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Bitterroot Goats
Thanks for the date correction Buzz. I remember going to Jim Ford sometime in the 80s to beg him to reduce the 75 tags or at least break them up into drainages.....he wouldn't budge. I had come from Idaho in 1976 and Idaho was managing their goats conservatively at the time based on Lonn...- Flynarrow
- Post #23
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Bitterroot Goats
178 goats counted in this report .....about that same (1998) time FWP was giving 75 tags annually. Unbelieveably liberal seasons and then they wonder where the goats went.- Flynarrow
- Post #19
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Montana General Season Structure Proposal
First, I have been hoping to get mule deer hunting out of November.....strongly support it. I mentioned the importance of habitat needs earlier in this thread. Mule deer are a seral habitat species. Mule deer need disturbance in forested habitats. It can be logged or burned or both. Having... -
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Montana General Season Structure Proposal
Not to highjack a good discussion, but to add that mule deer need quality habitat. As a prime example, fire suppression on summer range has had long term detrimental effects on mule deer production in forested habitats "For example, in 2003, the Bulldog fire in southeastern Utah burned more... -
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Montana General Season Structure Proposal
The group just has to convince FWP that it was FWP's idea and then it might happen. Just look at the terrible history/results that citizen petitions to change something has actually resulted in change. -
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Pyramid Lumber in Seeley Lake, MT Closing
Zoning in the Bitterroot? Never. The Bitterroot is the best example I know of to show what happens to a pretty valley with no zoning.- Flynarrow
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- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Pyramid Lumber in Seeley Lake, MT Closing
Looking at the regional picture, where are the western Montana logs going to go now and still be financially feasible? With no mills left in the Bitterroot, Missoula, Superior-St Regis or Seeley the transportation costs will make it financially unfeasible to log and haul and come out in the...- Flynarrow
- Post #32
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Who wants to shoot a Marco Polo sheep in Montana?
The same guys buying that sheep-in-a-pen would be happy squatting behind that critter about 20 feet for the customary picture. Size does matter they say.- Flynarrow
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- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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Grazing fees, the economics of elk and cattle
Just returned from another southern AZ winter where I wandered the Coronado NF for two months with bow or shotgun in hand nearly every day. The poor monsoon season meant little forage production but the cows were out in force. Overgrazing was the worst I have seen in my 24 winters there. My...- Flynarrow
- Post #135
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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AZ Coues vs CO Muley vs MT Gen.
Agree that Coues is mainly spotting one.....try it with traditional archery gear and you will appreciate the challenge. -
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DIY game bags
Pillow cases for boned out elk or deer and a couple of old cotton mattress covers for whole deer.- Flynarrow
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- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Montana - Time to Shake it Up?
Good conversation Randy and others. There are indeed some principles that will shape the future of Montana's big game management: 1) Follow the money. FWP budget is largely dependent on tag sales and even more on non-resident tag sales. Fixed costs are high so income flexibility is low... -
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How old is too old to hunt?
At 80 and hunting perhaps 100+ days a year, I can't imagine a better way to go than out hunting and dropping over.- Flynarrow
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- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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I-193 to exempt MT Landowners from elk/deer/bear regs
Would this enable a poacher previously convicted and banned from hunting, but now ok to hunt as a "guest", lessor or landowner? -
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Triple the Outfitter/Guide Client Days on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
The Beaverhead Deerlodge NF is proposing to triple the outfitter/guide client days without specifying which recreation activity is to be permitted, where it would occur, and no further public notification or comment period required. You can easily comment though a form on the Comment Sidebar at... -
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Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
Follow the money. Non residents are loved by FWP because they pay a large percentage of FWPs budget. `Therefore FWP isn't going to willingly turn down the faucet. FWP has little flexibility due to the fixed costs of their budget. They have tweaked the license structure to allow more non... -
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Triple the Outfitter/Guide Client Days on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Wonder why the EA talks to negligible effects of additional hunting and fishing guiding then? Likely no opportunity for future public comment.....you walk in and want to be a B-D outfitter and walk out with a permit. Doesn't seem to recognize the potential impact on the current resident... -
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Triple the Outfitter/Guide Client Days on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
If you hunt, fish or otherwise recreate on the B-D, you may be interested to learn that the B-D has just released a draft Environmental Assessment offering opportunity to comment on their proposal: Authorize a triple of outfitter/guide client days from 13,000 client days to over 33,000 client... -
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2023-2024 Chukar Adventures
Can you imagine what a wild chukar thinks of seeing of their relatives....penned raised chukars planted in a wheat field? No matter how high you climb, chukars are always cackling a few hundred vertical above you. Killing a chukar and seeing it crumpled and crashing a few hundred vertical...- Flynarrow
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- Forum: Feathers and Wings
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Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
Follow the MONEY! Frankly, FWP has little wiggle room to adjust license and tag sales (revenue). Their staff and overhead eat up most of their budget, which is a cumulation of many sources, but licenses and tags are a large part of it. Each time we hear FWP tout "opportunity" we can easily...
