Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement

[mtmuley]

And you mine. Some day we will get on the same page. And it will be glorious.

Looking forward to it. All bullshit aside. mtmuley

 

[El Jason]

My guess is eventually it will be the only way

I doubt this will ever be the case. At least not in my lifetime.

 

[DFS]

Yes this thread needed a bump!! My bitcoin is making a run too.

 

[DFS]

https://fwp.mt.gov/binaries/content/assets/fwp/commission/2025/october-9/wildlife/ehd/proposal-and-information-sheet-2025-deer-amendments-for-ehd.pdf

Good on region 6 department for considering making a move. Hopefully region 7 does the same, it all ties together when you have a general tag that is valid for whitetail and mule deer and you add a pocket full of doe tags.

 

[brockel]

https://fwp.mt.gov/binaries/content/assets/fwp/commission/2025/october-9/wildlife/ehd/proposal-and-information-sheet-2025-deer-amendments-for-ehd.pdf

Good on region 6 department for considering making a move. Hopefully region 7 does the same, it all ties together when you have a general tag that is valid for whitetail and mule deer and you add a pocket full of doe tags.

Sounds like a lot of dead deer and antelope across region 7 as well. Be even more in 3 weeks

 

[DFS]

Sounds like a lot of dead deer and antelope across region 7 as well. Be even more in 3 weeks

That’s what I’m hearing and seeing.

 

[Eric Albus]

Antelope dead all over R6 and whitetail and mule deer as well.

 

[huntin24/7]

Antelope dead all over R6 and whitetail and mule deer as well.

Ehd?

 

[huntin24/7]

Antelope dead all over R6 and whitetail and mule deer as well.

Yikes. I’ve been seeing the least deer in NE region 6 than I have since moving here 18 years ago. 2nd least upland game birds in that time. Saw 6 pheasants in a 60 mile drive scouting this morning on a beautiful fall morning.

 

[brockel]

Yikes. I’ve been seeing the least deer in NE region 6 than I have since moving here 18 years ago. 2nd least upland game birds in that time. Saw 6 pheasants in a 60 mile drive scouting this morning on a beautiful fall morning.

Birds in southeast 7 are WAY down this year too.

 

[huntin24/7]

Pretty disappointing. We’d probably be fine if the rain started a few weeks sooner. It was awefully dry when chicks were hatching.

 

[DFS]

December 4, 2025 Regular Meeting Of The Montana Fish And Wildlife Commission | Montana FWP

December 4, 2025 Regular Meeting of the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission

fwp.mt.gov

It looks like we are going to ignore the issue for 2 more years.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

I’m sure the phone survey was state of the art in 1995. But it isn’t 1995 anymore. It should be embarrassing to argue that the caller has to somehow coax the correct answer out of the hunter (which is impossible, even if it’s true that people can’t remember exactly). Almost every argument against the use of technology in collecting this data, be it government overreach, technology is too hard, or whatever else, should be seen as an embarrassment to the citizens of Montana.

It was decades behind in ‘95 because mandatory reporting or “registering” of deer was common practice elsewhere many years prior.

 

[brockel]

December 4, 2025 Regular Meeting Of The Montana Fish And Wildlife Commission | Montana FWP

December 4, 2025 Regular Meeting of the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission

fwp.mt.gov

It looks like we are going to ignore the issue for 2 more years.

Which should shock nobody

 

[Forkyfinder]

Which should shock nobody

Interesting changing some of r7 to gen archery for elk.

But yeah. Not too suprised.

 

[Pagosa]

Can someone explain the proposal for region 7 elk? Sounds like they plan to increase an 150 permits for 702 and another 150 for 704/705 and you get the option of buying a second cow/calf tag? And still have the original 280 799/20 permits.

 

[MTLabrador]

December 4, 2025 Regular Meeting Of The Montana Fish And Wildlife Commission | Montana FWP

December 4, 2025 Regular Meeting of the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission

fwp.mt.gov

It looks like we are going to ignore the issue for 2 more years.

Every once in a while I get pleasantly surprised by a few of these proposals. No more unlimited OTC elk B licenses on national forest in region 5 is a win…

 

[Carnage2011]

Interesting changing some of r7 to gen archery for elk.

But yeah. Not too suprised.

Where are you seeing this? I’m not seeing anything like that.

 

[bigsky2]

Can someone explain the proposal for region 7 elk? Sounds like they plan to increase an 150 permits for 702 and another 150 for 704/705 and you get the option of buying a second cow/calf tag? And still have the original 280 799/20 permits.

Guess we can’t have nice things….Might have to start a Region 7 elk mismanagement thread.

 

[Forkyfinder]

Where are you seeing this? I’m not seeing anything like that.

I swear thats different now? Weird af