Rex Rogers
Region 8
MBA Legislative: Joelle Selk, Chair
committees Steve Kamps • Marvin Drake Mark Seacat • Jeff Noble • Jason Tounsley Jesse Nelson • Billy Lewis • Ray Gross George Graham • Steve Schindler
Hello to all. Looks like everyone made it home from the convention safely, what nasty driving conditions. Kudos to the Great Falls group for a fine convention and congratulations to Lloyd Brown on his Special Achievement Award for all the hard work he did during his four terms as Region 7 representative. March saw Colstrip having its foul weather shoot with 40 hardy shooters participating, then racing the snow to pull the targets. Ed Bukoskey put on a bowhunter education class in the Forsyth area that received a nice photo spread in the local paper. Very good publicity and hopefully we will be seeing some of these new bowhunters as members after the April 26 MBA shoot in Forsyth. I sure get a lot of satisfaction out of participating in the legislative process via the info provided by our Legislative Committee and encourage all to stay active in this process. Thanks to the Committee for all their hard work this session. The spring seasons are upon us. The turkeys have been very active on the nice days and have faired well through the winter. Seems like there are always turkeys in the core areas and as the population increases they move into the marginal areas. Based on this I would say our turkey population is just above average this spring. I am looking forward to some quality time putting feathers through feathers. Always interesting to finish a long winter then have the first hunt pit you against a set of vitals the size of a golf ball. Take a kid (bow) fishing. There’s nothing like carp to hone the skills necessary for stalking and shooting under field conditions. With bowfishing, as long as you can see them, the fish are always biting.
Rex Rogers
Tentative:
MARVIN DRAKE CRAIG MARR Spring has had a slow start in region 8 this year. It’s been snowing through March and April, and green grass has been scarce. Shed hunting has been slow for me, but I have heard of some nice antlers being picked up by others, including a six-point set with a clean bullet hole through the base, and another heavy 385 set. April 1st the city of Helena completed phase two of the deer control project. Mule deer were baited into net lined box traps and were dispatched with a bolt gun. It took the city 43 days to trap and kill 103 does and 47 bucks. If the females were carrying twin fawns you can calculate the incredible reproductive rate of these critters in a predator free environment. Unfortunately, there does not seem to be a reasonable archery opportunity to harvest these animals because they are living in tight neighborhoods with limited open space. I hope to see everyone at the carp shoot and good luck with your springtime and summer adventures.
Marvin Drake Spring has had a slow start in region 8 this year. It’s been snowing through March and April, and green grass has been scarce. Shed hunting has been slow for me, but I have heard of some nice antlers being picked up by others, including a six-point set with a clean bullet hole through the base, and another heavy 385 set. April 1st the city of Helena completed phase two of the deer control project. Mule deer were baited into net lined box traps and were dispatched with a bolt gun. It took the city 43 days to trap and kill 103 does and 47 bucks. If the females were carrying twin fawns you can calculate the incredible reproductive rate of these critters in a predator free environment. Unfortunately, there does not seem to be a reasonable archery opportunity to harvest these animals because they are living in tight neighborhoods with limited open space. I hope to see everyone at the carp shoot and good luck with your springtime and summer adventures.
Craig Marr Craig Marr
Steve Kamps, Chair Steve Sukut • Steve Schindler Mark Seacat • Don Stein • Joelle Selk Marvin Drake • Billy Lewis • Paul Martin Ray Gross • Jason Tounsley Jesse Nelson • Brendan Burns Adam Barker • George Graham
Financial:
Paul Roush, Chair Sue Miller • Jim Gappa
Landowner/Sportsman: Chair Craig Marr • Rex Rogers Lucas Zemlicka • Don Stein
Nominations:
Ernie McKenzie, Chair Jason Tounsley • Jim Gappa
Awards:
Rosey Roseland, Chair Roger Peffer • Steve Sukut Ernie McKenzie • Brent Hunsucker Brendan Burns • Billy Lewis
Membership: Al Kelly, Chair
Ernie McKenzie • Paul Roush Brent Hunsucker • Adam Barker Steve Schindler • Jeff Noble
Convention-Billings 2010: Ernie McKenzie, Chair Levi Johnson • Steve Sukut • Jim Gappa George Graham • Jason Tounsley
Newsletter/Website: Steve Sukut, Chair
Tracy Watt • Marvin Drake • Rex Rogers Paul Roush • Mark Seacat • Adam Barker Ernie McKenzie • Billy Lewis • Al Kelly
Carp Shoot: Joelle Selk, Chair
Craig Marr • Marvin Drake
Bow-Ed:
Steve Halama, Chair Don Stein • Al Kelly • Jeff Noble
NABC Director:
(North American Bowhunting Coalition)
Billy Lewis, Chair Alternates: Peter Iacavazzi, Steve Halama