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Regulation Changes In Store For Many Big Game Archers

Montana elk and antelope archery hunters need to keep a sharp eye out for several regulation changes for the 2008 hunting seasons that require many archers to have permits in hunting districts that may not have required them in the past.

The changes call for elk archery hunters in the Missouri River Breaks and 23 other elk-hunting districts in central and eastern Montana to have applied a permit in June.

In addition, antelope archery hunters in multi-region “900 series” areas were similarly required to have applied in June for a license via Montana’s annual special drawings.

The move to change several elk- and antelope-archery regulations came in response to concerns about hunter crowding, opportunity inequities between archers and rifle hunters, and hunter-access concerns.

The elk hunting districts affected by the regulation change include:

Missouri River Breaks Hunting Districts

• 410, 417, 620, 621, 622, 700 and 701

Additional Hunting Districts

• 401, 403, 441, and 450
• 411, 412, 426, 511, and 530
• 420, 447, and 455
• 500 and 570
• 502, 575, and portions 510 and 520
• a portion 580 south of Sweetgrass Creek
• 590
• 702, 704, and 705