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HELENA 鈥?Following last year s hunting season Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks conducted their first mule deer hunter survey in 12 years. To try and judge the hunting publics feeling of the western wildlife icon, and you might want to sit down for this, people REALLY like hunting them.The research summary released by FWP shows that the mail-back surveys were sent out to 5,000 randomly selected resident deer license holders in stanley cup the state, which saw a 41 percent response.Of those respondents 鈥?about 62 percent said mule deer hunting was one of my most important or my most important activities in Montana.And 鈥?according to the survey 鈥?85 percent of hunters think overall opportunities to hunt mulies are better than average.Sixty percent of the respondents even rated the opportunity to hunt mature bucks as being better than average. Thats up about 50 percent fr stanley cup om the last time the survey was held in 2011.But the interest in hunting antlerless mules went down from 51 percent of hunters being interested or very interested in the last survey to 38 percent this time around.About two-thirds of hunters responded th stanley cup at they support or strongly support hunting mule deer bucks during Idug Florida artist creates a portrait of Olivia Newton-John using only lipstick
HELENA 鈥?The Bullock administra af1 tion hopes to unveil another program next week to aid Montana businesses harmed by the Covid-19 pandemic, partnering with banks to defer payments on businesses commercial loans. yeezy Bullocks budget director, Tom Livers, told MTN News that the administration has been negotiating for a few weeks with banks on the details, to ensure the program reaches the hardest-hit businesses. Were not going to just put this money out without some assurances that its going to the right places, he said.The money will come from Montanas $1.25 billion pot of federal funds meant to offset costs from the Covid-19 pandemic. Its not clear yet how much of that money will be available.Some business officials and Republican state lawmakers have criticized the Bullock administration for acting too slowly in distributing that money to businesses and others in need of assistance, in the wake of shutdowns and job losses caused by the pandemic.As of this week, only about $31 million, or 2.5 percent of the funds, had been approved by the state for dis air max bursement 鈥?including stabilization grants of up $10,000 for 2,000 small businesses.About 9,500 applications for assistance are still pen
