Montana Elk Policy Proposals with FWP Director Hank Worsech

Hunt Talk Radio

Randy Newberg

Sports, Wilderness, Education, How To

4.9 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2022

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

In this episode (175) of Leupold's Hunt Talk Radio, Randy shares a mic with Montana FWP Director, Hank Worsech, to discuss dramatic changes to proposed elk seasons. From a list of talking points, the discussion gives the Director the opportunity to explain the rationale for these proposals and the vision he has for elk management in Montana. Topics covered include; science or social, elk plans, managing inaccessible elk, whose problem is it, too many elk or too little access, problem contributors or problem solvers, who are the Trustees, incentives, bull elk permits as currency for incentives, killing the wrong elk, trust between agencies and hunters, does public comment get considered, and lots of other topics in the complicated issue of managing elk on diverse landscapes. P.S. - Sorry for the audio issues caused by Randy's broken mic (didn't realize it until we started editing). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey folks, Randy Noberg here.
0:05.0	Welcome to Lootful Ponce Dock of Radio.
0:08.0	It's our walking, I saw a sign there.
0:14.0	On the sign it said it was passing.
0:19.0	But on the other side, didn't say nothing.
0:25.0	Well that's right, it's made for you and me.
0:30.0	Hey folks, Randy Noberg here with another episode of Lootful's Hunt Talk Radio.
0:36.0	Today we've got a guest who he's, you know, someone that has been in the news in Montana a lot.
0:45.0	The director of Montana's Fishwild Life in Parks, director Hank Worsuch.
0:50.0	And he and I have been trying to do a podcast now for the better part of a month or two.
0:56.0	Because Montana is undergoing, or at least proposing to undergo some really, really big changes in our elk hunting here.
1:04.0	And in Montana, that creates a lot of stir.
1:09.0	I mean a lot of stir.
1:12.0	So rather than, you know, he said, he said this, that, whatever.
1:19.0	I invited him and he found time to come and be on this podcast.
1:23.0	And we're going to talk about this in the context of what happens in Montana.
1:29.0	But for those of you who don't live in Montana, the reason we use these examples in Montana is,
1:36.0	I know a lot of these people and I have the ability to have them as guests and walk through some pretty complicated processes of how things work.
1:46.0	And I want you to understand that this is probably very similar to how the process works in your state.
1:53.0	The issues may be slightly different, but the process, who the decision makers and the trustees are.
2:01.0	What powers the commissioners and your legislatures have versus what powers your state wildlife agency has.
2:09.0	A lot of these kind of things.
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