WanderWoman
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Maybe this was answered already. The 454 public hunters are selected or chosen at random from the lists of successful applicants. Example: Prior to HB 637, a landowner would recieve a 454 tag and then would get to select one hunter from the list of successful applicants for that permit, then 2 more would be randomly chosen from the list by FWP. So for the Swanz agreements that have been happening for years, the landowner would get a permit valid on their property, then select a hunter from the list of 411-20 holders, and then the department would randomly select 2 more of the 411-20 permit holders. Those hunters, unlike the landowner, would not be limited to only hunting the landowner's property as they already have that permit, they just get the benefit of access to said property. With some of the more recent agreements post 637, the landowners have selected the 1 or more bull hunters from the list of successful permit holders and then FWP randomly drew cow hunters from the lists of cow licenses in that area. Clear as mud?Well done with the interview. Im still confused about how the 454 tags are issued. Where does that pool of hunters come from? Is there a list? That program seems to me like it could actually have some merit, but I’m certainly no expert in the confusing world of MT.