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To Montana Hound Hunters:

HB 144 has been introduced in the Montana Legislature, to allow the FWP Commission to establish a Hound Season for bears. Ask your local legislator to vote for this bill.

Do you know when it's supposed to be voted on?

Below is a link to follow the bill. I am not sure when it will be voted on but will keep posted on here anything I find out.

http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$ ... SESS=20131

Thanks, I'll start bugging people!

The Committe hearing is Jan. 22, 2013 3 P.M. in Room #152. I am planning to be there as I am the guy that convinced Bill Harris to carry the bill. I will testify if I have to but I have never testified for anything so i would prefer someone with better speaking skills than me. I talked with one guy who said he will testify if his schedule permits. If there are any volunteers please PM me.

Cmon..you guys need to get your shit together..delete this thread in the lion section and get on board in the bear section so you can work together. I'm pullin for you guys but WORK TOGETHER...

why not put it in every section. It doesnt matter where its at as long as it is everywhere for all to see and get on board with. Good luck fellas. Work hard!

I'm not very educated in political avenues but even a fool like me knows that an unorganized approach to changing or passing a bill wouldn't lead to a desirable result.

Ok the reason I put this post on the lion forum was to attract attention. During the winter the bear post is pretty dead and as most Montana houndmen are lion hunters I figured I would attract more attention by posting on the lion site. The post in the Bear forum is now 2 pages long so I will quit posting on here and post updates on only the bear forum.

I will be there to testify, I will put together a good letter. I've worked for a long tme here in Montana on a lot of hound hunting issuses. I have connected several other houndsmen who will be willing to testify also. I also spoke to bill harris and he needs houndsmen there to fill the room. If anyone has anything they'd like or can add to letter please feel free to e-mail at houndy65@yahho.com or call me @ 1-406-253-4670.

mondomuttruner wrote:I'm not very educated in political avenues but even a fool like me knows that an unorganized approach to changing or passing a bill wouldn't lead to a desirable result.

Because politics is always organized and the process was never intended to be cluttered right?! I think you should have stopped after the first seven words mondo. If people waited around for perfect order in the political process then nothing would ever get done. How bout keeping discouraging comments to yourself, especially when they have no basis.

It's all yours bud..let me know how it works out for ya..

Just remember, we've been there done that..and still have it...and it didn't happen by keeping things to ourselves.

Good luck guys

Fighting amongst our self is why none of these things get anyplace we cant even agree that we all want to hunt bear with hounds in MT without bitching about where and when we promote it. come on guys !

Keep us in your prayers. We have an extreme uphill battle in Montana because hound hunting bears was never allowed since they came out with the law in the earlier 1900s, and there are a lot of bunny huggers here and Retired Californians (no offense intended to the good houndsmen from that state) that now live here. We also have a Democratic Governor who a lobbyist says will probably not sign the bill unless he gets some serious pressure and hears a lot of noise from ranchers and hunters both. There is organization behind the scenes that definately shouldnt be judged by what happens on an internet forum. This is just where a few of us are generating more noise. We need all the optimism and support we can get though. Thanks for your support. Anyone from any state can help write letters or call.