I’m guessing it’s a super low # . Who’s going to the badlands to shoot a mule deer doe with their bow tag …. I’m sure a few but like you said probably not big deal
Antelope meat is about second to none . I used to think it sucked when I first started hunting them in the 90s but once I learned to care for them properly they are great . Get the skin off get them cool that sort of thing . I’m more excited for the antelope rifle draw than I was the elk permit...
Well to be fair , FWP cut doe tags in 7 by 90% in 2023 . But when the amount of tags (11,000) is unbelievably high 10% is still too many . And like someone else mentioned , it was not FWP idea to switch doe harvest to private . Let’s pump the breaks before we give them a cookie
bma is private . This was a big topic at the meetings in December . FWP thought telling landowners enrolled in Bm what to do might mean less acres enrolled . I agree . They can decide what is hunted on their bma’s
Here’s the FWP release from today recapping it
https://fwp.mt.gov/homepage/news/2024/jun/0625---fwp-director-addresses-state-of-mule-deer-in-eastern-montana