Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has backpedaled on a controversial elk management strategy after public backlash. Residents raised concerns at last Tuesday’s commission meeting in Helena about a process they said has been rushed and favors large landowners and brings the state closer to privatizing wildlife. In response, FWP decided not to move forward with a measure that would have allowed hunters to buy over-the-counter tags to hunt elk on private property in eight hunting districts while simultaneously reducing the number of tags available to public land hunters.
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