MONTANA BILL WILL MAKE GROUPS SUING OVER HUNTING, TRAPPING PAY BONDS
UM NewsPublished: April 24, 2023A Canada lynx caught in a trap. (Courtesy photo)
Caven Wade
(UM Legislative News Service) A bill on Gov. Greg Gianforte’s desk would require a judge to place a bond and collect securities from plaintiffs who are seeking injunctions that prevent the ability to hunt or harvest wild game in the state.
Rep. Jedediah Hinkle, R-Belgrade, is sponsoringHouse Bill 419, which he said would strengthen a portion of the Montana Constitution that gives residents the rights to hunt and harvest through the “Heritage Clause.”
“It’s a great bill. It’s a design to eliminate the process of hurting people through legal assaults and lawsuits,” Sen. John Fuller, R-Kalispell, who carried the bill in the Senate, said.
HB 419 also creates language in Montana law…
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Exposing the Big Game 
They are awful