A great treat for you and your family or friends,  is to see the interior of our first National Park by horse back. Kipp and Heidi Saile of Rockin HK Outfitters are there to help put together a trip of dreams for you. As your hosts and guides they will make your experience in the backcountry of Yellowstone National Park truly remarkable. The food/incredible, The fishing/awestruck, The scenery/one-of-a-kind.

The experiance/priceless!  

Rockin HK Outfitters   

We guide you through Yellowstone National Park.
Full service, guided horse packing tours, family vacations, fly-fishing pack trips, drop camps, daily fly-fishing trips, and a full time Day riding program.   

Kipp And Heidi Saile owners/operators 406-333-4505  

Email Kipp and Heidi direct at:  antlers@montana.net

 

See Kipp and Rockin' HK at the SCI Bowhunters Banquet March 26.  

 Cool Videos Passed Our Way Check Out This Scene In 

Yellowstone National Park

Elk Fighting in River - Yellowstone National Park

There are two bills making their way through the legislative process that are intended to help the outfitting industry and the Montana Hunting public in general.

 SB 255 has been dubbed the Process Bill is the one that will set in statute requirements for the FWP Commission to consider when making decisions that affect the allocation of public resources among users.  When passed SB 255 will make the public process more transparent and more predictable.  This is a very positive step toward allowing meaningful public involvement in the decision making process used by the Commission.

 HB361 is the Repeal Bill.  It seeks to remove the limited entry permits established in the Missouri Breaks and 22 other hunting districts.  Populations are over objective in most of these areas and punitive restrictions like these have no place in modern-day wildlife management. 

 Both of these bills are being carried by the COALITION FOR THE RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE.  This coalition, of which MOGA is a member, includes a diverse group of sportsmen and landowner interests.  They have come together to try and right a terrible wrong.  This coalition needs your active and financial support. 

In a nut shell, HB 361 will guarantee your special archery elk permit due to the draw being unlimited tags in our 411 and other special managed units.

SB 255 will rein in the commission, so they will need to make decisions on biological reasons rather than personal agendas.

Both of these bills are looking good to pass but can always use help. We are in favor of both of these bills as they will help our industry greatly.

Here is how you can help. Get a message to each of the members of the House FWP Committee.  I think the fastest and easiest way is to simply pick up the phone and call 406-444-4800 to leave a message for the entire House FWP Committee.  Tell the operator that you are calling in about HB 361, In support and they will ask you your name and where you are from and the message will be hand delivered to each member of the Committee. It took me less than 2 minutes to call in and leave the message.

Fly Fishing Montana

For a fly fishing experiance like no other! Did we say a sore arm from fighting trout will be included...

• Lunch, Drinks, Snacks Provided
• Equipment, Waders, Rod and Reel Provided
• Two Anglers per Boat, Up to Three Boats Available
• Mid April thru May will blow you away!
• Book Now! 

 Kevin Krings Jim Morison 2010

Guide Jim Morrison and hunter Kevin Krings posing with Kevins first bull, taken from the Corral Creek Camp during the 2010 season. This camp is being offered as a drop camp Nov. 8th thru Nov. 12th or the following week. We are also offering fully guided 3 day cow elk hunts. Both of these hunting opportunities run high success for the clients that have done these hunts.Goldie James of Butte, MT has been guiding out of this camp for over 13 years and would be one of your hosts and guides. Don't wait and call us about availability and special pricing. This is Limited to a 5 hunter maximum.

Gardner Family

Corral Creek

Schweitzer to feds:

Montana will kill wolves that prey on elk

Story-

Discussion-

By EVE BYRON

Independant Record

    

Gov. Brian Schweitzer has ordered gray wolf packs to be culled in the Bitterroot Valley to protect the dwindling elk population there, which could be in direct defiance of the federal Endangered Species Act.

 

In addition, he has directed Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks to respond to any livestock depredation throughout Montana by removing whole packs that kill livestock, and told game wardens not to investigate nor cite anyone in the northern tier of the state who kill or harass a wolf attacking their livestock.

 

In a letter to Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, Schweitzer said he was "profoundly frustrated by the lack of any actual results that recognize Montana's rights and responsibilities to manage its wildlife."

 

"Montana has for years done everything that has been asked: adopting a model wolf management plan; enacting enabling legislation; and adopting the necessary implementing rules," Schweitzer wrote. "Our exemplary efforts have been ignored. I cannot continue to ignore the crying need for workable wolf management while Montana waits, and waits, and waits.

 

"Therefore, I am now going to take additional necessary steps to protect the interests of Montana's livestock producers and hunters to the extent that I can within my authorities as governor."

 

Schweitzer told the Independent Record that it wasn't any particular incident that prompted his decision; instead, it was the inactivity by Salazar's department. He added that he doesn't believe he's defying federal protections for wolves under the Endangered Species Act.

"There's been a lot of motion masquerading as action in Washington, D.C., and we simply need to take action in Montana," he said. "We are doing things within the laws, according to our attorneys."

 

Mike Leahy, Rocky Mountain regional director for Defenders of Wildlife, isn't so sure.

 

"I appreciate the governor's frustration with the wolf issue, but I think he is doing long-term damage to his legacy as a wildlife manager by ... telling law enforcement to stand down, and being unnecessarily heavy-handed in eliminating entire wolf populations," Leahy said. "We're still reviewing whether he has the legal authority."

  By EVE BYRON Independent Record

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 5:36 pm