Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement

[SAJ-99]

This tired old point again?

It is the whole point. You know it. Maybe not to you or other HT'ers, but in Helena it is the WHOLE point. You want to look at the inequity in harvest and cry about "fair". When you charge NR that much you are going to decrease the willingness to eat the tag. Double the price of the tag and you reduce the amount of people that that spend money in places most people just drive through as fast as possible. There are impacts.

I think the cut ended up at 2500 on reissued licenses? Either way keep going. New legislature in 2027. Start your campaign now to raise fees and cut NR licenses.

 

[Wyoming270]

You are privelaged getting less than 25% of the NR deer hunters that this state gets.

Anyone thinking you can sell over 20k NR tags and maintain "quality" regardless of season length/structure is pulling your leg..... Or their an outfitter, someone whos paid to represent them, or they have simply been duped.

Change your game and fish management

 

[brockel]

4 years later and still the same complaints with fwp still saying everything is fine.

 

[El Jason]

If Montana decides they need 100% residents and no NR deer hunters, I’ll completely support it. Looking at data from south of the border, season structure is far more likely to have an impact.

 

[8andcounting]

Actually - they get what most other places call "fair" - 90/10

Actually . They “can” get you to 10% . In draw areas like 410 for elk there’s 0 NRs drawn most years for 410/20

 

[SAJ-99]

4 years later and still the same complaints with fwp still saying everything is fine.
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The head of FWP told the Commission that it didn't know where the NR pressure was so the cuts were done blind. That can be fixed, but it won't be. People like to blame FWP but the people they send to Helena are the root cause.