November 19, 2024 • 15 mins
Join Mia Anstine as she unpacks significant results from the latest United States election, focusing on key ballot initiatives such as Colorado's Proposition 127. This proposition, aimed at eliminating mountain lion, bobcat, and lynx hunting, was a hot topic among hunters and conservationists. Mia explains why defeating this initiative is pivotal for wildlife management and the balanced ecosystem in Colorado, reinforced by the latest scientific studies.
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(00:00):
Hey, guys, it's Mia Anstine here. I'm happy to be visiting with you
again. And I know that there are many people who
are super excited about the election results in the United
States. And that is obvious because there is
always the majority who is happy that their candidate won.
And when we look at election results, it seems that most people look at the
(00:22):
presidential election and that's the big thing is who's going to be
president. But there are so many other things that we have to
vote for in our states and counties and in our
communities. And I think some people don't even realize those
underlying issues that kind of uphold
or support or determine the bigger picture. But this
(00:45):
year in Colorado, that's where I live, we had
some big items on our
ballot. And the biggest one, I would say, in the hunting
community was a fight to save
wildlife management. Basically, we had on our ballot
a proposition that aimed to eliminate
(01:07):
mountain lion, bobcat and lynx hunting.
And a lot of people may think they that
hunting of these cats is not important, but it is. And that's something
that I think everybody should know about. And I did kind of
campaign for this to explain as a hunter ed
instructor and as a hunter, I understand why we hunt and
(01:28):
manage these animals. And so that that's what I campaigned for, is
we manage these animals not only for food, because that is something
that we have to do. When you take a mountain lion in
Colorado, you take the meat as well. It's part of the law
that you actually eat these animals. And this initiative was
ran under a Cats aren't trophies was the slogan
(01:51):
that the proponents had put out. And they're right. They're not
trophies. They are wildlife. They live in the
same communities that we do. Or rather, we live in their habitat.
We've overtaken their habitat. We have millions of
people in our state that live in their habitat. So there is
a lot of managing that has to be done. And there actually is a recent
(02:13):
mountain lion study that was released by Colorado Parks and Wildlife,
coincidentally like a week and a half after the election,
actually just shortly after the election. But anyways, part of
that study shows that the mountain lions are thriving in Colorado,
and even in a portion of the area that they studied, they are
exceeding the intended goal because of the carrying
(02:35):
capacity of that habitat. So if you don't know what that means, the
habitat can sustain x amount of wildlife.
And right now, the mountain lions in some areas are a
little high, which means you would actually, as a
wildlife management agency, you would issue more hunting
licenses for that animal to help manage it so that they all
(02:57):
are able to live a nice, healthy life
and thrive as a wildlife species.
So something else that you might not understand about wildlife
management is that these predators, looking
at the bobcats and smaller game like that, a
lot of that is hunted via trapping. And we hunt
(03:19):
these because they actually have
impacts on our other small game species, such as maybe
prairie chickens, turkeys, pheasants, quail,
like these smaller animals impact those
populations. And you can actually see that in the state of New Mexico, they
eliminated trapping. And there
(03:43):
in New Mexico, not there there there, but in New Mexico, the
populations of the prairie chickens are plummeting.
So that is something that we can help
manage one species by managing another species to
help have a balanced wildlife population. But
anyways, in Colorado, we, as hunters and
(04:03):
conservationists and people who love wildlife, even
though some people claim to love wildlife, we love wildlife
and want all species to thrive. And so we
deem it a win that proposition number 127
in Colorado was defeated. And something else that you would
like to know is that the Coloradans Learned something in
(04:26):
2020 when we had a proposition
to introduce. Introduce wolves into our state.
And that initiative passed. And we are currently
dealing with the ramifications and the
excessive spending that has gone on to introduce the wolves
because the voters didn't realize what they were voting for. And
(04:48):
we have had tons of depredations,
livestock kills. Already the cattlemen are trying to
figure they can protect their livestock because
with a federally protected species, they're not able
to. If a wolf is attacking their cow or sheep
and they see that they're not allowed to kill the wolf as a means to
(05:11):
protect their livestock, they actually have to call in for
help and watch the animal suffer while they're waiting for somebody to
come and help them. So it's really a
terrible, heartbreaking. I mean, for me, it. It hurts my heart to think
about how this is happening, because vot
thought they were voting for let's put a beautiful wolf on the
(05:32):
landscape. Yeah. And. And they, they are beautiful. They're on the
landscape, but it's all the stuff around. And that's what
we need to think about when we're voting. All the impacts, these
ripples. So a water drops into
the water bucket and it ripples out. And so when we make,
when we vote, there's this ripple effect and we have to take that into
(05:55):
account. So in Colorado, we had a win with Proposition
127 and Anti Hun initiative was
defeated. And we're very thankful and proud of
that. And we want you to know that I'll, I'll try to
keep you updated on this on my Mia Einstein site
and let you know where this is going to go because this
(06:17):
actually was defeated at the agency, the state
agencies commission meetings. It was defeated and then it was
taken to the House as a bill and it was defeated.
And then they took it to the ballot and it was defeated. But right
now the sportsman community is a little concerned
because we feel
(06:39):
that the commission now is stacked with some anti
hunting game commissioners. And there's proof of that in
that they were campaigning for an anti hunting ballot initiative
which is actually against their rules in our state. And so
they were campaigning in support of that ballot initiative and they're on
the Game Commission. So I'll try to keep you posted of that over
(07:02):
on my Mac Outdoors outlet. But in
addition, in our state there was Proposition kk.
This was a measure to implement a state tax
on firearms and ammunition. And
so that did pass, and it passed. The funds
raised from that tax on gun owners
(07:24):
is aimed to go support mental health,
which I do believe a lot of mental health support is needed.
That is why we have so many suicides and we have
so many people shaving their heads and crying and acting out
is because we need some help in that mental health area. So
while this initiative passed and it's going to cost
(07:47):
gun owners, hopefully the intended
outcome is going to be supportive for all communities in addition
to the gun owning community when it comes to mental health.
So I don't want to just focus on Colorado. I also wanted to talk to
you about some other states. A big one is Florida became the
24th state to adopt a constitutional right to hunt
(08:10):
and fish amendment. And that
adoption is a huge one and it's one that we've talked about here
in Colorado. It's going to take a big push to try to get something
like that. However, there's something that we need to note also with a right to
hunt and fish, it doesn't say a right to hunt and fish what
in most of these amendments,
(08:32):
but the hunting and fishing will always be there. And
something that concerns me is that maybe we're only
going to be hunting and fishing, catch and release
only, fishing for bass, not for trout, or only
fishing for carp and not for pike or something like that. So we have
to kind of think of these things and educate our
(08:55):
friends and family and others about what it
means to hunt or fish. So if you're not a hunter or an angler
and you have questions about it. Message me. You can find me.
My email address is contact mianstein.com
or you can message me on social
media. I'm on most of the major social media outlets
(09:16):
as Mia Anstein and I check my messages regularly. So
I'd be happy to answer any questions for you there. I wanted to
also just tell you about some of the
successes and challenges or challenges and
wins for gun owners. So in several of
the western states the election outcome suggested that
(09:39):
there might be some more restrictive gun policies
coming ahead. And by that I'm talking about in Washington
State. They've reelected leaders in their
states that are going to support their governors
ongoing efforts to reinforce red flag laws and
bans on semi automatic rifles and
(10:02):
that as I said can potentially broaden firearms
restrictions in that state. Down in Oregon the
Democrats held on to power and that aligns with initiatives
that are going to expand the need for background checks and
enforce their so called safe storage regulations.
Additionally, California's Democrat victories also
(10:25):
are going to reinforce Governor Newsom's commitment
to strict gun control. And with these
policies already in place and requiring micro
stamping on new handguns and banning high capacity
magazines, there's a lot of litigation going on. But
those are some of the hurdles that are going to
(10:46):
have to be overcome. And so
that those are some of the negatives, but there are some positives. And as I
said, the Colorado Proposition KK was also added
a hurdle, but some positives. There were positives.
Despite those developments, there were several other states that
had positive outcomes such as Texas. Lloyd I
(11:08):
hopefully you're going to stay in Texas a while. It seems like Texas ended up
very red and usually red means support of our gun
rights. But Senator Ted Cruz was reelected
and he is pretty pro gun and
he should be helping support gun rights in
Florida. The recent elections helped secure some more gun
(11:31):
friendly leadership as well and that will hopefully
ensure that the state still continues to back the permitless
carry laws that they currently have and some of
their individual self defense rights.
Also notably in Missouri, the Republican
victories are bringing momentum to initiatives aiming to streamline
(11:52):
consistency carry rules and to resist some of the federal mandates
on firearm regulations. These
leaders in Texas, Florida and Missouri, they signal support
for second Amendment rights and their policies align with the gun
owners calls for simplified regulations and protections
for lawful self defense. And additionally I'll just
(12:15):
give a little summary from the National Shooting Sports Foundation. They
ran the Gun Vote campaign which they do every year and the Gun
Vote campaign is basically voting to help protect our second
Amendment rights. And so they highlighted how Millions
of gun owners and hunters and second Amendment supporters made their
voices heard in the election and they helped secure
(12:37):
the victory for President elect Donald Trump and pro gun members
of Congress. We had millions of first time gun
owners and previously unregistered hunters
mobilized. And this is something with Safari Club International.
We ran a campaign to take a hunter to the polls and
we signed commitments to take new people to the
(12:59):
polls. And the election results showed that we have a
strong affirmation of commitment to protect the second
Amendment and that we had some key Senate wins, some
of those are in Ohio, West Virginia and Montana. And
they reinforced their pro gun stances in Congress showing that
gun owners have an influence on election outcomes. And
(13:21):
so I hope in the future we can continue this
momentum so that we
can continue to be able to enjoy
our passions, our freedoms, most
importantly, to have firearms, to carry our
firearms, to have them for self defense, to have them for
(13:41):
recreation and hunting, which hunting I deem as
recreation, although it is conservation as well. As I
said, if you have questions, please reach out to me, let me
know or let Lloyd know and he can message me as well. I'd be happy
to answer them. And until next time, have a great one. I hope
you all have a smile.
Hey, guys, it's Mia Anstine here. I'm happy to be visiting with you
again. And I know that there are many people who
are super excited about the election results in the United
States. And that is obvious because there is
always the majority who is happy that their candidate won.
And when we look at election results, it seems that most people look at the
(00:22):
presidential election and that's the big thing is who's going to be
president. But there are so many other things that we have to
vote for in our states and counties and in our
communities. And I think some people don't even realize those
underlying issues that kind of uphold
or support or determine the bigger picture. But this
(00:45):
year in Colorado, that's where I live, we had
some big items on our
ballot. And the biggest one, I would say, in the hunting
community was a fight to save
wildlife management. Basically, we had on our ballot
a proposition that aimed to eliminate
(01:07):
mountain lion, bobcat and lynx hunting.
And a lot of people may think they that
hunting of these cats is not important, but it is. And that's something
that I think everybody should know about. And I did kind of
campaign for this to explain as a hunter ed
instructor and as a hunter, I understand why we hunt and
(01:28):
manage these animals. And so that that's what I campaigned for, is
we manage these animals not only for food, because that is something
that we have to do. When you take a mountain lion in
Colorado, you take the meat as well. It's part of the law
that you actually eat these animals. And this initiative was
ran under a Cats aren't trophies was the slogan
(01:51):
that the proponents had put out. And they're right. They're not
trophies. They are wildlife. They live in the
same communities that we do. Or rather, we live in their habitat.
We've overtaken their habitat. We have millions of
people in our state that live in their habitat. So there is
a lot of managing that has to be done. And there actually is a recent
(02:13):
mountain lion study that was released by Colorado Parks and Wildlife,
coincidentally like a week and a half after the election,
actually just shortly after the election. But anyways, part of
that study shows that the mountain lions are thriving in Colorado,
and even in a portion of the area that they studied, they are
exceeding the intended goal because of the carrying
(02:35):
capacity of that habitat. So if you don't know what that means, the
habitat can sustain x amount of wildlife.
And right now, the mountain lions in some areas are a
little high, which means you would actually, as a
wildlife management agency, you would issue more hunting
licenses for that animal to help manage it so that they all
(02:57):
are able to live a nice, healthy life
and thrive as a wildlife species.
So something else that you might not understand about wildlife
management is that these predators, looking
at the bobcats and smaller game like that, a
lot of that is hunted via trapping. And we hunt
(03:19):
these because they actually have
impacts on our other small game species, such as maybe
prairie chickens, turkeys, pheasants, quail,
like these smaller animals impact those
populations. And you can actually see that in the state of New Mexico, they
eliminated trapping. And there
(03:43):
in New Mexico, not there there there, but in New Mexico, the
populations of the prairie chickens are plummeting.
So that is something that we can help
manage one species by managing another species to
help have a balanced wildlife population. But
anyways, in Colorado, we, as hunters and
(04:03):
conservationists and people who love wildlife, even
though some people claim to love wildlife, we love wildlife
and want all species to thrive. And so we
deem it a win that proposition number 127
in Colorado was defeated. And something else that you would
like to know is that the Coloradans Learned something in
(04:26):
2020 when we had a proposition
to introduce. Introduce wolves into our state.
And that initiative passed. And we are currently
dealing with the ramifications and the
excessive spending that has gone on to introduce the wolves
because the voters didn't realize what they were voting for. And
(04:48):
we have had tons of depredations,
livestock kills. Already the cattlemen are trying to
figure they can protect their livestock because
with a federally protected species, they're not able
to. If a wolf is attacking their cow or sheep
and they see that they're not allowed to kill the wolf as a means to
(05:11):
protect their livestock, they actually have to call in for
help and watch the animal suffer while they're waiting for somebody to
come and help them. So it's really a
terrible, heartbreaking. I mean, for me, it. It hurts my heart to think
about how this is happening, because vot
thought they were voting for let's put a beautiful wolf on the
(05:32):
landscape. Yeah. And. And they, they are beautiful. They're on the
landscape, but it's all the stuff around. And that's what
we need to think about when we're voting. All the impacts, these
ripples. So a water drops into
the water bucket and it ripples out. And so when we make,
when we vote, there's this ripple effect and we have to take that into
(05:55):
account. So in Colorado, we had a win with Proposition
127 and Anti Hun initiative was
defeated. And we're very thankful and proud of
that. And we want you to know that I'll, I'll try to
keep you updated on this on my Mia Einstein site
and let you know where this is going to go because this
(06:17):
actually was defeated at the agency, the state
agencies commission meetings. It was defeated and then it was
taken to the House as a bill and it was defeated.
And then they took it to the ballot and it was defeated. But right
now the sportsman community is a little concerned
because we feel
(06:39):
that the commission now is stacked with some anti
hunting game commissioners. And there's proof of that in
that they were campaigning for an anti hunting ballot initiative
which is actually against their rules in our state. And so
they were campaigning in support of that ballot initiative and they're on
the Game Commission. So I'll try to keep you posted of that over
(07:02):
on my Mac Outdoors outlet. But in
addition, in our state there was Proposition kk.
This was a measure to implement a state tax
on firearms and ammunition. And
so that did pass, and it passed. The funds
raised from that tax on gun owners
(07:24):
is aimed to go support mental health,
which I do believe a lot of mental health support is needed.
That is why we have so many suicides and we have
so many people shaving their heads and crying and acting out
is because we need some help in that mental health area. So
while this initiative passed and it's going to cost
(07:47):
gun owners, hopefully the intended
outcome is going to be supportive for all communities in addition
to the gun owning community when it comes to mental health.
So I don't want to just focus on Colorado. I also wanted to talk to
you about some other states. A big one is Florida became the
24th state to adopt a constitutional right to hunt
(08:10):
and fish amendment. And that
adoption is a huge one and it's one that we've talked about here
in Colorado. It's going to take a big push to try to get something
like that. However, there's something that we need to note also with a right to
hunt and fish, it doesn't say a right to hunt and fish what
in most of these amendments,
(08:32):
but the hunting and fishing will always be there. And
something that concerns me is that maybe we're only
going to be hunting and fishing, catch and release
only, fishing for bass, not for trout, or only
fishing for carp and not for pike or something like that. So we have
to kind of think of these things and educate our
(08:55):
friends and family and others about what it
means to hunt or fish. So if you're not a hunter or an angler
and you have questions about it. Message me. You can find me.
My email address is contact mianstein.com
or you can message me on social
media. I'm on most of the major social media outlets
(09:16):
as Mia Anstein and I check my messages regularly. So
I'd be happy to answer any questions for you there. I wanted to
also just tell you about some of the
successes and challenges or challenges and
wins for gun owners. So in several of
the western states the election outcome suggested that
(09:39):
there might be some more restrictive gun policies
coming ahead. And by that I'm talking about in Washington
State. They've reelected leaders in their
states that are going to support their governors
ongoing efforts to reinforce red flag laws and
bans on semi automatic rifles and
(10:02):
that as I said can potentially broaden firearms
restrictions in that state. Down in Oregon the
Democrats held on to power and that aligns with initiatives
that are going to expand the need for background checks and
enforce their so called safe storage regulations.
Additionally, California's Democrat victories also
(10:25):
are going to reinforce Governor Newsom's commitment
to strict gun control. And with these
policies already in place and requiring micro
stamping on new handguns and banning high capacity
magazines, there's a lot of litigation going on. But
those are some of the hurdles that are going to
(10:46):
have to be overcome. And so
that those are some of the negatives, but there are some positives. And as I
said, the Colorado Proposition KK was also added
a hurdle, but some positives. There were positives.
Despite those developments, there were several other states that
had positive outcomes such as Texas. Lloyd I
(11:08):
hopefully you're going to stay in Texas a while. It seems like Texas ended up
very red and usually red means support of our gun
rights. But Senator Ted Cruz was reelected
and he is pretty pro gun and
he should be helping support gun rights in
Florida. The recent elections helped secure some more gun
(11:31):
friendly leadership as well and that will hopefully
ensure that the state still continues to back the permitless
carry laws that they currently have and some of
their individual self defense rights.
Also notably in Missouri, the Republican
victories are bringing momentum to initiatives aiming to streamline
(11:52):
consistency carry rules and to resist some of the federal mandates
on firearm regulations. These
leaders in Texas, Florida and Missouri, they signal support
for second Amendment rights and their policies align with the gun
owners calls for simplified regulations and protections
for lawful self defense. And additionally I'll just
(12:15):
give a little summary from the National Shooting Sports Foundation. They
ran the Gun Vote campaign which they do every year and the Gun
Vote campaign is basically voting to help protect our second
Amendment rights. And so they highlighted how Millions
of gun owners and hunters and second Amendment supporters made their
voices heard in the election and they helped secure
(12:37):
the victory for President elect Donald Trump and pro gun members
of Congress. We had millions of first time gun
owners and previously unregistered hunters
mobilized. And this is something with Safari Club International.
We ran a campaign to take a hunter to the polls and
we signed commitments to take new people to the
(12:59):
polls. And the election results showed that we have a
strong affirmation of commitment to protect the second
Amendment and that we had some key Senate wins, some
of those are in Ohio, West Virginia and Montana. And
they reinforced their pro gun stances in Congress showing that
gun owners have an influence on election outcomes. And
(13:21):
so I hope in the future we can continue this
momentum so that we
can continue to be able to enjoy
our passions, our freedoms, most
importantly, to have firearms, to carry our
firearms, to have them for self defense, to have them for
(13:41):
recreation and hunting, which hunting I deem as
recreation, although it is conservation as well. As I
said, if you have questions, please reach out to me, let me
know or let Lloyd know and he can message me as well. I'd be happy
to answer them. And until next time, have a great one. I hope
you all have a smile.
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