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    Fishery vs. wildlife

    I would bet the increase of leased acres has a lot to do with the quality of the hunting on public drastically decreasing. As far as elk populations go, more elk doesn’t always translate to better hunting. In a lot of areas, I bet the elk hunting was better in 2005 than it is today despite...
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    Montana shed hunters - have you seen this man?

    Facebook comments are a constant reminder of how many idiots there are out there.
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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    Without having any idea of where hunters are currently spending their time, is there any confidence that region caps would be set at low enough levels to benefit the resource or to have any meaningful impact on hunter crowding? I agree that caps are likely going to be needed in R6 and R7 in...
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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    Are you asking about this in place of the proposed season structure or in addition to it?
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    Montana Proposed Black Bear Season Changes

    Is anyone aware of how we are supposed to know when the 37% sow harvest is about to be reached? The harvest reporting page only shows total harvest. https://myfwp.mt.gov/fwpPub/speciesHuntingGuide?wmrSpeciesCd=BB
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    Fox pups

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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    That's a good point. It's likely the 60,000+ bow hunters are pushing a lot of elk onto private under the current system before the general season starts. Under the proposed season structure, there would undoubtedly be some mule deer hunters pushing elk around in October. However, it might be a...
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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    That’s really interesting to see that things were managed tighter back then as far as district size and season length. I would have guessed management would have gotten stricter over time rather than looser.
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    Montana Mule Deer Raffle

    Does this mean BHA would oppose any recommendations by the CAC that would shorten the season length or limit and/or eliminate rut hunting? I’m just curious what is considered equitable opportunity.
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    WTS Vortex Razor 11-33x50 Spotting Scope

    Glass is clean. $475 shipped
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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    A lot of them are probably packed into 1/3 of the season too.
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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    The main reason for adjusting elk seasons is to get rid of the overlap of elk and mule deer seasons. There are a lot of mule deer killed by opportunistic elk hunters that happen to have a deer tag in their pocket. It will also spread out hunter pressure.
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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    Current 2024 archery season is 44 days, proposed season is 37 days.
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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    @MTGomer didn’t have a hand in crafting this proposal. You may hate it, but don’t blame him.
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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    That’s what I just said. That’s why outfitters would not support including them in the 17,000 cap.
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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    This proposal is a balance of improving things for the resource as well as considering what’s socially achievable. If it was entirely about the resource or entirely about trying to accommodate the desires of one user group, it would look totally different. I have a hard time believing the...
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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    The benefit of the choose your region is that FWP will have all the data on where hunters are going, even if harvest data is unreliable.
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    2024 Utah Draw Results

    Looks like some awesome country to hunt elk in.
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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    The first legislative priority in the document would be to change the statute to give the commission flexibility in setting the muzzleloader season dates.
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