I'd love to have a 36 day season. Instead we've got to plan to get it done in 5-9 days with a rifle in hand. We've got 4 rifle seasons, plus MZ, Plus Archery and numerous late season cow only. There are exceptions and leftover licenses but for the most part its 1 species per year except for doe's and cows. Once you hold an antlered tag for any species you cannot hold another one in the same year. I don't know if MT or WY are different in that regards.
Our fee's are as follows for Non Residents. $544 for a bull tag. (MT2010 prices) $643 Elk A comes with deer A and upland game and fishing. $354 for a cow tag. MT 2nd cow tag $278 $329 for a deer tag. MT $343 Deer A comes with upland game and fishing. $56 for a small game tag. Upland game-$110
A general elk tag lets you hunt bull elk where ever there is not a specific permit required. A few districts limit to spike only or cow only. Each district has specific game management rules. The general DeerA is similar. Usually you can shoot either species either sex deer. Some districts limit doe harvests for management reasons. I can't think of any special areas that allow for second bull or buck if it happened it would be a special management issue limited if ever. My brothers generally hunt the doe surplus non-resident tags which are $75.
So we have heard from Utah and Colorado, we know Idaho raised their tags last year and I know Wyoming did away with guaranteed tags.
