Bill barring permits in MO Breaks and other districts pops up

[Gevock]

So just saw this bill draft, which would bar limited permits in any hunting district with an over-objective elk population. Looks like this is targeting the Missouri River Breaks, and all of eastern Montana.

LAWS Detailed Bill Information Page

 

[Carnage2011]

Oh FFS..

 

[Deleted member 20812]

Oh FFS..

Ditto. Is there no end to legislative stupidity in Montana? Because killing bulls helps. Riiiight......

 

[Spartan_Eric]

Is this bill for real? Hopefully, I am misunderstanding something, and this would not apply to virtually all of the elk limited draw permits in the eastern half of Montana?

 

[Deleted member 20812]

Jersey Greg may as well just nuke the FWP Commission. Who the hell needs it when every Johnny Come Lately Congress person can come in and write their own wildlife bill?

This is reaching a special kind of stupid.

 

[Deleted member 20812]

Is this bill for real? Hopefully, I am misunderstanding something, and this would not apply to virtually all of the elk limited draw permits in the eastern half of Montana?

Um, yeah it pretty much would. It could also affect the Elkhorns, the Devils Kitchen, the Beartooth, Sweetgrass Hills...

 

[Spartan_Eric]

This seems completely bonkers!

 

[AvidIndoorsman]

Um, yeah it pretty much would. It could also affect the Elkhorns, the Devils Kitchen, the Beartooth, Sweetgrass Hills...

Looks like greenhorn is gonna be blowing up my inbox for elk hunting spots next year

 

[tjones]

This makes perfect sense. Everyone knows elk populations are driven by bull numbers.

Typed in Fins sarcasm font

 

[Deleted member 16014]

Oh FFS..

That’s really about all there is to say.

 

[Pelican]

Seems like it’s conservatives that are trying to turn MT into CO by pandering to parasitic outfitters and killing every elk with more than four points.

 

[Carnage2011]

Since @Eric Albus and @Big Shooter claim to be interested in better management I wonder if MOGA will come out in opposition to this one? Or will they be trying to lease local ranches to take advantage of the last two years of decent bull elk in MT?

 

[Deleted member 20812]

Since @Eric Albus and @Big Shooter claim to be interested in better management I wonder if MOGA will come out in opposition to this one? Or will they be trying to lease local ranches to take advantage of the last two years of decent bull elk in MT?

Time to walk the walk.....

 

[TheTone]

MT seems to be leading the way in wildlife management by politician/special interest.

 

[mtmuley]

Most of the only great elk hunting in Montana under attack. SMFH. The majority of these areas need less bull pressure, not more. A chance for world class elk hunting F upped worse than it already has been. mtmuley

 

[Spartan_Eric]

Maybe the strategy is to promote an outlandish bill of this nature to deflect from the others like HB 242, SB 111, SB 143, etc. and make them look like palatable compromises??? That is just about all I can come up with regarding this one.

 

[TheTone]

The constant legislative onslaught against wildlife in MT makes me wonder how FWP retains any employee with even a sliver of concern for wildlife

 

[sneakypete]

i read the bill hopefully correctly, it states that if deer,elk, antelope, moose are over objective “ they may not set limits” and mentions a 12hr. Notice of close of season, which I assume means hunters would have to call in with harvest? I could be wrong

 

[Gerald Martin]

Seems to be an opportune time to implement antlerless only harvest in those districts and eliminate any bull harvest.

The population objectives in a lot of those units are WAY under carrying capacity. Population objectives are set by social intolerance of elk that eat grass.

 

[mtmuley]

Population objectives are set by social intolerance of elk that eat grass.

Yep. mtmuley