Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saturday is the first day of general deer and elk hunting season in Montana. Hunters need to follow rules and regulations closely ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana’s general deer and elk hunting season kicked off last weekend, and early numbers from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks show hunters in northwest Montana are seeing slightly ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana’s general deer and elk season has wrapped up, and game check stations in northwest Montana reported hunter traffic almost identical to last year, with slight shifts in ...

The general deer and elk hunting season is down to the final week. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ game check stations in Northwest Montana have logged more than 9,000 hunters through the first five ...

Region 2 anticipates better than average hunting opportunities for the fall hunting season. Western Montana had another mild winter in 2024-2025, on the heels of a mild winter in 2023-2024, and ...

Erin Weger’s most memorable hunting experience was a total accident. Her buddy had to run into town that morning, so she went at it alone thinking she'd likely just be out for a nature walk. Instead, ...

Check station results through the fourth weekend of the general rifle season show steady hunter participation and generally consistent harvest numbers across Northwest Montana. According to data ...

In some Montana hunting districts, up to one-third of animals have contracted chronic wasting disease, the fatal, neurodegenerative disorder that’s driving down deer and elk populations in other ...

Elk hunting is commonly perceived as a backcountry scenario where the hunter and elk are engaged in a one-on-one affair, and the only sounds to be heard are wild noises of the forest. If you believe ...

Hunting opportunities for a variety of wildlife are plentiful in southwestern Montana. Hunters should remember that crowding will occur on easily accessible public lands, and wildlife may be visibly ...