BOZEMAN, Mont. - On Saturday at The Rialto in downtown Bozeman hunters, landowners and wildlife managers will meet at the Elk Management Symposium to discuss and find solutions for issues
Thirty-seven landowners will be awarded 47 free elk hunting tags only good on their property during this fall’s hunting season under a newly devised process on Wednesday.
New guidelines and timelines for Montana landowners to apply for a free either-sex elk hunting tag will go before the Fish and Wildlife Commission for approval on April 19.
Change is coming to elk hunting in Montana.
What form those changes may take and when they may be implemented are still uncertain, but a group of volunteers has outlined some guiding principles for developing new guidance. The six principles were presented for approval to the Fish and Wildlife Commission at its Thursday meeting.
âWe felt we need to maintain hunting as the primary tool for elk population management, that does not mean it has to be done exactly as it is done now,â Ed Fryer, one of 14 members of the Elk Management Plan Initial Guidance Citizenâs Group, told the commission. âWe think there are some other scenarios that could be developed over time.â