FWP On Special Duty Saturday, June 1, For Special Drawing Deadline

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Most Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks offices will be open 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, June 1, to assist hunters meet the special-drawing application deadline for Montana’s coveted elk, deer, and antelope hunting licenses and permits.

"FWP staff will be on special duty on Saturday, June 1 to help handle the additional traffic we expect and to answer questions from hunters and license providers around the state," said FWP spokesman Ron Aasheim. "The best advice we have for hunters is to buy hunting licenses early, but we know June 1 is an important deadline so we’ll keep our doors and phone lines open to assist our customers on that Saturday."

The FWP Helena headquarters office, 1420 East Sixth Ave., and regional headquarters in Kalispell, Missoula, Bozeman, Great Falls, Billings, Glasgow and Miles City will be open from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. FWP area resource offices in Butte, Lewistown and Havre will also be open. The Butte office will be open from 12:30-4 p.m., while offices in Lewistown and Havre will be open from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The Helena Area Resource Office on Custer Ave. will not be open.

Aasheim said applications for special drawings must be postmarked no later than June 1. Applicants should check with their local post office to determine the deadline for obtaining a June 1 postmark.

The new Automated Licensing System that FWP launched this year ran smoothly through two recent license deadline rushes, but it caused delays earlier this year at high traffic times. "We’ve made several improvements to the system already this year to address delays, but we still want to take additional steps to help make things as convenient as possible," Aasheim said.

Aasheim said ALS offers a number of benefits, including greater privacy for the license buyer and quick reporting of license sales statistics.