Montana elk season changes

[creasy]

Yesterday the FWP commission approved an emergency proposal for some fairly dramatic cuts in antlerless harvest in the Bitterroot for the 2009 season. One can only hope its not 4 years to late.

? Elk HD 200-00: Reduce antlerless permits from 100 to 5
? Elk HD 200-01: Reduce antlerless permits from 75 to 5
? Elk HD 202-01: Reduce antlerless permits from 100 to 5
? Elk HD 240-00: Reduce antlerless permits from 25 to 5
? Elk HD 261-00: Reduce antlerless permits from 25 to 5
? Elk HD 261-01: Reduce antlerless permits from 50 to 5
? Elk HD 270-00: Reduce antlerless permits from 75 to 5
? Elk HD 270-01: Reduce antlerless permits from 125 to 5
? Elk HDs 204, 261 and 270 north of Rye Ck: Reduce general license cow elk quota thru Darby Check Station from 100 to 25
? Elk HD 270 south of Rye Ck: Reduce general license additional cow elk quota thru Darby Check Station from 100 to 25

 

[swbuckmaster]

if it that bad why do they still give out 5 cow tags




Archery is a year round commitment!!

 

[creasy]

We have a 2 year season structure policy. We can only change the season structure every 2 years, but we can adjust permit numbers and quotas within the structure every year. Dumb as hell if ya ask me.


This is the second year of this structure, and I believe next year, when structure can be changed we will see even more cuts.

 

[mtmuley]

The quota goes through the Darby Check Station. Does a lot of good to count elk killed that are checked in through Darby to base the harvest solely on that count. If I kill a cow here where I live around Corvallis, I damn sure ain't checking in Darby. mtmuley