No guaranteed tags for outfitter clients: That’s the goal of Initiative I-161, sponsored by Kurt Kephart, who also wants to see out-of-state tag prices rise to pay for the block management program. Jean Johnson, lobbyist and former executive director of the Montana Outfitters and Guides Association, cites the importance of the outfitter industry to the [...]
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Bill Schneider made an interesting proposal on newwest.net concerning the Montana ballot initiative I-161 to eliminate outfitter set-aside licenses while increasing non-resident big game licenses to raise money for block management. Schneider suggests increasing the cost of all tags and earmark the increase to buy or lease hunting land for public use. He makes the [...] Kurt Kephart has started a petition for Initiative 161, which seeks to eliminate outfitter set-aside licenses while increasing non-resident big game licenses to raise money for block management. Kephart says that more private land is being leased to outfitters, so the effect of the current system is to reduce hunting opportunities for do-it-yourself hunters. Kephart [...]
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