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The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission set the 2001 hunting regulations at its February meeting in Helena.
Montana^s 2001 big game hunting regulation booklet will be available in later March. Here is a summary of some changes adopted for deer, elk, mountain lion, black bear, bighorn sheep and upland game bird hunting seasons and regulations:
DEER
*General-season deer permits can be used by archers during the Archery-Only season.
*Applicants for game-damage rosters will be limited to three hunting districts only.
*Either-sex white-tailed deer hunting will be resumed in several western Montana hunting districts. Check the 2001 hunting regulations for details.
*Standard either-sex mule deer hunting will be allowed in Hunting Districts 446, 445, 590, 611, 630, 631, 632, 650, and 670.
*Antlerless, "Deer B," mule deer licenses and white-tailed deer licenses will be increased in an array of hunting districts throughout Montana. Check the 2001 hunting regulations for details.
*Specific 4-point deer antler restrictions for mule deer hunting in Hunting Districts 320 and 333 have been removed making any antlered buck legal game during the districts^ Oct. 21--Nov. 15 hunting season.
*Nonresident antlerless mule deer licenses available through the special drawings in eastern Montana^s Region 7 have been increased to 3,000 and 2,500 over-the-counter nonresident antlerless white-tailed deer licenses also will be issued.
ELK
*General-season elk permits can be use used by archers during the Archery-Only season in most hunting districts. There are several hunting districts where the permits can not be used during the Archery-Only season. Check the 2001 hunting regulations for details.
*Antlerless elk permits have been increased in specific hunting districts in FWP Regions 2, 3, and 4. Check the 2001 hunting regulations for details.
*The boundary of Hunting District 313, north of Yellowstone National Park, has been adjusted to allow late-season elk hunting on nearby private land. Check the 2001 hunting regulations for details.
*Permit-only elk hunting has been adopted for the Wall Creek Wildlife Management Area in a portion of Hunting District 323 in the upper Madison Valley. Check the 2001 hunting regulations for details.
*Special drawing applicants for unlimited elk archery permits in the Missouri Breaks Hunting Districts 410 and 417 will be required to apply as a "first choice only."
MOUNTAIN LIONS
*Reporting and tagging procedures have been revised. Check the 2001 hunting regulations for details.
*The hound-handler permit has been eliminated.
*A limited number of permits will be issued and permit-only hunting was adopted in Hunting Districts 100, 103, and 104. In addition, a subquota for male and female lions will be set in June. Houndsmen will still be allowed to chase lions from Dec. 1 through April 14 in these districts.
BLACK BEARS
*Reporting and tagging procedures have been revised. Check the 2001 hunting regulations for details.
*April 15-May 15 has been established as the spring black bear hunting season throughout most of Region 1 in northwestern Montana; also a special validation-only spring season has been established for April 15--May 31 in Bear Management Units 103, 106 and 107.
*A three female black bear quota has been established and the fall hunting season will open on Oct. 1 in Bear Management Unit 520.
BIGHORN SHEEP
*No unlimited bighorn sheep hunting permits will be issued for Hunting District 301.
PHEASANTS
*The first two days of the ring-necked pheasant hunting season--Oct. 6-7-- was established for resident hunters only. On Oct. 8 the pheasant season will open for residents and nonresidents. The season will close on Dec. 15.
SPRING TURKEY
*Turkey hunters will be allowed to take up to two gobblers (males) in eastern Montana^s Region 7 in the spring or one gobbler in the spring and another turkey of either sex in the fall. Check the 2001 hunting regulations for details.
Uploaded: 2/17/2001
Uploaded: 2/17/2001