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Committee considers bill to limit and reallocate antlerless elk tags by objective and limit nonresident tags
Summary
Senate Bill 270 would give the Fish and Wildlife Commission added flexibility to align antlerless elk tags with local population objectives and would limit the number of class B elk tags an individual can hold; proponents said amendments eased stakeholder concerns.
Senate Bill 270, sponsored by Senator Denley Loge, aims to align antlerless elk tag issuance with local population objectives and place explicit limits on how many class B (antlerless) elk tags an individual may hold. The sponsor said the measure grew from concerns in his western Montana district about uneven tag distribution and situations where hunters could obtain multiple tags and take more than expected in areas under objective.
Loge described earlier versions and amendments. The bill as amended would generally limit a person to no more than two class B elk tags; sponsors discussed an additional concern some stakeholders raised about language that had been struck in drafting software and proposed reverting to original statutory language to ensure the…
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