2024 Montana hunting regulations

The much-awaited 2024 deer, elk and antelope hunting regulations are out for public review and implementation. This is one of Montana’s most popular publications, with 270,000 copies printed each year.

As usual each year, the new hunting regulations are more complex than last year. I recall that three years ago, the new Fish, Wildlife and Parks director stated a goal of simplifying and shortening these annual hunting regulations. I applauded his goal. Was he successful? 

Last year those regulations were 143 pages long. This year, those same hunting regulations include 151 pages. I can remember these similar hunting regulations in the 1980s were less than 20 pages.