FWP opposes in-person field days for hunter education
A return to in-person hunter education could help improve hunter-landowner relations, but Montana’s wildlife department doesn’t support it.
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A return to in-person hunter education could help improve hunter-landowner relations, but Montana’s wildlife department doesn’t support it.
The bill comes as U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering multiple petitions from states to delist the bears.
The bill on drones also ran into immediate concerns at its first hearing Thursday over questions on whether it would allow people to hunt wolves from the air and when drones could be used.
A Montana bill allowing out-of-state aerial hunters is being amended to stay in line with federal reporting requirements.
Ranchers losing cattle and sheep to coyotes and foxes want to be able to hire out-of-state aerial hunters statewide to protect their livestock, according to a bill in the Montana Legislature.