Legislation brings science to elk tag system
Elk graze in a field along Fairview Crossroad on Tuesday, Jan. 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
Many of the issues that we discuss at the Legislature can seem distant and complicated to the average Montanan. Hunting is not one of those issues.
This session, I am sponsoring Senate Bill 270, which brings more science into our state’s tag system for elk hunting. The bill both protects elk in areas where populations are below objectives and allows for objective-based tag limits in areas where elk are abundant.
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