Land owners who wish to participate in the Elk Hunting
Access Agreement or EHA Program must apply to Montana Fish,
Wildlife and Parks by May 1st.
In exchange for free public hunting access,
the landowner will receive an elk tag.
The tags can be designated to a family member or
an authorized full time employee of the landowner,
but they are only valid on the land owners property
or land that they have leased for agricultural purposes.
Land owners can select up to 1/3 of the hunters
with FWP randomly selecting the other 2/3.
The landowner must inform FWP of their selections no later
than three weeks before they agreed upon start date.
If no hunter selections are made within that time frame,
FWP will fill the spots.
This year, land owners must own at least 640 acres
of occupied elk habitat.
They can enroll private land leased from another landowner for
agricultural purposes.
Every tag issued will come with the department selected Hunter,
who holds the equivalent tag.
The public will only be able to sign up for
the EHA opportunities through my FWP from July 1st through
the 15th.
Public Hunters have 72 hours to accept the e-mail invitation
from when it was received.