Supporters - Right to Hunt Amendment 83
The fiscal agent for the pro Right to Hunt campaign is the International Order of T. Roosevelt . It is run by Luke Hilgemann. Hilgemann used to work for Americans for Prosperity, a Koch-funded right wing Republican group.
The Colorado Right to Hunt initiative is only one in a long line of these Right to Hunt initiatives that are being promoted around the country by the National Rifle Association (NRA), Safari Club International, and here in Colorado - Advance Colorado.
Advance Colorado, a prominent conservative political nonprofit dark money group in the state, has structural and operational links to the campaign supporting Amendment 84 (formerly known as Initiative 302). This ballot measure seeks to enshrine a constitutional right to hunt and fish in the Colorado Constitution.
While the initiative is formally championed by a coalition including the Wisconsin-based International Order of T. Roosevelt (IOTR) and Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management (CRWM), Advance Colorado is deeply tied to its infrastructure. The attorney who officially filed the "Right to Hunt and Fish" measure, Suzanne Taheri, runs her law office out of the exact same headquarters used by Advance Colorado. This same address is utilized as the primary campaign hub backing the initiative.
The far-right political network behind Colorado’s Initiative 302 (now Amendment 83) is exposed by WildlifeforAll.us.
Supporters of this Right to Hunt Constitutional Amendment 83 want to bring back leghold traps which were banned by Colorado voters in 1996. They also want to bring back spring bear hunts using bait (think donuts) and hounds, resulting in orphaned bear cubs which will starve to death. Colorado voters banned spring bear hunting in 1992. VOTE NO on Amendment 83.