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  • Dear Editor: Montana FWP Needs a Name Change to Reflect Its Real Mission

    JOE PERRY, Montana Sportsmen Alliance|Feb 4, 2026

    Dear Editor, Montana FWP needs a name change to reflect its real mission. It's early February, and Montana hunters are still pursuing heavily pregnant cow elk throughout many private ranchlands around the state at a time when the animals are just trying to make it through winter. Even in a relatively mild winter like this one, it's a sign of failed wildlife management that animals must be hunted for half the year, while many other states have reasonable fall seasons that respect big game as...

  • Dear Editor: Montanans should demand better for our wildlife and our democracy

    JOE PERRY|Sep 18, 2024

    Dear Editor, Montanans should demand better for our wildlife and our democracy. I am a 70-year-old, retired farmer. I am a 4th generation Montanan and a lifelong avid hunter, angler, and conservationist. I have a degree in Wildlife Biology and research experience on large predators. I started farming in 1977. I own Circle S Ranch in eastern Montana and pay property taxes in 5 counties. I have always shared the bounty of the ranch with sportsmen, sportswomen and conservationists for free. No one...