@Gerald Martin and others involved in future meetings.
<Initially posted this in your round table though I deleted and moved it here to not cloud your discussion to create a group meeting.>
I brought up RMEF's opposition comment re: public land shoulder season. His response was the same as shared in the R2 meeting
@MTelkHuntress mentioned, the elk have learned to push off private and hang around the outskirts of the public side.
Also, on note of the R1 comment re snowmobile free roaming during "traditional" muzzy. His response was same can be done with atv's. I was the first to ask questions and didn't want to drag out the q & a. Had I been able to quickly shoot it down I would have responded about gate closure and should have though I let it go at that point to keep q&a less about just my concerns. Hindsight 20/20 i should have followed up..
FWIW.... good opportunity to prep for likely same response.
Really like your position to prepare for comment/responses. Civil dialogue made it a respectful debate and all kept it reasonably short. Later towards the end, having heard comments and responses I added an additional position in support of muzzy (which some may/may not agree) stating it should not extend the season later into the year. Had it been applied, I would have been supportive for Limited one week snipped out of the end of archery.
His general response was people are concerned over pregnant cows... he said they're pregnant during rifle... one can argue where to consider killing pregnant elk though at that point its personal decision.
Not sharing to debate the topics, rather share a few points of his response. I audio recorded the entire meeting. If you'd like, I can shoot it your way.
Personally there were some great ideas mixed with a few large piss poor ideas (mass overall public shoulder season).
It was a great meeting civil and disputes were heard. Bozeman holds a lot more power with knowledge on the large poor decisions... your round table is great!
There were many topics discussed, as mentioned many pretty cool ideas though over shadowed by a few large issues. As
@Irishman commented, it was in many ways... a better view of the setting. I recall the comments in response to mine as they stick a bit better to my fly trap brain
though many comments made by a couple more knowledgeable and one guru with budget #'s.
A bit bummed I'm not as knowledgeable on aspects such as commission vs Director for comments as our FWP Commissioner Tabor was present. Remained quiet while allowing Director Worsech to take the heat / brunt of the Commissioner decisions... I would have directed my RMEF and other comment related questions his way. Live/learn...
