It’s crazy to me what people will write on the internet. No chance most of that stuff gets said sitting at a table together or face to face.
I really want all you guys to know how much I appreciate your work on this effort. It can’t be understated. Lots of stupid comments getting thrown...
There would be a smattering of old age good genetic bucks out there with an October season. Funny how many people miss that point. So if you’re into big bucks that’s what you gain. If not you can continue to smash dinks. That doesn’t change
You just kind of torpedoed you and @souix33 point on more hunter days with this comment. The vast majority of hunters have x number of days to hunt. It will be up to them to decide how to allocate them between October muleys or November elk. Sure there will be a few people that put in a few...
A ton of people are already choosing region 7. With a statewide gen season fwp doesn’t have any hard stat hunter days per region. Maybe some soft estimates. The way I see it you would have a hard stat that could be evaluated for caps. Way better than the current free for all.
I think to really understand we have to get more gps collars out there with mortality studies. I bet there could be a lot of variability across the state in regards to what is impacting mule deer populations.
What if I told you this October season was going to give you an actual chance at finding big hank vs just the perceived chance that the current season structure provides? You can’t harvest what doesn’t exist.
What’s not sustainable about the current structure? I keep seeing people say this. Facts are only extremely extremely low buck to doe ratios have any effect on mule deer population. Buck harvest really is a social decision when it comes right down to it. This is a great proposal because it...
I hunt the rut in other states because big bucks are most vulnerable and I want a big buck. However with Montanas season structure, we shoot any potential big bucks at younger ages before they are ever big. My hunting past bears that out. 31 years of hunting Montana general season and I have...
No I don’t. That’s why I asked the question. I know why I like to hunt the mule deer rut in other states but for those same reasons I rarely hunt mule deer during Montanas rut hunt.
Everyone’s got opinions as you can see on this forum(most are pretty uneducated) however not everyone has big ass elk sheds. Let’s see those warlocks. Post them in the sheds forum.