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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    If the proposal were to pass there wouldn’t be 34k people at the same time since elk is in november ?
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    Catch All Excitement Thread

    The gear pile is cool and all but the wall plate on the electrical outlet is awesome.
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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    For residents I think this is true but the nonresident side does concern me. Example being, currently If I draw a big game combo and don’t draw my permit I still keep my general deer tag even though I haven’t used it in nearly a decade. How many guys will keep their deer tag going forward or...
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    Wyoming "Random" Elk Draw

    I’ve drawn 5 of the last 8 years, only had the points for 100% draw once.
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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    I haven’t made it all the way through the day 1 presentations yet but it sure seems like FWP already has a direction the ship is headed. I hope I’m wrong.
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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    Im assuming this was a “CWD management” decision. If rut hunting mule deer and liberal harvest is the cure for CWD then Montana is well ahead of the curve.
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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    Not exactly. I’m saying get rid of the combo and set acceptable quotas for each species and manage them separately. I think your current proposal could possibly add NR hunters as an unintended consequence. Example being guys returning their deer portion to be resold to another NR because they...
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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    In regards to impacts on funding I think some revenue could be generated by actually splitting/getting rid of the NR big game combo. Charge the current seperate price for a deer tag And the price for an elk tag. Sell preference points for general deer license and general elk license. Once...
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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    I seriously doubt you are gonna cut success rates in half by moving the season to October.
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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    I read this argument being thrown out today - (paraphrasing) What does not hunting buck mule deer in November do to improve overall populations? It will/should improve the age structure but will not have a significant impact on overall numbers until the bucks start birthing fawns.
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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    I don’t recall whether or not the no answers were being lumped into the satisfied percentage. Crappy if it was. I did a brief search and found a survey done last season. I don’t think this is the one I recall reading but the results appear similar...
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    Montana General Season Structure Proposal

    I think the battle with FWP will be their “hunter satisfaction surveys” that are used as a crutch. IIRC roughly 60% of resident hunters were satisfied with their deer hunts and around 70% said that rut hunting and the opportunity to hunt mule deer bucks on thanksgiving were important to them. To...
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    The Devil's Lettuce

    He’s already gone… wtf
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    Montana - Time to Shake it Up?

    @antlerradar I hope you make the cut!
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    Montana - Time to Shake it Up?

    Any word on the MD committee/working group FWP was taking applicants for?
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    Screwing over the Non-resident (or not)?

    An extra preference point for one species of your choice for volunteering X amount of hours. Only valid once until you draw a tag.
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    Screwing over the Non-resident (or not)?

    I think WY officially had transferable landowner tags for cow elk this year and the landowner could charge a fee for the voucher. @BuzzH or @JM77 could expand on this and correct me where I’m wrong.
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    NFA Wait Times

    Don’t get your hair on fire just doing some system maintenance. It’s back up and running.
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    Montana - Time to Shake it Up?

    Sounds so simple, but this would have the quickest positive impact for deer. I often wonder what potential benefit there could be from getting rid of the combination (deer/elk) tag and staggering the seasons. I’d be interested to know how many deer die as victims of opportunity during an elk...
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    Utard video

    I may be extra cautious but I even split/separate the muscles on the hind quarters to expose the bone to keep them from spoiling from the inside out, especially on an elk.
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