Few but weighty new elk regs affect Region 1

Elk hunters sighting the northwestern reaches of Montana already tagged a brute ahead of the 2022 and 2023 seasons.

In opting to hunt Region 1, they will avoid a hearty belly-crawl through most of the scrub of hunting regulations proposed, tabled, amended, passed or carried over Friday by the state’s Fish and Wildlife Commission — who at times, appeared to confuse even veteran hunters and outfitters...