Fwp Montana meetings

[sethkuhl]

Local meetings are going on. I did not hear about ours until this morning but when I got there I was only one of 4 locals.

Hope you can get a better showing than I could with short notice and hopefully have time to plan!

FWP’s Biennial Hunting Season-setting Process Begins In June | Montana FWP

FWP’s biennial hunting season-setting process begins in June

fwp.mt.gov

 

[antlerradar]

I try to get to FWP meetings as much as possible. Unfortunately I am not going to be able to make it to the Miles City one.

 

[HuntingJosh]

Looks like Montana FWP is separating out region 3 from the 900 series antelope archery tag….
Claiming 20-80% archery harvest rates and landowner complaints of two many hunters.

https://fwp.mt.gov/binaries/content...ntelope---remove-r3-900-20-and-add-900-xx.pdf

 

[Forkyfinder]

Looks like Montana FWP is separating out region 3 from the 900 series antelope archery tag….
Claiming 20-80% archery harvest rates

https://fwp.mt.gov/binaries/content...ntelope---remove-r3-900-20-and-add-900-xx.pdf

Well - that'd be because its true.

 

[HuntingJosh]

Well - that'd be because its true.

80% of archery antelope hunters in a unit getting their antelope is very impressive.

 

[Forkyfinder]

80% of archery antelope hunters in a unit getting their antelope is very impressive.

80% of the total antelope harvest occuring with a bow - not 80% of archery hunters harvesting.

 

[Carnage2011]

80% of the total antelope harvest occuring with a bow - not 80% of archery hunters harvesting.

The fact that you had to explain this is incredible…wow.

 

[Forkyfinder]

The fact that you had to explain this is incredible…wow.

I dont mind - plenty of folks here have provided me with a decent explanation when ive been factually incorrect myself.

I saw the comment in multiple places - so i figured it was something @HuntingJosh was fired up about.

@HuntingJosh - did you see that theres still an opprunity to hunt R 3 antelope with a bow? To be honest i think the new region 3 version of the 900 (has 500 permits?) will be still much easier to draw than a rifle permit in the same area - but no ones knows what will happen til application time.

 

[HuntingJosh]

80% of the total antelope harvest occuring with a bow - not 80% of archery hunters harvesting.

Oh nice. That makes way more sense. Especially since some of the units only offer 5-25 rifle tags.

I dont mind - plenty of folks here have provided me with a decent explanation when ive been factually incorrect myself.

I saw the comment in multiple places - so i figured it was something @HuntingJosh was fired up about.

@HuntingJosh - did you see that theres still an opprunity to hunt R 3 antelope with a bow? To be honest i think the new region 3 version of the 900 (has 500 permits?) will be still much easier to draw than a rifle permit in the same area - but no ones knows what will happen til application time.

Yeah, I was bummed that the archery opportunity in region three appeared to be decreasing. But I hope you are right that it will still be able to be drawn relatively easy. I have embraced doing my part to hold the archery antelope harvest rates down to sustainable levels.