Private Land - Hunting Access | Week of March 20

We start off with a quick story and recap of our freezer dying and needing to process 200 lbs of meat into pre-made meals, jerky, and summer sausage. We catch up with Michael in the fishing corner with some good times on some Montana rivers. Results from new research on Chronic Wasting Disease shows different methods of detection which could lead to management implications. Alaska's Willow Project was recently been approved opening up oil drilling on millions of acres of land on the North Slope. Utah now has year round mountain lion hunting despite pushback from hunting conservation groups. A new bill in Idaho would allow the Fish and Game Commission to set shed antler hunting seasons. South Dakota has now placed caps on non-resident archery deer and pronghorn tags after years of allowing unlimited tags on public land. A new bill in Montana aims to phase out the largely unsuccessful pen raised pheasant program that started last year. For the deeper dive we discuss different private land public access programs in the western united states, what we like and what we don't like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices