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    I-193 to exempt MT Landowners from elk/deer/bear regs

    MT BHA’s summary: https://www.backcountryhunters.org/montana_eqc_votes_on_i_193
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    I-193 to exempt MT Landowners from elk/deer/bear regs

    I went to the can while the process was being reviewed, but IIRC signature gathering can begin on the proposal as written in its currently dramatically vague form. The proponent says he alone will be driving around to gather signatures and is working without outside support (I have to doubt...
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    I-193 to exempt MT Landowners from elk/deer/bear regs

    Gerald, I spoke to a CSKT lawyer yesterday, and he shared the tribes’ written testimony to the EQC. Both confirm that passage of this initiative would likely reopen the federal litigation on fish and game jurisdiction that led to the joint agreement 30 years ago, and that would likely occur...
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    I-193 to exempt MT Landowners from elk/deer/bear regs

    Thanks for posting that, Steve. In addition to written statements, it can be helpful to participate in the zoom meeting (tomorrow at 10!; it’s likely not a coincidence this is being rushed) to offer some rebuttal and assess the proponents. To do so, you have to sign up by 5 today here...
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    Montana Representative Rosendale at it again

    Huh. The one piece of gun legislation that Obama signed was Tester’s bill that allows you to carry in a national park. Tester’s sponsorship of that bill is not “whatever insane leftist legislation is put in front of them.” I appreciate other opinions, but not the hyperbole and distortion that...
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    Montana HB - 462: Worth your time Marijuana Taxes & Access

    Right you are, and people should consider speaking out against HB 669, but SB 442 has been amended to maintain the Habitat Montana funding and now deserves hunters’ full support.
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    SB 442 - Habitat and Access

    I-190 called for 37.1% of marijuana tax revenue to go to Habitat Montana: (3) Funds deposited into the account must be transferred in the following amounts to provide funding as set out below: (a) 4.125% of the funds to be deposited into the nongame wildlife account established in 87-5-121; (b)...
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    Montana startup becoming the Airbnb of outdoor recreation

    Since the money doesn’t come out of the no-show’s pocket, I think limiting their access would help but not cure the no-show issue. However, since most of us are in favor of increased money going to the landowner and less pressure on the resource, the only real downside risk is that people...
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    Montana startup becoming the Airbnb of outdoor recreation

    Seeth, that $700, of course, is in addition to your combo license. It’s not an either-or proposition.
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    Montana startup becoming the Airbnb of outdoor recreation

    I’m pretty certain that they are paid for the days of usage booked.
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    Non resident Landowner incentive.

    Second reading was 27-23. Not a slam dunk. Third, after a great deal of lobbying, was 29-21. Lots of people in the hook and bullet conservation community aren’t speaking to one another, and there is a great deal of distrust and anger inside and outside the elk coalition. It’s a crappy...
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    Non resident Landowner incentive.

    The bill passed on 3rd reading yesterday. It was a great day for Mark Taylor, lobbyist for MOGA, the Wilks brothers, and the Yellowstone Club as well as one non-profit that pushed it relentlessly. https://missoulacurrent.com/viewpoint-helena-lobbyists/
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    Montana startup becoming the Airbnb of outdoor recreation

    The MFP writer contacted me for a quote, and since I didn’t know much about it but had a very dim view of such efforts in other states (e.g. Donny Beaver’s leasing up a lot of trout water in PA and CO that used to be open) I contacted a couple of the ranches and one of their founders, Jeff Reed...
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    SB 525–Montana Hunters First

    That’s where the numbers have exploded. It’s undisciplined, short-sighted policy-making.
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    SB 525–Montana Hunters First

    Take a look. The meat of it is in Section 3: “For 4 game animals, migratory game birds, and upland game birds as defined in 87-6-101(12), (17), and (34), the 5 number of licenses, tags, or permits issued to nonresidents through special drawings in an administrative 6 region, hunting district...
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    Non resident Landowner incentive.

    I didn’t think the angry face was for me, Gerald, but thanks for your care. And I have been thinking about your query about what the 635 naysayers suggest. I’m not ignoring it. Though I believe the devil is in the details, and I’m just smart enough to know that there are a lot of things I...
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    Non resident Landowner incentive.

    Senator John Fuller, R Kalispell. The same guy who went after Farron about his wife’s elk.
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    Non resident Landowner incentive.

    From today’s hearing on 635: https://www.facebook.com/100003717384371/posts/pfbid035FbLmTzBA4WtQvdMgtWm2ntPd9gA32ib4gWCcH8GkDGw4QxASBd817weBmbLic4l/
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    Non resident Landowner incentive.

    Randy, as usual your post gives me a lot to ponder, and I’m not done pondering. For instance, I had not really thought through the value of transferrable tag in areas with a 75% draw rate. I do have some corollary perspectives and questions to put in front of you and this group, however. I’m...
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    Non resident Landowner incentive.

    I was one of those who called John to raise holy hell when I heard of that support. He calmly explained the source of their misjudgment and what he intended to do from there. No defensiveness, no rationalization, no excuses. I was impressed.

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