Tribal hunting permits available for elk, bighorns
Lake County Leader | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 years, 11 months AGO
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Wildlife Management Program announce the availability of the 2020 Ferry Basin elk and Little Money bighorn sheep hunting permit applications to interested CSKT Tribal member hunters.
Permit applications will be available at the Tribal Division of Fish, Wildlife, Recreation and Conservation permit office at 406 6th Ave. East in Polson, the Natural Resources Department office at 301 Main Street in Polson, and the lobby at the Law and Order building in Pablo.
Applications are also available on the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes website at cskt.org, under the Natural Resources tab, as a pdf document. The pdf application must be printed, completed, signed and mailed or dropped off at the three-permit application pickup sites listed above.
Applications can also be mailed to the following address: CSKT Wildlife Management Program C/O Shannon Clairmont, P.O. Box 278 Pablo, MT 59855.
Hunting elk and bighorn sheep within the Ferry Basin and Little Money Wildlife Management Units is restricted by hunting, fishing and recreation regulations for CSKT tribal members.
The elk hunting season in the Ferry Basin Wildlife Management Unit will open Sept. 1 and end Dec. 31. A quota of 30 bull/either sex Elk Permits will be available for the Ferry Basin Wildlife Management Unit drawing. There is no limit on antlerless/cow elk harvest and no permit is required. However, antlerless/cow elk harvest must be reported within seven days to the permit office at 406-883-2888.
The bighorn sheep season for the Little Money Wildlife Management Unit will open Sept. 1 and end Nov. 30. A quota of six bighorn sheep rams permits and four bighorn sheep ewes permits will be available for the Little Money Wildlife Management Unit drawing.
The deadline for applications is 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 23 with no exceptions. The drawing will be held in August and successful applicants will receive their permits in the mail.
For more information, call 406-883-2888.
MORE IMPORTED STORIES
ARTICLES BY LAKE COUNTY LEADER
Wildfire near Ronan burns 450 acres
A large burnout operation was planned Friday in an attempt to contain the lightning-caused Moss Ranch Fire burning 14 miles southwest of Ronan, on the Flathead Indian Reservation.
Polson officer saves boy from drowning
The day began like most other days for Polson Police Officer Aaron Sutton.
Polson woman pleads not guilty to homicide
Danielle Jeanette Wood pleaded not guilty to deliberate homicide during a video arraignment Tuesday before Lake County District Court Judge Deborah “Kim” Christopher at the Sanders County Courthouse in Thompson Falls. Wood is charged with deliberate homicide in connection with the death of Thompson Falls resident Matthew LaFriniere in May 2018.