We are at a perilous crossroads with the future of proven and sustained wildlife management, our rural Montana heritage, and multiple public land use traditions. Animal rights activists want to eliminate trapping and the truth is they are abusing the ballot box to accomplish this emotional and biologically deficient endeavor.
Trappers have a deep appreciation for wildlife and have always been respectful of our natural and renewable resources. Trappers work tirelessly with wildlife conservation professionals, fish and game agencies, and other user groups to avoid conflicts where they arise or may exist, rather than attempt to exclude any use or activity by others. Montana is a very large state with multiple opportunities for all forms of recreation including sustainable harvest of individual animals by the use of trapping.
Deer, moose, antelope, and even sage grouse are under constant threat of mortality from an abundance of predators. Trapping is a significant, effective, and practical tool used to manage predators to ensure other wildlife numbers do not decline. Montana FWP utilizes sound science for resource management and recognizes trapping to be biologically sustainable. In fact so do many professional wildlife authorities such as the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and The Wildlife Society, North America’s association of wildlife scientists.
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Keith Kubista, president
Montana Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife
Stevensville