MISSOULA, Mont. — The Montana Department of Corrections will hold a drawing Thursday forspecial access rifle permits for cow elk hunting at theMontana Correctional Enterprise ranch in Deer Lodge. The ...

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 ...

May 9 (Reuters) - Montana wildlife managers on Friday backed off a plan to allow ranchers near Yellowstone National Park to kill elk as a disease prevention measure, after the plan sparked criticism ...

BILLINGS -- After a lengthy and sometimes contentious debate, the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission decided to extend the public comment period from 30 to 60 days on a proposed elk hunting season.

In the Gallatin Valley, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks officials are preparing to trap and collar elk. The GPS collaring process is intended to provide Montana FWP with a variety of information, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. It’s early February, and Montana hunters are still pursuing heavily pregnant cow elk throughout ...

n Snowmobile season on specified districts put off till Dec. 16 DILLON — A special cowelk hunting season in hunt ing districts 300, 302, 321, 328, 329, 331, and 332 — in the Bitterroot Range, between ...