Already did that. Kept a bill alive in the house that goes a step beyond PALA, the program will be part of BMA, but specifically pays for access to landlocked parcels.
The reason it passed the house is on account of my asking for an amendment to the program, which the sponsor agreed to.
The other thought in my mind on this is that the monies gained by sale of inaccessible state properties possibly can build a pool of money for the state to use to purchase a like number of acres (no net acres gained) for the public. The possibility to purchase better places with access to...
The reason I voted for it: these sections have no legal access. If sold at fair market value(FVM) the interest earned is more than the lessee payments. Not a bad deal.
My 2 cents.
NR’s are part of the problem. R’s are part of the problem. I don’t like the number of NR’s I see in 6&7, I also don’t like the number of R’s coming to 6&7. For now pick your region if off the table. Mandatory reporting is off the table. It’s difficult at best to determine...
To me it was unbelievable the opposition to mandatory reporting. I heard “I don’t want anyone to know where I hunt” to “there’s to much govt in my life, I don’t want more “.
My response was, “how can we
Manage wildlife without data?”, fell on deaf ears.
Even when I said...
As to the cow elk problem in certain areas. I’m at the point of last 2 weeks general elk season thru Dec 15-30(pick your day) cow elk only, in areas above objective.
While I dislike that we now need to regulate shed antler hunting as much as anyone on the planet. I dislike the fact we NEED to even worse. It’s a pathetic bunch of ego driven DUCKZ that have ruined it for all. In R6 we have a handful of guys torturing rut worn winter weary mule deer out of...
It’s nothing to worry about, there’s nothing to see folks. Swamp gas. We already have a factor to negate the appearance of discrepancies with discretion 🙈
Science, SMIENCE.
When factors x and y are the problem, and A & B the solution, solve the fricking problem. We proved this point a while ago in Billings 🤔.
This is cowboy for what Gerald so eloquently pontificated.😁