Landlocked State Trust Lands

[SAJ-99]

You can't appropriate money via initiative. That is constitutionally protected for the Legislature.

regardless, that source of funding has been under attack since before the initiative passed. I wouldn't pin my hopes on it.

True. Shoving the veto'ed bill in the desk drawer was genius.

 

[antlerradar]

How much weed do residents have to buy and smoke to make up that revenue? Just thinking outside the FWP box.

Judging by how busy the numerous dispensaries are in SE MT. Probably make up the difference in a few weeks and the best thing is a lot of that money would be coming from Wyomingites. "winning"

 

[Wildabeest]

Seems odd they would pay a guy to go argue against it (a batman?) if they "dont give two shits "

"Opposition to Parry’s bill came from the Montana Outfitters and Guides Association, where one lobbyist, Scott Boulanger, said the increase was “drastic.” Representatives of the outfitters association told lawmakers that they would support a more modest increase to $50."

Directly from the article i posted.

So wait, Batman = Scott Boulanger = Ben Lamb? No wonder he needs a fake nonprofit with all those aliases!

 

[Wildabeest]

For some reason this billboard made me think of this thread.

 

[Ben Lamb]

For some reason this billboard made me think of this thread.

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So - fun fact:

My sister dated the dude in these ads back in the early 90's.

 

[El Jason]

So - fun fact:

My sister dated the dude in these ads back in the early 90's.

Did they meet at the 800 Pounds of Women cover show at the county fair?

 

[Ben Lamb]

Did they meet at the 800 Pounds of Women cover show at the county fair?

Bruh

I don't joke about romance.

 

[Eric Albus]

Legislature passes bill increasing nonresident hunting fees to bolster hunter access • Daily Montanan

Out of state hunters would pay $100 for base hunting licenses, funneling more than $7 million to block management program

dailymontanan.com

I know it.

Wouldnt it be helpful if some people stop lobbying against fee increases?

Yes

 

[Rack Daniels]

(all Master Hunter Grads are on this list as well). We started that pilot program this year, with 4 Master Hunters taking 5 cows on a ranch north of Helena.

So, there's that.

Hey! I went to try to do the “master hunter course and everything leads me to some old unattended webpage. Is this a real thing or what….

 

[Forkyfinder]

Hey! I went to try to do the “master hunter course and everything leads me to some old unattended webpage. Is this a real thing or what…. View attachment 406661

Masterbait page?

 

[Rack Daniels]

 

[Perlodid]

Is anyone else unable to access the state trust lands map? If I follow the link from the original article it requires an ArcGIS Online account (and a free account doesn't work), and I can't load anything at all on the MT DNRC website right now, it seems like it's down.

Edit: Works fine now, guess it was just down earlier.

 

[Hunting Wife]

Is anyone else unable to access the state trust lands map? If I follow the link from the original article it requires an ArcGIS Online account (and a free account doesn't work), and I can't load anything at all on the MT DNRC website right now, it seems like it's down.

Edit: Works fine now, guess it was just down earlier.

I heard they’ve been making some big changes on their system. Might be glitchy for a bit.

 

[Badlandcat]

Judging by how busy the numerous dispensaries are in SE MT. Probably make up the difference in a few weeks and the best thing is a lot of that money would be coming from Wyomingites. "winning"

All you see at the Decker pot shop is Wyoming plates.

 

[Forkyfinder]

Based on you current level of understanding and your general lack of people skills, I wouldn't hire you either. There's a funny thing about people in some aspects of conservation in Montana where they think that if you make a living in the conservation world, you must be corrupt. That is really why so many of the good and competent staff of those organizations are gone now - when the people you seek to serve think you should work for free, you don't stick around long and you end up with trust-funders and trophy spouses who can afford to be pure. Sad, but I guess that's where some of the conservation movement is now - which is inherently funny when you consider the 6 figure salaries those ED's make.

I didn't make the statement about 1,00's of elk, but yes, 1,000's of elk. I know of one ranch that had over 350 taken this year alone from free cow hunters (this is the 5th or 6th year of this level of harvest), another that's over 200. With thousands of ranches in MT offering some kind of free access outside of an FWP access program, it's tough to know how many are harvested so we've asked ranches to keep better records so we can show skeptics what these ranches are offering for access.

Other ranches are starting their access programs because they've either changed hands recently or they've had negative experiences in the past (the ranch with 200 cows taken pulled out of block mgt due to trespass issues and lack of ethics from hunters) or they were never in an access program and just focused on friends and family. We're even working with ranches across the state to bring them in to the access discussion by starting slow and showing them that access is a great tool for their operations. Others still are setting up enhanced hunter education courses with us, and hosting both kid classes and adult classes which also come with the opportunity to hunt on those properties while also getting you into the list for opportunities as they arise (all Master Hunter Grads are on this list as well). We started that pilot program this year, with 4 Master Hunters taking 5 cows on a ranch north of Helena. Based on their feedback and the feedback of the ranch manager, we're looking at expanding that and we now have about 10-15 ranches looking at us as a way to develop access programs.

So, there's that.

Care to share an update on master baiter- i mean master hunter?

I thought thats what mcs did besides lobby? Be a shame if the irs caught wind of a 501c3 doing no work besides lobbying. Thatd be called "illegal" - immorral too, not that everyone cares about that.