When you can't draw a tag to hunt antelope, sheep, deer, elk or moose it's time to go fishing. In 70 years I have spent probably $100,000 on Montana hunting and fishing licenses for me and my entire family. Even though my ranch fawns 100 fawns a year and winters about 300 deer I can't get a tag to harvest a buck deer!
Some years it just isn't meant to be. Montana should just shut down mule deer hunting in counties with almost nonexistent deer numbers. It's a sad state of affairs. I lay blame squarely on MT FWP biologists' inability to forecast, use antiquated census surveys, and act in the best interest of mule deer. Does Montana want to manage big game or just dollars? You be the judge. You are brilliant. You have been hunting mule deer in Montana for a few years. You might have shot a deer or three. I am at 55 years of killing mule deer in Montana. It's the worst I have ever seen it. Sickening really, and just wait till next year! Just shut it down. Coyotes are equal-opportunity killers. They will kill their fair share no matter what. True democrats they are!
The cormorants were fishing this morning. The bald eagles were fishing. The otters were fishing. These fall days on the Yellowstone are magical. The blue of the heavens. The gold of the leaves. The diamond sparkles in the water.
The next beautiful sound will be the cast iron skillet frying these delicious smallmouth bass.
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