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Wildlife Officials Struggling to Stop Felons from Hunting

by KREX News Room
by Meaghan Wallace

Story Created: Jan 22, 2013 at 2:06 PM MDT

Story Updated: Jan 22, 2013 at 2:06 PM MDT

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials say they're having a tough time enforcing laws that bar felons from hunting in the state.

Under state law, nothing in the law prevents a felon from obtaining a Colorado hunting license and no criminal background check is required.

According to wildlife officials, it is illegal for felons to possess the firearms or archery weapons needed to bring down an animal, but plenty of felons are doing it.

Officials say more than 300,000 hunting licenses are issued for big game in Colorado every year and the state cannot trace the number going to felons.

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So Background Check said on Tuesday, Jan 22 at 4:14 PM

Background Checks for hunting licenses. Background Checks for political candidates. Background Checks for Civil Partnership/Marriage licenses. OR -- Forget the background checks altogether.

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