Montana 2025 Legislative Session

[Beignet]

I believe it also includes a muzzy stamp so we can see how many people are participating

I didn’t see that language in that specific draft, but I’m all for it. Not sure FWP collects any data on participation or harvest success with that implement at all.

 

[TheTone]

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"Apart from the early 1900s" I'm glad we care about accuracy here. Interesting to recognize that there was a time to shut off hunting of mule deer.

Thanks for the heads up, emails sent.

Hard to kill a mature deer, no matter when you hunt them, if they don’t exist

 

[Gerald Martin]

Hard to kill a mature deer, no matter when you hunt them, if they don’t exist

They exist, just need to lace up your boots and hunt a little harder. They must exist because it’s our birthright to hunt them in the rut. You just need to change your definition of “ juvenile forkedhorn” to “mature buck” and it gets way easier to kill a mature deer…

 

[Ben Lamb]

The muzzleloader bill is simply about restoring commission authority and taking the one season set in statute out of the law and placing it where it belongs: with the commission.

It is not about moving the season or extending it. It is about maintaining the ability of the commission to manage hunting seasons rather than having it set in statute and providing commission flexibility based on emerging concerns & needs of the resource. Putting it in the dead week between archery & general rifle would not be well met by the public and is not the intent of the bill.

 

[Beignet]

Putting it in the dead week between archery & general rifle would not be well met by the public and is not the intent of the bill.

Figured as much, and too bad.

The muzzleloader bill is simply about restoring commission authority and taking the one season set in statute out of the law and placing it where it belongs: with the commission.

Agreed on this though.

 

[golfer]

Putting it in the dead week between archery & general rifle would not be well met by the public and is not the intent of the bill.

Why would it not be received well by the public during dead week?

 

[cgasner1]

Why would it not be received well by the public during dead week?

Bulls that are still in the tail end of the rut would be hammered. How many bulls were posted on here this year killed by a side hammer? Hunting them in October would be way easier

 

[BuzzH]

Why would it not be received well by the public during dead week?

The last thing any big-game in Montana needs is a break from Aug-February.

 

[Gerald Martin]

The last thing any big-game in Montana needs is a break from Aug-February.

We haven’t killed them all yet. Add another rut season. The resource can handle it. After all we have at least 25,000 live bull elk for 200,000 hunters to chase.

 

[BuzzH]

We haven’t killed them all yet. Add another rut season. The resource can handle it. After all we have at least 25,000 live bull elk for 200,000 hunters to chase.

Second and third bull tags going to be available soon?

Asking for a friend.

 

[Forkyfinder]

Second and third bull tags going to be available soon?

Asking for a friend.

.... how?