Just last week I was at a sportsman's club meeting with two FWP biologist . Both nice guys. The topic was CWD. CWD has been found in Montana south of Billings and to the north. The SE is where FWP expects it to show up next. CWD is likely already hear but has yet to be detected. The talk was informative and I learned quite a bit about CWD. What troubled me the most about the talk was that the main over riding theme was. Montana is doing the right thing with CWD. CWD is over running CO and WY and the way to combat it was to keep management the same or we will end up like CO and WY.
My question for you CO and WY guy is just how bad is CWD in your states?
On another note. For all you that are planing to hunt in SE Montana this year. FWP is implementing some much more stringent regulations on the handling of the deer and elk you take. Anyone that is planing a SE Montana hunt should look into the new regulations.
There were 5 guys in our group LY and we were all successful. We had them all tested and of the 5 deer, 2 of them came back positive for CWD. I definitely did not expect that kind of a result.
Edit - This was CO