HELENA, Mont. (NMB) – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials are planning to propose a series of changes to Elk Hunting Season at the Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting on Tuesday.
FWP says they want to remove some or all of the limited either-sex permits in all 14 hunting districts. In eight of those districts, including 411, 417 and 426, FWP wants to retain half of the either-sex permits but make them valid only on public land. In those districts, FWP also wants to make a general elk license valid for either-sex elk only on private land.
This would include the general archery and firearm seasons as well as the muzzleloader season. Early and late antlerless seasons would remain the same, and only be for antlerless elk in the districts in which they occur.
FWP says they are making these proposals because elk in the districts are over 200 percent above population objectives and are overcrowding private land.
