Legislative changes boost interest in free elk permits for landowners
By angelamontana

Posted: September 30, 2021

Although the program has been around for decades, recent changes to public hunting access agreements that provide free either-sex elk tags to landowners has grown this year. In exchange for the free tag, landowners allow three public hunters, one of which they get to choose. Some hunters see the tags as commercialization of wildlife and question Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ oversight of the program. These tags are issued above and beyond what are awarded to public hunters. To read more about the program and the concerns it is causing, check out my story at https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/landowner-access-agreements-stir-up-commission-elk-hunters/article_ac4f5a07-68a6-5e55-bea2-66ff6a67920d.html

Written by Brett French | Outdoors Editor for the Billings Gazette/Montana Untamed
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