3-years ago, Gov. Gianforte created the Youth Hunting Story contest Montana youth and apprentice hunters between the ages of 10 and 17. Resident hunters submitted a story and a photo from their hunt. Entries included the harvest of any legal game, animals or birds in Montana.
The governor recognized the ten winning hunters in the State Capitol Tuesday afternoon. Winning hunters received prizes from Stone Glacier, Sitka, Kenetrek, J2 Taxidermy, Rocky Mountain Elk Founation.
Here are the winning hunters:
- Remuda Seymour of Dillon (pictured above) (12 years old) for the story of her new family tradition after hunting.
- Jacob Reddish of Lakeside (16 years old) for the story of his first solo hunt.
- Ambreigh Morris of Baker (12 years old) for the story of her first deer hunt with her uncle.
- Amelia Saylor of Wilsall (14 years old) for the story of her deer hunt in a new town.
- Hannah Smith of Bozeman (14 years old) for the story of her first little “forkie” buck.
- Hays Darr of Bozeman (10 years old) for the story of his first bird hunt, where he was “excited as a dog with a big pile of beef jerky.”
- Leyton Arnold of Belgrade (14 years old) for the story of his saving money for seven years to buy hunting equipment for his first elk hunt.
- Malena Altschwager of Corvallis (13 years old) for the story of her deer hunt with her dad.
- Noah Wheatley of Deer Lodge (13 years old) for the story of how special his deer hunt was with his dad.
- Wyatt Mosher of Jefferson City (15 years old) for the story of his first antelope hunt on a Block Management Area and State Land.
