Wind River
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Careful Bob, might have a 14 day MN resident license.
Might just do that. Also thinking of trying Iowa in the future. I like moving around and missing shots in different places.Hey come to MN, there's no time limit on non-resident licenses.
Wow that would shake things up!2 bills currently tabled in committee:
Current Bill Progress: In Second House Committee--Tabled
with vote 19-0
SENATE BILL NO. 512 is also noteworthy:
the commission shall by rule limit the number of nonresident game bird licenses to 10%
of the number of licenses purchased the previous year by residents
SB512 could make it impossible for non-residents to legally hunt upland birds
if they are late in attempting a license purchase.
Well that would cut down on hot spotting.2 bills currently tabled in committee:
Current Bill Progress: In Second House Committee--Tabled
with vote 19-0
SENATE BILL NO. 512 is also noteworthy:
the commission shall by rule limit the number of nonresident game bird licenses to 10%
of the number of licenses purchased the previous year by residents
SB512 could make it impossible for non-residents to legally hunt upland birds
if they are late in attempting a license purchase.
I agree that the internet has put people on montana, but the same goes for other states as well. Out of state hunters will continue to hit montana in the future, that's a given.I have seen an increase in hunters in the last couple of years. People brag on the internet and telling everyone how to hunt MT. One guy does an internet show and goes through every step on camera of a MT bird hunt. This bill will do nothing. The only thing to do is lower bag limits 1 pheasant a day, 2 sharptails a day, 2 Huns a day. Protect the birds or in 5 years it wont matter they will be gone. Just look at every other state.
Out of curiosity what are the percentages and numbers for the last couple years. This will effect me since I don't start till after it freezes and the snakes and blue green algae are gone. I also hate crowds and November is a nicer month to hunt.SENATE BILL NO. 512 :
the commission shall by rule limit the number of nonresident game bird licenses to 10%
of the number of licenses purchased the previous year by residents
SB512 could make it impossible for non-residents to legally hunt upland birds
if they are late in attempting a license purchase.
I think there are better methods of reducing non-resident hunting pressure such as restricting non-resident pheasant opener to a week or 2 afterUnfortunate.
$$$ wins every timeLooks like both bills died in this year's session.
There were 88 million acres planted in corn last yearThe ethanol law drastically reduced habitat and access in the corn belt.
That is what concentrated hunters
It’s been a disaster for wildlife and even the “environmental community “ that drove it now realizes it was a big mistake.
However the ethanol lobby is entrenched and there’s zero chance of changing it now.
The acreage of corn has not increased substantially since 2001.That’s a meaningless timeline, the ethanol mandate was put into law in 2006 if I remember correctly
Do a google search using “wildlife habitat loss since ethanol mandate”
It’s millions of acres
I’m in my 70s I watched it happen, the loss is huge it decimated grassland habitat and concentrated hunters in what’s left
Now that is interesting. Wouldn’t have thought as I have seen corn planted farther west than 20 years ago.The acreage of corn has not increased substantially since 2001.
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