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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bigsky2" data-source="post: 201760" data-attributes="member: 5864">It is really sad reading this thread. I live next to the APR and went hunting on their land several times this fall. Some of you people don't have a clue. I am all for what they are doing. Most of the places in MT that sell anymore end up going to rich out of state owners that are just looking for their own private hunting ground. It is very rare that places are sold to owners that actually allow hunting access. I would much rather APR ended up with the land than the alternative, at least this way we are able to enjoy the land. They are still grazing cattle on the land I hunted, just in a more conservative way than your average rancher.It is true, they don't allow elk hunting. That is because they don't have big numbers of elk on their land. Some of their property isn't open to antelope hunting due to lack of numbers. They have their own biologists and from what I've seen so far they do a lot better job of managing game than our FWP. They will allow hunting of those species when they get a viable population in those areas. They reached their buffalo objective this year and just recently had a drawing for the first hunt. Hunters are skeptics by nature, so I understand where its easy to think the APR has bad intentions. The thing is, the biggest threat to them closing hunting down is lack of support from hunters. The CEO (who is from Montana) recently had an open house meeting here in the town I live in. Of course a lot of the questions he was asked were from hunters worrying about the future of hunting on APR properties. He grew up hunting and believes hunting is very important to our heritage and plans to continue allowing hunting access on the APR. He said the biggest threat to hunting on the APR is lack of support from hunters. The APR has a lot of supporters, and a good number of them don't hunt. There needs to be a good balance of hunting supporters to go along with the APR supporters that don't hunt. If it gets too lopsided in the non-hunters' favor, then that's when we are at risk of losing hunting opportunities on their property. Most of the people I see posting on here aren't helping the cause any. As for cattle being at risk of getting brucellosis from the buffalo, that is BS. There isn't a single case of brucellosis being spread from buffalo to cattle in Montana. All of their buffalo are tested for brucellosis anyways. Its funny how most ranchers don't seem to care about our over-objective elk herds spreading brucellosis to their cattle when they can charge hunters thousands of dollars to hunt those elk.It's sad that in this day supporting conservation also makes you get labeled a liberal.</blockquote>

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