Tundra Swan Permits Available

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Applications are now available for tundra swan hunting permits for the 2002 season. In the Pacific Flyway, which includes Freezout Lake Wildlife Management Area near Fairfield, 500 permits will be offered for swan hunting in Cascade, Chouteau, Toole, Liberty, Hill and those portions of Teton and Pondera counties east of US Highway 287 from Augusta to Choteau and US Highway 89 from Choteau to the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.

An additional 500 permits are available for the Central Flyway portion of the state.

Hunters may apply for a swan permit in both the Pacific and Central flyways. Applicants must use a separate form for each flyway application and must include the $3 drawing fee required for a permit in each flyway.

Applications, which must be received or postmarked by Sept. 6, are available at all FWP offices an on-line at www.fwp.state.mt.us. Click the "Hunting" link.

Completed application forms and a $3 drawing fee must be sent to: License Section, Swan Drawing, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, PO Box 200701, Helena, MT 59620-0701.