Hunting closure

[Cubby]

I live in Mt and haven't heard of any yet but was wondering if any other states have implemented restrictions for the up coming season?

 

[danwattsmessick]

Not hunting specifically but all DNR maintained land in WA is currently closed due to heat/fire concerns.

 

[ewade07]

No way MT shuts anything down. We arent CA or WA.

 

[Geewhiz]

No way MT shuts anything down. We arent CA or WA.

Well I haven't seen public land shut down but I have definitely seen timber company land shut down due to fire danger which is usually accessible to the public. When that timber company land gets shut down that means in a lot of places it shuts down a lot of access to national forest.

 

[trazerr]

Oregon currently has a lot of land shutdown. No access allowed. We also have a metric ton that is currently burning or has burned already. Apparently the closures could remain into early October which would mean no archery hunting in a lot of places. If we dont get a chunk of rain between now and mid August then archery season may be in trouble. It doesn't help that one of our main fires in the big 3 either. I bet people holding those tags are sick to their stomachs.

 

[S.Clancy]

I doubt we'll see public land shutdown to all access in MT. What is likely to happen is we see OHV shutdown on public land, stage 3 fire restrictions that mean you can't even use a stove and most of the Block Management Areas restricting access due to fire danger. That is, unless we get a couple inches of precip in August, which seems pretty unlikely

 

[Flatgo]

No way MT shuts anything down. We arent CA or WA.

Montana has shutdown bow season before, and the forest services can shutdown public land. If i was betting the forest service will shutdown forests or Montana will shutdown the first couple weeks of bow season if we don't receive rain prior to september. I believe the first two weeks of bow season was shutdown in the mid 2000s and in 1988 both prior to when i started bow hunting. if we don't recieve rain and its not open by rifle season we have bigger problems than hunting...

 

[BuzzH]

No way MT shuts anything down. We arent CA or WA.

Its happened before...1988 and 2000 archery seasons.

 

[ewade07]

Its happened before...1988 and 2000 both.

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[BuzzH]

No S***. Learn Something new everyday.

Both delayed archery season, 1988 was about 9-10 days and then we got a blast of snow followed by some rains. 2000 was longer.

Have not ever seen rifle season delayed.

 

[CApighunter]

Timber company land is shut down in Ca already, I’m sure national forest closures aren’t far behind like last year.

 

[JNDEER]

Timber company land is shut down in Ca already, I’m sure national forest closures aren’t far behind like last year.

Didn’t the FS only close if they had fires in/around them?

I thought all other FS land was open, just no fire of any kind (stove incld.)?

 

[EastHumboldt]

Why do people view land shutdowns as a liberal plot to steal your god given freedoms? What it is is a land manager plot to keep dumbasses with cigarette butts from burning your freedom to a a charred husk.

 

[CorbLand]

Why do people view land shutdowns as a liberal plot to steal your god given freedoms? What it is is a land manager plot to keep dumbasses with cigarette butts from burning your freedom to a a charred husk.

Where did anyone say that it was a "liberal plot to steal their God given freedom?"

 

[Squincher]

Where did anyone say that it was a "liberal plot to steal their God given freedom?"

Sometimes the liberal vitriol just builds up too much and squirts out.

 

[SouthPaw]

Didn’t the FS only close if they had fires in/around them?

I thought all other FS land was open, just no fire of any kind (stove incld.)?

Some areas it was closed completely, the rest was a ban on any dispersed camping. No backpacking, no camping at a TH or sleeping in your truck, etc. Day hikes were the only option.

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[Ambush]

Not all Ca FS was closed during archery season last year. I hunted a zone with two major fires burning near by. It was open all archery to any kind of access.

 

[packer58]

Well, here in norcal with the Beckworth fire and the Dixie/Fly fires there will certainly be major usage restrictions in and around those areas.

 

[Hurley03]

There having a meeting soon about things in Fort Knox which is a military base in Kentucky which holds good hunting so we will see what they change there

 

[MuleDeerMike]

Hasn't it been raining in MT in the mountains off and on the last few days?