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Need me to do a color commentator edit?I think we had 13 or 14 in Havre and was told 17 in Glasgow and 24 in Malta.
My comments are written, but stewing on them for a bit.
Need me to do a color commentator edit?
Oh I’ll start it alright…Start the conversation?
Truly, I hope more folks recognize how evil HB42 was and find some way to repeal or amend it. It essentially makes questionable policy a legally binding document. It doesn’t in any way address the validity of an elk population objective, or speak to the methodology of how it was determined. It just says you SHALL manage at or below this number.
Yes, and speaking of Debbie Downer, the Debbie from Beaverhead County who came up with HB 42 was not really interested in wildlife management but moreover removing elk from her ranch and others due to a clearly expressed abhorrence of elk ... IMHO!Truly, I hope more folks recognize how evil HB42 was and find some way to repeal or amend it. It essentially makes questionable policy a legally binding document. It doesn’t in any way address the validity of an elk population objective, or speak to the methodology of how it was determined. It just says you SHALL manage at or below this number.
.333 is a good BA, correct?Be polite, be professional and be strong in your statements.
The very reason some of us do not attend such meetings.Be polite, be professional and be strong in your statements.
At an initial shoulder seasons meeting when the FWP "biologist" responded to my point about the much larger number of elk in the smaller sized state Colorado versus the number of elk in Montana, his explanation that if you "flattened out" the topography in Colorado, you would realize the amount of elk habitat area ... was beyond the pale at grasping for straws. I felt as though I had certainly wasted my breath and my opportunity to make a point. He must have suspected that I failed 1st grade geography!The very reason some of us do not attend such meetings.
FWP can't have these meetings during the season and expect people to show up. It's almost like they do it on purpose...hmmmJust out of the meeting in Ovando. A whopping five folks showed up. Made for an intimate night with FWP staff, but a disappointing turnout. One landowner in the mix.
If they had them when there is no season they would have to hold all meetings during a 2 month period.FWP can't have these meetings during the season and expect people to show up. It's almost like they do it on purpose...hmmm
A cop out? Why do you think they hold public elk planning meetings during the elk rut? FWP pulls this stunt all the time. Agree that it isn't an excuse for not showing up or commenting, but hunters are an easily distracted group this time of year.If they had them when there is no season they would have to hold all meetings during a 2 month period.
Your statement is most likely accurate but it is also a BS cop-out.
I'm not saying they don't plan it this way. Its a cop-out to let their plan work.A cop out? Why do you think they hold public elk planning meetings during the elk rut? FWP pulls this stunt all the time. Agree that it isn't an excuse for not showing up or commenting, but hunters are an easily distracted group this time of year.
Just out of the meeting in Ovando. A whopping five folks showed up. Made for an intimate night with FWP staff, but a disappointing turnout. One landowner in the mix.