It amazes me that people can read a document and come away with entirely different things.
The proposal is not simply about mule deer age structure, and I tend to agree that this proposal will not do much to grow trophy bucks. That isn't the intent of the October MD season so much as a way to...
Fun fact: I once ran in to this deleted member at a little lake full of grayling.
He was fishing. So...I'm confused.
2 floats for trout. Lower Clark Fork was good with dries. Bighole was stingy with bluebird days.
Smallies this week as we take the boat on it's maiden voyage.
I thought the presentation yesterday was really well done. People may not like the answers, but FWP has done a good job throwing the covers back and showing folks what they're doing, why & then giving them the data they use to back it up.
I didn't take that away from the discussion. Their point was "at some point we're over-egging the pudding with research." meaning they have the data, and more isn't going to necessarily provide better data.
They also have to budget long term based on projected revenue, so putting millions into...
FWP does not set their budget. The Legislature does. If you want more wardens, biologists and better pay, you need to be talking to your legislators.
The other reason that elk are included is to improve hunter success rates on public land, which currently stand at 20% for all elk. That...