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Wylie Galt's latest outfitting scheme, House Bill 505, will give landowners 10 tags each to sell to nonresidents if they own a section or more, in addition to the 17k nonresident elk combo licenses statewide. Also, if hunters commit to shoot a cow on private for one year, they'll get 5 bonus points as a reward, for a total of six per year. That's for residents or nonresidents.
Basically, this bill will bump up hunting pressure to unprecedented levels, incentivize landowners to keep elk on their lands year round, and explode point creep. Wylie Galt is a member of the second-largest landowner family in the state, and also runs an outfitting business in Central MT.
This is the worst bill introduced this session, and it will pass if MT hunters don't get real angry, real quick.
Here's an editorial on the bill: https://missoulian.com/opinion/colu...2oQ831Z_fHbL1jeCZR93dAnIiJTHP8_HLpqNbOSKX8spU
This goes to committee on Tuesday, 3/9. The House switchboard is (406) 444-4800. Legislators are on break during the next few days, but you can also look up their district phone numbers and give them a call there.
Basically, this bill will bump up hunting pressure to unprecedented levels, incentivize landowners to keep elk on their lands year round, and explode point creep. Wylie Galt is a member of the second-largest landowner family in the state, and also runs an outfitting business in Central MT.
This is the worst bill introduced this session, and it will pass if MT hunters don't get real angry, real quick.
Here's an editorial on the bill: https://missoulian.com/opinion/colu...2oQ831Z_fHbL1jeCZR93dAnIiJTHP8_HLpqNbOSKX8spU
This goes to committee on Tuesday, 3/9. The House switchboard is (406) 444-4800. Legislators are on break during the next few days, but you can also look up their district phone numbers and give them a call there.