hunting

Montana’s resident hunters want to hunt in their own state with minimal pressure from out-of-state hunters, but that’s becoming increasingly difficult.

Joe Perry writes, "This dark money group is really a snake, working to get hunter dollars and hand licenses to large landowners."

Over the years, resident hunters have tried, with little success, to push back against the rising numbers of nonresident hunters surging into Montana.

Nick Gevock writes, "We will either maintain our decades-long tradition in which everyone has equal opportunity to enjoy our public wildlife, or we hand control to a handful of wealthy landowners and outfitters to pick who gets to hunt."

Greg Munther writes, "Instead of encouraging a small few to slaughter an ungodly number of elk, we should be focusing on how to get more hunters more opportunities to harvest a public resource and fill their freezers."

Butte Skyline Sportsman Association writes, "Just as hunter frustration with nonresidents had exceeded a breaking point, so had our frustration with the laborious process of securing accurate nonresident hunting license information."

A Montana court has reaffirmed that landowners can’t automatically kill wildlife just because their property is damaged

Manning Rushton writes, "When it comes to hunter crowding and the state of mule deer, non-resident hunting pressure and harvests aren’t the only culprits, but mounting evidence shows they’re a big one."

Mike Bader writes, "The political override of state biologists is affecting Montana’s wildlife heritage from elk on down the line."

Montana Backcountry Horsemen and Anglers writes, "It would be unwise to unnecessarily eliminate some of the reassurances black bear hunters provide the general public that we’re doing it right."