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Montana General Season Structure Proposal
I don’t think a two or three week general mule deer season would be palatable to the majority of non-HT folks. Imagine how bad the hunter crowding would be in a two week OTC mule deer season. One of my favorite aspects of the proposal is the impact it could have on crowding by implementing the... -
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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.- bigsky2
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- Forum: Shed Antlers
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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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- Post #13
- Forum: Other Small Game
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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
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- Forum: Free Classifieds - Buy/Sell/Trade
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WTS Vortex Razor 11-33x50 Spotting Scope
Glass is clean. $475 shipped- bigsky2
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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.
