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Shoulder seasons for sale
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"Riley,
Thank you for your email. Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) has received a number of emails concerning advertisements in local newspapers for elk hunts on private land during shoulder seasons. Other than the time when they occur and the restrictions to private land, shoulder seasons are no different than elk season during archery and general rifle seasons. Just as landowners can, if they choose to charge for access then, they can charge for access during a shoulder season. Fortunately, charging for access during shoulder seasons is the exception, rather than the rule.
Shoulder seasons are intended as another tool for private land owners to manage elk numbers in hunting districts where they are over population objective. Even though FWP has repeatedly said that everyone, including landowners, are going to have to be part of the solution, and have encouraged landowners to allow access, some may still choose to charge for access. Charging for access or outfitting during shoulder seasons is not what FWP would like to see, but it is not prohibited by law.
There are Commission-adopted harvest objectives and season performance criteria set up for shoulder seasons that address this issue. Basically, there has to be more elk harvested than are being recruited into the population if FWP is to continue with a shoulder season in a hunting district. If charging for access, or limiting access, or another similar circumstance, limits elk harvest to such a degree that harvest objectives are not met after three years (the evaluation period for shoulder season success), then FWP will not propose to continue the shoulder season, and it will be lost as a management tool for landowners.
Shoulder seasons are new, and FWP suspects many landowners are not aware of the harvest criteria and harvest objectives. This first year is a learning experience for everyone. This past summer, FWP sent out letters to all landowners with 160 acres or more in hunting districts with shoulder seasons telling them about the season and encouraging them to allow access. When FWP sends out the letters to landowners next year, FWP will inform them as to how many elk needed to be harvested in the hunting district, and how many actually were, thus giving them a sense of where they stand as a landowner community.
Thank you again for your email!
Coleen Furthmyre
Commission Secretary
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks
1420 East 6th Avenue; PO Box 200701
Helena, MT 59620
(406) 444-7826
[email protected]"
Thank you for your email. Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) has received a number of emails concerning advertisements in local newspapers for elk hunts on private land during shoulder seasons. Other than the time when they occur and the restrictions to private land, shoulder seasons are no different than elk season during archery and general rifle seasons. Just as landowners can, if they choose to charge for access then, they can charge for access during a shoulder season. Fortunately, charging for access during shoulder seasons is the exception, rather than the rule.
Shoulder seasons are intended as another tool for private land owners to manage elk numbers in hunting districts where they are over population objective. Even though FWP has repeatedly said that everyone, including landowners, are going to have to be part of the solution, and have encouraged landowners to allow access, some may still choose to charge for access. Charging for access or outfitting during shoulder seasons is not what FWP would like to see, but it is not prohibited by law.
There are Commission-adopted harvest objectives and season performance criteria set up for shoulder seasons that address this issue. Basically, there has to be more elk harvested than are being recruited into the population if FWP is to continue with a shoulder season in a hunting district. If charging for access, or limiting access, or another similar circumstance, limits elk harvest to such a degree that harvest objectives are not met after three years (the evaluation period for shoulder season success), then FWP will not propose to continue the shoulder season, and it will be lost as a management tool for landowners.
Shoulder seasons are new, and FWP suspects many landowners are not aware of the harvest criteria and harvest objectives. This first year is a learning experience for everyone. This past summer, FWP sent out letters to all landowners with 160 acres or more in hunting districts with shoulder seasons telling them about the season and encouraging them to allow access. When FWP sends out the letters to landowners next year, FWP will inform them as to how many elk needed to be harvested in the hunting district, and how many actually were, thus giving them a sense of where they stand as a landowner community.
Thank you again for your email!
Coleen Furthmyre
Commission Secretary
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks
1420 East 6th Avenue; PO Box 200701
Helena, MT 59620
(406) 444-7826
[email protected]"
