To celebrate our hunting heritage in Montana, Governor Greg Gianforte in 2022 hosted the inaugural Youth Hunting Story Contest for Montana youth and apprentice hunters ages 10-17. To enter the contest, hunters wrote and submitted a story of no more than 500 words of a hunt from 2022. Governor Gianforte selected ten winning hunters from over 200 entries statewide.

Congratulations to the ten winners of the 2022 contest.

• Brynlee Epperson, Lewistown
• Emaline Musson, Belgrade
• Grayson Fulton, Colstrip
• Greyson Garza, Belt
• Jack Heicher, Townsend
• Jaeger Tombre, Savage
• Jason Michalsky, Billings
• Lilly Ebert, Whitehall
• Mika Smith, Charlo
• Ruthy Vinson, Manhattan

A special thank you to J2 Taxidermy, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Sitka, Stone Glacier, and Vista Outdoor for donating prizes to the winning hunters.

View the winning stories here: https://news.mt.gov/Governors-Office/2022-Youth-Hunting-Booklet.pdf