Hopefully they will receive enough comments and change it by looking at what other states are using. I put that in my comment response to use fpe and look at other states rules.
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Might be good news for Montana
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Hopefully they will receive enough comments and change it by looking at what other states are using. I put that in my comment response to use fpe and look at other states rules.
I think fwp should get more info before they start this in montana !!! we dont want any wounded birds!! I think 177 or 22 just too small for turkey!! grouse no problem! Also we dont need a speical season our seasons in montana are generous !! thanks paperp
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Made a similar comment about fpe being the better measurement on the MT FWP web site and have had conversations with two of my friends that work for them, one is a wildlife biologist and the other works in planning/access division for FWP. Both agree there needs to some additional tweaking to the proposed regulation. In addition, they both feel it will take more than one try to get this finalized as it faces just a big a hurdle as the proposed regulations for allowing crossbow hunting for the disabled, that one recently failed because of the lack of education and understanding of the proposal.
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Hi yes i watched that! I think fwp should talk with private ranchers about disabled hunts !? That way you dont have confrontation with the general seasons? Also going forward with air gun hunt to be allowed in general seasons with caliber and fpe restrictions but not a special season and limit to antelope/deer only?? Its a ways off? thanks paper p
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A thread in the hunting forum made me remember this thread and it appears Montana FWP did approve the use of airguns for turkey and grouse.
From the talk on another forum they seem to think the PBA is a requirement.
"The commission approved the use of air rifles for forest grouse and fall turkey season. Under new regulations, air rifles must meet certain feet per second requirement and use Performance Ballistic Alloy pellets of .22 or .177 caliber."
From the talk on another forum they seem to think the PBA is a requirement.
"The commission approved the use of air rifles for forest grouse and fall turkey season. Under new regulations, air rifles must meet certain feet per second requirement and use Performance Ballistic Alloy pellets of .22 or .177 caliber."
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Thankyou for the update, I hadn't seen anything on it. Awesome they approved it, now to find PBA rounds for my .25 that shoot ok.
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One of the JSB 25 sample packs comes with JSB lead free domes. I assume they're the same as the Predator GTOs.
In case you might be interested in a sample pack.
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+10 The whole law reads like a very clueless tree hugger wrote it.
So they REQUIRED PBA or did I misread the above? Can you say, "Gee there are a lot of crippled birds out here this year?" Honestly that specification seems destined to cause a lot of "unintended consequences". There is a lot of that going around these days.
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