Utah, hunting and fishing are a constitutional right. Colorado may follow

A Colorado ballot measure, Amendment 83, seeks to create a constitutional “right to hunt and fish,” including the use of “traditional methods,” and supporters argue it would make hunting and fishing the state’s preferred tools for managing wildlife. The campaign is active as hunting season overlaps with election season, with proponents including the advocacy arm of the International Order of T. Roosevelt, a Wisconsin nonprofit that has donated more than $1.5 million and previously backed a similar initiative in Florida in 2024. The article notes that nearly half of U.S. states already include “right-to-hunt” language. Opponents warn it could complicate wildlife management. In Colorado, the industry generates roughly $6 billion annually, and hunting license revenue funds Colorado Parks and Wildlife, which receives about one-third of its funding from licenses.