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SB 525–Montana Hunters First
Don I hope you didn’t drop your Thank-You note in the mail. -
SB 525–Montana Hunters First
I understand that, does anyone know the repercussions of this Bill on NR “unlimited” sheep? It seems to be conveniently not mentioned. I’m fine with it if there are limits, it would just be nice to know. -
SB 525–Montana Hunters First
Does anyone know yet if this affects unlimited sheep? -
SB 525–Montana Hunters First
Almost hard to believe but there is a Bill that would give NR’s with a R relative preference to limited sheep permits. SB520. https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2023/billpdf/SB0520.pdf -
SB 525–Montana Hunters First
I see waterfowl and upland game mentioned but nothing about unlimited sheep permits. Would this potentially cap those? Sorry for the rudimentary question, I don’t have an attorney on staff to translate some of these bills into how regular folks communicate. -
Non resident Landowner incentive.
I’m referring to the number of current LOP applicants in permitted areas. "We included the total numbers (also low), then we removed permitted areas because there's no guarantee these will be drawn, and we can't honestly point to those as folks who will be moved from public to private." -
Non resident Landowner incentive.
Why didn’t BHA reference the most recent and actual number from 2022, it’s easy to obtain. In total it was most recently 95% or 73/77, so not a guarantee overall but damn close. Funny how they could hire a GIS analyst to figure out a number that is somewhat difficult to obtain but couldn’t look... -
Bozeman: is it really that bad anymore?
This is America, you shouldn’t apologize for doing well, making sacrifices, and living the way you want to. -
Non resident Landowner incentive.
Percent of residents with paid hunting licenses: 21.1% https://stacker.com/montana/montana-3-state-most-registered-hunters -
‘22 + ‘23 MT Horn Measurements
I just don’t get it either. If you add up all the ewes shot out there in the last 10yrs it would make you sick.- Labman
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- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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‘22 + ‘23 MT Horn Measurements
Crazy story for sure. Thanks for getting to the bottom of it!- Labman
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- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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‘22 + ‘23 MT Horn Measurements
As should MT, but we have to have “opportunity” here. I see they actually decreased the ewe tags in 482 from 40 last year to 5 this year.- Labman
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- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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‘22 + ‘23 MT Horn Measurements
For sure too many ram permits. The 70 ewe tags in 680 is also disturbing.- Labman
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- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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‘22 + ‘23 MT Horn Measurements
I do take the age with a tiny bit of a grain of salt. You would think these people sealing rams know what they are doing but sometimes they don’t. Shot a ram in CO and the gal plugging it was just about to write down the age on the sheet and I asked what she came up with. She said “I get six.”...- Labman
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- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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‘22 + ‘23 MT Horn Measurements
When they don’t get killed as 5.5/6.5 yr olds it’s amazing to see their potential when they hit 10.5 or older.- Labman
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- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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‘22 + ‘23 MT Horn Measurements
Not much about it makes sense. Unlikely a deadhead because there are no other deadheads listed for any prior years and it’s the only “Other” for 2022. Musselshell county is quite a ways from sheep country, and the Dec 7 date is well past the latest hunting season closure. Maybe it is 5** because...- Labman
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- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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‘22 + ‘23 MT Horn Measurements
https://myfwp.mt.gov/getRepositoryFile?objectID=108490 Anyone know what’s up with the 12/07/2022 harvest of an “Other” 3yr old ram that sported a whopping horn length x base of 21.125 x 11.125 out of 5** -Musselshell county? Were the Boddingtons in town?- Labman
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Non resident Landowner incentive.
No offense taken (because it doesn’t apply to me😂) and my reply wasn’t targeted towards you, just a general observation. -
Non resident Landowner incentive.
Just curious about this descriptor since I see it all the time on this site and finally need to ask about why it is necessary to use. It seems to be used in a derogatory manner, as if those individuals should have given their money or land away when they inherited it, worked hard for it, or got... -
Non resident Landowner incentive.
Ben, can you confirm some numbers in this letter? “From 2012 to 2022, Montana lost 13,000 resident hunters.” Resident Conservation license sales went from ~220k in 2012 to ~287k in 2021. R elk (only) licenses dropped about 13k in that timeframe but when you factor in Sportsman’s with and W/o...
