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Bill would create trapping apprentice certificate and fold trapping into apprentice hunting program
Summary
House Bill 96 would add a trapping apprentice certificate to Montana’s existing apprentice hunting certificate program, allow apprentices aged 10 and older to try hunting or trapping under qualified mentors for up to two years, and set mentor and education conditions. The Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks and conservation groups urged the committee to pass the bill.
Representative Fielder introduced House Bill 96, saying the bill "creates a trapping apprentice certificate program" and revises the existing apprentice hunting certificate to include trapping, with mentor eligibility standards and a two-year apprentice limit. He told the committee the measure was requested by the Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks and passed the House Fish and Wildlife Committee 20–0.
Quentin Kujala, chief of conservation policy for Fish, Wildlife & Parks, testified for the director and said the existing hunter apprentice program "has been successful," recommending that…
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