Landowners, tribal hunters can register for hunts
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News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Natural Resources Department
The Tribal Wildlife Management Program often responds to human/wildlife conflicts on the Flathead Indian Reservation. Most conflicts between private landowners and big game occur in the autumn and winter months. In an effort to mitigate the impacts of these conflicts, the tribal council has approved development of a call list of individual tribal member hunters interested in harvesting deer or elk involved in conflicts on private lands.
The Tribal Wildlife Management Program and the Tribal Game Warden Program will seek tribal member hunters who are interested in participating in depredation hunts, as well as solicit interest from private landowners who wish to allow hunter access to their lands.
A list of interested hunters will be developed on a first-come, first-serve basis. Interested hunters will then be put in direct contact with landowners to make arrangements to access private lands when conflicts arise.
Please contact Stephanie Gillin at 883-2888, extension 7241, if you have already submitted a form in the past and want to be resubmitted to the 2014 tribal hunter list and/or have contact information that needs to be updated.
This project strives for a cooperative effort at managing deer and elk populations and crop depredation on private lands.
“When the Tribal Wildlife Management Program receives a contact from private landowners who experience depredation of hay or other crops by deer or elk, hunters who have indicated an interest may be called to remove some animals through harvest,” said Stephanie Gillin, tribal wildlife biologist.
Registration forms for both landowners and Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal member hunters can be found online at cskt.org.
Landowners and hunters who wish to participate in this project are asked to contact Stephanie Gillin at the Tribal Wildlife Management Program at 883-2888, extension 7241 or email: stephg@cskt.org.
All applicable tribal hunting regulations will apply. Interested hunters will need to provide their name, address, Tribal Identification Number and telephone number to participate.
