The one thing Montana’s fiercest rivals — the Griz and the Bobcats, set to clash at the Brawl of the Wild on Saturday, Nov. 21 — apparently agree on is the color they’ll both be wearing: blaze orange. That’s the play from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP), which is teaming up with Town Pump and both the Griz and Bobcats’ athletic departments to hand out 4,000 free hunting vests at Bobcat Stadium’s gates, first-come, first-served — each one stamped with the rivalry’s logo and a message that matters more than the scoreboard: the future of Montana hunting rests on respecting private property and the landowners who make access possible.
Fans can also swing by FWP’s pre-game tailgate table for the “Protect the Hunt” campaign, take the Hunter-Landowner Stewardship video course and test, and — if they’re 18+ and pass…enter a raffle for donated hunts and gear. As FWP Director Christy Clark put it, orange is the truce color in a rivalry where nothing else is shared!
Good luck to your team! 😉
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