SB 298 - Crossbow bill rears its ugly head

[Elky Welky]

TABLED. 13-6.

 

[Ben Lamb]

This bill ain't dead until sine die.

Send in your thank yous & ask that it stay on the table.

 

[Elky Welky]

This bill ain't dead until sine die.

Send in your thank yous & ask that it stay on the table.

Agree, this particular zombie is a tough one to kill. If this was The Last of Us it would be a bloater.

They did say this was the last time they would be meeting, so wouldn't a blast be more likely?

 

[Ben Lamb]

Yes, blast likely due to transmittal deadlines.

There is a study resolution on licensing that will see one more hearing in the Senate. If it passes the Senate then house fish will be in one more time.

 

[TheJason]

We don't need a single extra thing to make hunting easier for the armies of pussies that buy cheap MT hunting licenses, not one. Can you guys at least agree on that?

Yep.

 

[MTelkHuntress]

Forgot about rule #2 on this zombie bill, double tap.

 

[Ben Lamb]

And there's likely to be a blast motion on crossbows today.

 

[MThuntr]

 

[golfer]

Blast motion was voted down.

 

[Ben Lamb]

Blast motion was voted down.

With Authority.

MWF's Marcus Strange worked it hard in the halls today.

 

[golfer]

With Authority.

MWF's Marcus Strange worked it hard in the halls today.

Can it still be un-tabled after the failed motion today?

 

[shoots-straight]

Can it still be un-tabled after the failed motion today?

my guess is their time clock ran out.

 

[Ben Lamb]

Can it still be un-tabled after the failed motion today?

Time is out. We're on the tail end and that vote was convincing.

 

[MTelkHuntress]

Finally. I'm glad to see this messy bill finally go down. Thanks everyone that took time out of their day to contact their legislators.

 

[tjones]

Any chance Molnar learned anything about these crap bills this session?

 

[DFS]

He seems determined, I wish there was a legislator that felt that strongly about not treating our mule deer like coyotes.

 

[TheJason]

He seems determined, I wish there was a legislator that felt that strongly about not treating our mule deer like coyotes.

It doesn’t take legislation to shorten deer season. Hopefully there is a sympathetic commissioner.

 

[SAJ-99]

Maybe next session it will be crossbows for NRs that own more that 40 acres?

This thread gets my my vote for the most ridiculous of 2023 and it’s May 1.

 

[Buffs35]

 

[Elky Welky]

Crossbows are on the agenda for the next commission meeting, Oct 19. Comments are due Oct 6.

Exact same BS as always, with the declarations from the federal lawsuit (which they already lost once, but of course they aren't going to be truthful with the commission about that).

https://fwp.mt.gov/aboutfwp/commission/october-2023-meeting