{"id":2456680,"date":"2020-04-02T22:24:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T04:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/fishing-hunting-seasons-are-not-canceled\/"},"modified":"2020-04-02T22:24:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T04:24:01","slug":"cpw-fishing-hunting-seasons-are-not-canceled-despite-rumors-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/cpw-fishing-hunting-seasons-are-not-canceled-despite-rumors-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"CPW: Fishing, hunting seasons are not canceled despite rumors, coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rob Pridemore, who was visiting from Atlanta, Georgia, tests his fishing skills on the waters of the Yampa River in downtown Steamboat Springs.<\/strong>
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS \u2014 Over the past few days, Colorado Parks and Wildlife have been alerted to fraudulent calls and false social media posts claiming that hunting and fishing seasons are canceled. Other claims included licenses not being valid or required. Whether these claims were centered around April Fools or not, they are false.<\/p>\n

CPW hasn\u2019t canceled or altered anything relating to hunting or fishing seasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s funny because some people said, \u2018Oh it\u2019s just April Fools stuff, and there\u2019s probably some element of that, but the interesting thing is it\u2019s been happening in other states for several weeks,\u201d said Randy Hampton, public information officer for the Northwest Region of CPW.<\/p>\n

Hampton said there have been a few theories about why someone would try to convince others the seasons are canceled, such as a selfish individual hoping to deter other anglers and have more open space for themselves.<\/p>\n

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