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  1. Gerald Martin

    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    I agree about the intelligence of a 2 1/2 year old bull. I think we hunt some of the same general areas. My experience has been that raghorns are still with the cows the last week of October. The mature bulls have already drifted away to their post rut areas and are generally in the higher...
  2. Gerald Martin

    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    Serious question. Do you think that the amount of raghorn bull elk that get killed first week of the season because they are still with the cows will stay the same or be less if elk opener is bumped back to the first week of November?
  3. Gerald Martin

    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    If you get any crayon drawings can you share them with FWP? That might help them understand we want change.
  4. Gerald Martin

    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    @Carnage2011 raises a good point about defining what success/improvement looks like to track whether a new season structure is better than the current one. Speaking personally, I think that it’s very difficult to define “optimal” in an opportunity state like MT where general units are not...
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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    I think the biggest takeaway I have is that FWP seems to project that they have all the data they need for their questions. They just don’t have the hard data (or it isn’t made available) to answer any questions other than the ones they’re asking.
  6. Gerald Martin

    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    The number of boots on the ground is always pretty squishy. I have the 2021 numbers and if I run the license totals figuring that the elk tags were all carried by a hunter with a deer tag it comes out to 167,200 resident hunters. There were also 49,000 NR deer and elk tags sold that year...
  7. Gerald Martin

    MT Mule Deer Age data accuracy and reality

    This is Boss Hawg you’re talking about…😂
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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

  9. Gerald Martin

    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    I don’t think anyone is going to disagree that the best biological approach to allocating deer tags is that a certain number of tags are issued based on numbers of deer, hunter success, and range conditions. That would be some form of LE. However, LE across the state would mean that some...
  10. Gerald Martin

    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    Yes. This. Having to fill in the gaps makes it difficult to follow the logic. Most folks have only so much vacation time to dedicate to hunting. The further out the different choices of what can be hunted are spaced, by default less animal are killed as targets of opportunity. I really...
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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

  12. Gerald Martin

    "Wild" horses saved!!!

    The French could figure it out.
  13. Gerald Martin

    Full bighorn sheep cape for sale 15 1/4" bases

    I’ve got a tanned life size bighorn cape that would potentially be for sale. My ram’s bases were 15 5/8”.
  14. Gerald Martin

    FWP Fisheries Director Ousted?

    So, obviously as humans we all tend to be biased and are also influenced by folks we respect to trend one way or another with our conclusions when we don’t have direct knowledge of a situation. As someone who doesn’t have knowledge of the situation I am dependent on accurate information to...
  15. Gerald Martin

    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    They heard less gunshots and didn’t go to that great green pasture in the sky…😄
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