elected state senator and request that they vote against the confirmation of Silva-Blayney and Emerick to the CPW Commission. This is the only way, we must demand that the Governor appoint individuals to the commission that adequately represent the user groups defined in statute and not an anti-hunting, anti-agriculture agenda.
to just about every post in this thread. I really feel for the guys in divided states like CO, OR and even CA. And there certainly is a very noticeable pendulum effect going on politically at multiple levels. At the federal level it’s truly frightening how opposite the two political parties are. What’s a centrist to do ?
