I won't, but they did tell me that they have plenty of capacity on the chambering side in comparison to their other departments. They also were readily available on the phone and willing to make promises, as compared to C6, which won't return phone calls or even give you a ballpark estimate when...
I called in early April and was told there were 20 stocks ahead of me. Called again this week about a barrel order and was told there were 10 stocks ahead of me now. Railed Tikka ordered 12/22. There's clearly been a warp in the space time continuum.
I finally said uncle and ordered a Tikka prefit from UM so I'll have time for load development and practice before August caribou. Two week turnaround for threading and chambering an Ace #3, they would have done it in a week except for Cerakote. Carbon six can kick rocks, that barrel is going in...
Mandatory isn't happening without a legislative mandate. Not in this administration/with the current director at the helm. Hopefully folks will turn out during the session to support it
Any pattern can be a dildo pattern if you abandon all your prior conceptions and biases.
-A dumbass 90 percenter who thought switching to bare carbon would make his stock get here faster...
The data we need is:
Hunter days per species, per hunting district and bisected into public and private land hunting effort.
Harvest data per species, per hunting district and per month.
Resident vs. nonresident breakdowns for the above.
It's disgraceful that the Department is so resistant...
Given how many poachers there are in Helena, I'm sure that if we ever did get mandatory reporting through the legislature it would come with some pretty heavy restrictions on data collection and sharing...
Interesting read that correlates with what you see on this forum and others re: MT mule deer management.
Results From a Montana 2023 Non-Resident Mule Deer Hunter Survey
I think that's the real problem, and it's part of why citizen-driven proposals like this are necessary. FWP's apprehension of what is going on with mule deer populations on the ground is pathetic at best. Lots of time and energy goes into spring elk counts, and even those are an incomplete...