Lifelong hunters are split on their opinions about Amendment 83, the “Constitutional Right to Hunt and Fish” amendment. Ridgway mountaineer and hunting guide Grant Kleeves said it could safeguard hunters’ position as an important part of conservation in Colorado, and help limit urban influence on statewide wildlife management. Others warn it could lead to future litigation and some say it’s too vague. Photo by Chart Riggall | Ouray County Plaindealer
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AMENDMENT 83
Will Coloradans choose the ‘right to hunt’?
Proposed constitutional amendment asks who should dictate wildlife policy
Colorado’s vote next month on whether to amend the state Constitution by codifying the right to hunt and fish has intensified debate among hunters, conservationists and legal experts over exactly who — and which parts of the state — should take the lead in its wildlife management policy.
