In the business world we call this tripping over $100 bills to save a penny. With a population of 1.12M and a 1.5% growth rate we essentially add enough people to the state to make a new Miles City and Livingston (~17k) every year. The portion of those new residents going to WalMart and buying...
Very informative documentary that covers this topic. Worth watching. https://watch.amazon.com/detail?gti=amzn1.dv.gti.48a9f711-b3ed-d293-3749-1ed7cb17ce4f&territory=US&ref_=share_ios_movie&r=web
Key phrase: “Different organizations verbalize that principle differently.” The one I just read talks about opportunity being restricted to those who have special status, such as land ownership. This isn’t a barrier to entry, it’s a certain percentage of landowner set asides. That doesn’t seem...
In 2022 only 4 NR LO’s, out of 77 applicants in that category, DIDN’T draw limited entry elk permits; that occurred in units (1)447, (1)590, and (2)799. So, if a NR LO draws the combo they are almost guaranteed the permit in every unit except those three above. This extra bonus point isn’t going...
From the rant it doesn’t sound like you are fine with the capitalistic system since you “don't support individual or corporate investors exploiting that in the name of profits.” Should individuals be taking the risk of investing in Real Estate in the hopes of breaking even or at a loss then? Is...
Recently upgraded my factory Ruger 10/22 trigger to a 1.5lb single stage KIDD trigger assembly. It’s unbelievable how much of an improvement it is compared to the factory trigger which had the feel of a shotgun trigger. This thing is what a rifle trigger should feel like. If you own a 10/22 do...
I’ve had offline discussions with Ben on item 2 and don’t agree with it. Limiting those tags to private only would undoubtedly pull land out of Block Management. IMO pressure on public land can’t be decreased when there are any general OTC seasons running concurrently. Eliminating the ability of...
A buddy of mine just sent me the price list for Prophet Muskwa. Don’t wait until 2025.
Stone Sheep
BASE PRICE
2023 - $85,000
2024 - $85,000
2025 - $105,000
Is there another state in this Nation where the physical location of your mother at the time of your birth plays a role in your ability to purchase a guaranteed NR hunting license? Who dreams of this nonsense? What about the MT resident on Active Duty who has a child overseas or at a military...
That stats page for some columns is garbage. They should let a HS graduate make the necessary adjustments to it. My understanding is that LO allocation is 15% period. Within that 15% the NR allocation is 10%. So a unit with 100 tags and 15 LO permits really has a quota of 13 R and 3 NR Permits...
When a single digit number of people attended the elk management discussion for that district late last summer I would assume the department’s view is - all is good. Maybe everyone submitted their comments online and didn’t feel the need to show up in person? The bull tags were decreased from...
Had the opportunity to tag along on an ElkHorns bull hunt this year and it was amazing. And by amazing I mean it was unbelievable to me the effort people will go through to pursue a cow or spike elk. On one Saturday in mid Sept we had 8 people (including us) on the same half section of FS...