Antler-hunting rules mulled
People no longer will be able to ride horses or motorized vehicles into Montana’s wildlife management areas to look for shed antlers for the first three days the areas are open to the public, under a proposal given tentative approval by the Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission.
FWP commissioners are concerned that the rush to collect antlers is pushing around elk and exhausting them, particularly at the Sun River Wildlife Management Area. Cow elk are pregnant when the wildlife management areas open, usually around May 15.
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