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State mistakenly issued 375 ‘either sex’ elk tags
10/11/03
Associated Press
BOZEMAN (AP) – The state Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department is trying to figure out how, or if, it can correct a mistake in which 375 either-sex elk permits were issued in a hunting area adjacent to Yellowstone National Park.
The mistake consists of substituting the words “either sex” for “antlerless” in the hunting regulations and on the permits.
As it stands now, the permits would allow recipients an unexpected opportunity to shoot trophy bull elk that move north out of Yellowstone into Montana.
The permits, granted in a special drawing, are valid in the southern end of the Gallatin Range in hunting district 314, just north of the park.
The tags allow hunting of either sex elk from Nov. 20 to Dec. 14, a time when the annual migration out of the park is in full swing.
On Sept. 26, letters were mailed to all permit holders, notifying them of the error.
All but one of the 29 people who had replied by Friday said they want FWP to let the mistake stand.
The Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission was told about the problem Thursday and planned to decide next Friday whether to fix the mistake, let it stand or come up with some sort of compromise.
10/11/03
Associated Press
BOZEMAN (AP) – The state Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department is trying to figure out how, or if, it can correct a mistake in which 375 either-sex elk permits were issued in a hunting area adjacent to Yellowstone National Park.
The mistake consists of substituting the words “either sex” for “antlerless” in the hunting regulations and on the permits.
As it stands now, the permits would allow recipients an unexpected opportunity to shoot trophy bull elk that move north out of Yellowstone into Montana.
The permits, granted in a special drawing, are valid in the southern end of the Gallatin Range in hunting district 314, just north of the park.
The tags allow hunting of either sex elk from Nov. 20 to Dec. 14, a time when the annual migration out of the park is in full swing.
On Sept. 26, letters were mailed to all permit holders, notifying them of the error.
All but one of the 29 people who had replied by Friday said they want FWP to let the mistake stand.
The Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission was told about the problem Thursday and planned to decide next Friday whether to fix the mistake, let it stand or come up with some sort of compromise.
