LETTERS Reassured We very much enjoyed your article “Where Are the Wolverines?” (November-December 2018). Several summers ago, we were lucky enough to observe one rolling around on a snowfield near Logan Pass in Glacier National Park. It’s reassuring to know from the article that biologists in many states are working together to find out where these amazing creatures live and what needs to be done to protect those wild places. Bethany and Mitchell Wilson Spokane, WA
the sign to simply say, “Private don’t want someone to attach a Property. No Public Access “permit” to their harvested bighorn sheep or other big game aniVandals are vandals Allowed. Thank You.” John Sandy mal. That would be a game law I recently read your short article Northport, AL violation if they didn’t also have titled “How jerks ruin hunter the license (tag) attached. access” (“Outdoors Report,” November-December 2018). Permits are not licenses While I agree that some hunters The article on Montana’s unlim- Fan mail from all over are jerks, people who shoot up ited sheep districts (“Outdoors There’s so much to admire about signs are not hunters; they are Report,” September-October) the November-December issue that I just had to write and say thank you. I’ve been a loyal subPeople who shoot up signs are scriber for years. I’ve always found your magazine to be nothnot hunters; they are vandals. ing less than well researched, well written, well photographed, vandals. Most hunters are very uses both the terms “permits” personal yet professional, beaurespectful of other people’s and “licenses.” I thought permits tiful, and poignant. Montana property. Please do not paint us were just for deer and elk. Outdoors speaks volumes about Dale Reynolds all with the same brush. FWP’s commitment to imporBillings Gerald Hurst tant, accountable, and resultsMarion, MT Ray Mulé, recently retired FWP oriented public service. John Holbrook regional wildlife manager in Missoula Offended Billings, replies: Mr. Reynolds is Sometimes when people try to correct. There is no such thing as a send an important message, it bighorn sheep permit. The items re- I have an international family can sound like they want to poke ferred to in the article are licenses. with members in the United a finger in your eye. Case in The only FWP permits that exist Kingdom and the Netherlands. point: the bullet-ridden sign in are for elk and mule deer. A permit Most have visited me in Monthe photo with the article “How must be used in conjunction with a tana. They have all remarked jerks ruin hunter access.” The valid license. A license is a stand- on the size of Montana, its sign reads, “Private Property. alone item that may also function beauty, and the friendliness of No Fishing, Shooting, Hiking. as a possession tag. All tags are li- Montanans. We who live here Trespassers Off the Road Will censes, but not all licenses are tags are so lucky. Montana is truly Be Prosecuted.” A better way for (such as fishing licenses, upland blessed, and your magazine that landowner to get the mes- game bird licenses, etc.). The proves that. sage across without offending distinction between licenses and Steve Smith Billings anyone might be to reword permits is important because we 2 | MARCH–APRIL 2019 | FWP.MT.GOV/MTOUTDOORS
Wow! Your 38th annual photo issue is probably the single greatest issue of any magazine I have ever looked at (and I look at a lot of nature magazines). The photos are stunning. Feel free to make the 39th annual photo issue twice as long. Craig Grube Virginia Beach, VA
My wife and I are avid flyanglers and frequent visitors to Montana. Your magazine is A-1. Keep up the great work. Jim Brown Germantown, WI
We live in Georgia, but our extended family is in Missoula. Our little girl, Charlotte, was particularly taken with your 2019 photo issue, especially the animals and flowers. We always look forward to our new issue. Laura Gollin Atlanta, GA
Corrections In “Where Are the Wolverines?” we incorrectly noted that a multi-state survey detected wolverines in Wyoming’s southern Wind River Range for the first time. In fact it was the first time that both a male and a female wolverine—indicating the possibility of a breeding pair— had been detected. Also, the opening photo in the article “Better Fishing Tomorrow” (NovemberDecember) did not show the Brewery Flats stretch of Big Spring Creek, southeast of Lewistown, but a reach of the stream that’s north of town.
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