Colorado Parks and Wildlife Addresses the Hunting Ban

On September 18, 2024, Marc Auville, Lauren Truitt, and Trent Loos joined the show. Auville details the full week of constitutional education events including Dr Truitt exposes how the hunting ban would undermine Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s science-based management, cost $60 million in economic output, and shift wildlife control to government employees while out-of-state activist groups push the agenda Loos announces the three-city Man.

Grand Lake US Constitution Week Preview

Start listening at 18:00 – Hour 1

Marc Auville outlines the full slate of events for the 13th annual Grand Lake US Constitution Week, running through Sunday. The week features documentary screenings, constitutional trivia competitions, veteran roundtables, and youth programming designed to engage the next generation. Thursday’s Constitution and the Warrior series honors veterans, while Friday focuses on youth with free activities and a presentation from Brigadier General Norm Steen on becoming engaged citizens.

Saturday’s main event brings former Congressman Dr. Ron Paul as keynote speaker, preceded by a parade at 10 a.m. and a military flyover approved by the FAA and Pentagon. The Union Gray Band provides entertainment before fireworks cap the evening. All events remain free to the public, funded entirely by sponsors and donors.

“We should be celebrating Constitution Day, Constitution Week, like we celebrate Independence Day.”

Marc Auville, Grand Lake US Constitution Week Organizer

Why Proposition 127’s Hunting Ban Threatens Wildlife

Start listening at 35:00 – Hour 1

Lauren Truitt, former Assistant Director of Information and Education at Colorado Parks and Wildlife, exposes the real agenda behind Proposition 127. The measure would ban hunting of mountain lions, lynx, and bobcats, though Truitt notes lynx are already federally protected, making their inclusion in the ballot language misleading. Washington D.C.-based Animal Wellness Action has poured over $1.3 million into the campaign, led by Wayne Pacelle, the disgraced former CEO of the Humane Society.

Truitt warns that California’s similar ban, Proposition 117 from the late 1980s, resulted in wildlife managers destroying more mountain lions than hunters previously harvested. The economic impact analysis shows a potential $60 million decrease in Colorado’s hunting and angling economy. Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s science-based management has maintained healthy wildlife populations for over 125 years, balancing human recreation with sustainable animal populations.

Mountain lion attacks remain a real concern as Colorado’s population has grown to 5.8 million people sharing habitat with an estimated 3,800-4,400 mountain lions. The ambush predators pose particular risks on trails where the urban-wildlife interface continues shrinking.

“It is because of the hunting community, the fishing community, that these regulations are in place. They are active in making sure that wildlife in all its forms, both huntable species and non-game species, that they’re thriving.”

Lauren Truitt, Former CPW Assistant Director

Celebrating Masculinity: The Rally for Men

Start listening at 75:00 – Hour 2

Trent Loos announces the second annual Man March spanning three locations over one weekend: Hot Springs, South Dakota on Friday evening; Medora, North Dakota on Saturday; and Bismarck, North Dakota on Sunday morning. The events celebrate man’s role in family, faith, and society, featuring Pastor Jeff Weiss from Tennessee and Kevin Jenkins from Newark, New Jersey.

Dave Gates, a Vietnam veteran, will host the Hot Springs event on 10 acres he secured with $100 million in funding for a veteran skills development hub. The facility will offer 18-month programs teaching carpentry, electrical work, plumbing, and meat cutting to veterans struggling with PTSD and addiction. Black Hills businesses have already lined up to hire graduates before groundbreaking.

Loos connects the systematic suppression of masculinity to broader cultural attacks, noting how cholesterol-lowering medications reduce testosterone production. The Man March pushes back against 20 years of conditioning that taught young men to stay out of the way. A 90-minute documentary combining all three events will be available afterward.

“We need to get back to celebrating the man.”

Trent Loos, Sixth-Generation Farmer and Rancher

Property Taxes and Western Heritage Under Attack

Start listening at 95:00 – Hour 2

The conversation turns to the coordinated assault on property ownership through skyrocketing property tax assessments. Loos reports that appraisers across the country appear to be receiving directives to inflate property values, creating a cascade effect that drives up school funding requests and threatens longtime homeowners with displacement.

Denver ballot measures targeting Superior Farm’s lamb processing plant and fur sales represent another front in the war on Western culture. The lamb plant measure’s language bans all meat processing within city limits, threatening the National Western Stock Show’s 118-year tradition of celebrating man’s relationship with animals. The Stock Show contributed $171 million in economic impact in 2023 alone.

Loos also addresses the earthquake problem in Texas’s Permian Basin, where injecting fracking brine water back into the earth has triggered over 100 earthquakes in seven days, including one of the five largest in state history. He distinguishes between supporting fracking itself and opposing the dangerous disposal method, warning that proposed CO2 injection for carbon capture poses similar seismic risks.