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If you want to extend your hunting season a little and don't mind taking a few whitetail does, there is ongoing management hunt going on in Region 6 and they are begging for hunters.
FWP reopens Milk River whitetail management season roster to all-comers
Hunters who missed last month’s invitation to participate in a management season for antlerless white-tailed deer in the Milk River Valley can call or visit Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ Glasgow office to join the roster of eligible hunters.
Fish, Wildlife & Parks hopes to harvest about 500 antlerless whitetails during the management season, which extends through Feb. 15. The special season’s boundary extends from Saco to Nashua and includes properties that were open to free public hunting during the general season.
“We need hunters’ help to balance the whitetail herd with the available forage,” says Harold Wentland, FWP’s regional wildlife manager. “It’s especially important to give landowners who allow hunting some relief from depredating deer. We didn’t get enough harvest during the general season, and our initial call for participation generated about 150 hunters. We can use even more, so we’re reopening the roster on a first-come, first-served basis.”
Hunters interested in participating in the season should stop by FWP’s office on U.S. Highway 2 West in Glasgow, call 228-3700, email [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> or fax 228-8161. Hunters should provide their name, their ALS (unique license number) number, phone number and address and indicate how many unused deer tags they possess from the 2006 season. Any unused deer tag that was valid in the general season will be valid in the Milk River management season, and hunters can also purchase up to 3 additional antlerless whitetail tags for the management season.
Hunters will be added to the roster and will receive a letter detailing the opportunity and a map indicating properties that are open during the management season. Hunters who participate in the management season are required to report their success via an electronic link at FWP’s Region 6 website, www.fwp.mt.gov/r6 <http://www.fwp.mt.gov/r6>.