Recent content by Gerald Martin
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Montana General Season Structure Proposal
This is all happening in a LE unit. Imagine how mule deer in those areas would be doing if they were still OTC with five weeks of general hunting. You guys are pointing out legitimate issues that are affecting mule deer as well as hunting pressure. We acknowledge that in our proposals but as...- Gerald Martin
- Post #222
- Forum: Deer
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Montana General Season Structure Proposal
“I’d rather shoot a rutting forky in November.” 😏- Gerald Martin
- Post #217
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Montana General Season Structure Proposal
I can only imagine the explosion of opposition if we had suggested making all mule deer hunting LE with the amount of tags available determined as a percentage of the the observed bucks and does of an individual unit. That would get ugly really fast.- Gerald Martin
- Post #209
- Forum: Deer
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Montana General Season Structure Proposal
I think he means decrease numbers of NR not price of the NR tag- Gerald Martin
- Post #201
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Montana General Season Structure Proposal
This was suggested by someone who read an early draft and discussed within the group. As written the proposal does not allow for antlerless whitetail during October. Part of the strategy of separating whitetail and mule deer seasons is to ease the intensity of hunting pressure with less...- Gerald Martin
- Post #192
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Montana General Season Structure Proposal
Overall with the required pick your region/ species and no rut hunting I don’t think the same amount of mule deer bucks will die in October as do with our current season structure. Folks from western MT are going to have to weigh their desire to hunt November whitetails over Thanksgiving...- Gerald Martin
- Post #132
- Forum: Deer
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Montana General Season Structure Proposal
It has potential to increase focus on mule deer. However, by removing the vulnerability of the rut from the equation and folks having to decide to hunt either a mule deer or whitetail only we’re pretty certain to see an improvement over the current five week season that allows hunt mule deer in...- Gerald Martin
- Post #129
- Forum: Deer
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Montana General Season Structure Proposal
Please post up any general units that still have good mule deer hunting. It’s not too late for us to shoot those areas out this fall. 😎 -asking for a friend- Gerald Martin
- Post #120
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Congratulations to @Big Fin, conservation leader!
Absolutely! This has to be pretty gratifying as @Big Fin looks back at the beginning of believing he and Matthew could do a better job at portraying public land adventures than what outdoor TV was providing. High quality content and success in conservation advocacy. Win. Win, and only the...- Gerald Martin
- Post #19
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Montana General Season Structure Proposal
@Flatbrimmer - Serious question. Why shouldn’t kids be included in the sacrifices made for the good of the resource? Seems like a valuable life lesson to teach that lack of responsible choices on the part of adults translates to loss of privilege for the next generation. The youth hunt and...- Gerald Martin
- Post #101
- Forum: Deer
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Montana General Season Structure Proposal
No antler restrictions anywhere in our proposal. Antler restrictions wouldn’t bring about the desired changes. Everyone is fully supportive of allowing individual hunters to choose what size animals they want to shoot.- Gerald Martin
- Post #97
- Forum: Deer
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Montana General Season Structure Proposal
You assumed correctly. Either species and all general regions would be valid for those two days only. Youth regulations for the rest of the general season would be the same as adults.- Gerald Martin
- Post #85
- Forum: Deer
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Montana General Season Structure Proposal
There’s been a common thread of initial feedback from folks who read this proposal for the first time. Almost everyone has some particular small preference that would preserve their particular preferred opportunity. What type of retained/improved opportunity suggested varies widely but...- Gerald Martin
- Post #81
- Forum: Deer
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Montana General Season Structure Proposal
We did have conversations about this topic. General consensus among us was that we’re willing to see a significant increase in the cost of resident licenses in order to keep NR licenses within the statutory number of 6,600 NR deer tags. Personally, I feel like FWP needs to be willing to accept...- Gerald Martin
- Post #69
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Montana General Season Structure Proposal
I think a personal note or email to anyone who is in a position to help implement this proposal can only be a good thing. As Ben says, be courteous and professional.- Gerald Martin
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