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Committee hears proposal to let FWP scale antlerless licenses where elk are over objective; proponents and opponents clash over access and optics
Summary
Senate Bill 270 would allow the department and commission to use variable license structures for antlerless elk when local herds are over management objectives; supporters described it as a targeted tool for overabundant herds, while opponents warned of optics, potential waste and reduced public access.
Senator Denley Logie presented Senate Bill 270 to the Senate Fish and Game Committee, proposing a management framework that would allow Fish, Wildlife & Parks and the Fish and Game Commission to issue variable numbers of antlerless elk licenses tied to management objectives in specific units. The bill is aimed at districts where elk are “way over objective,” Logie told the committee.
Ben Lamb of the Montana Conservation Society, a bill proponent, said the proposal is intended to give managers a calibrated tool to address abundance problems: “If you are 500%…
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