Montana is usually ranked as one of America’s best elk hunting states. Deer, antelope, mountain sheep, game birds and numerous other wildlife species are the annual targets of over 100,000 ...

The largest elk herd in Montana is located in the Big Snowy and Little Snowy Mountains of central Montana. Spread across two hunting districts, HDs 411 and 535, the herd was estimated at more than ...

The old 2005 plan is badly outdated. I envisioned a meeting that would discuss possible solutions to the vast over-supply of elk, located mostly on large private ranches in central Montana.

Montana's 2023 big game hunting season closed Nov. 26 with elk harvest trailing 2022 and slightly down from the five-year average.Lower elk harvest was correlat ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) estimates that due to unregulated hunting, by 1910 North America’s entire elk herd had dwindled to fewer than 50,000 animals of which half were to be found ...

Population estimates for mule and white-tailed deer and pronghorn are all generally below long-term averages throughout south-central Montana. Elk numbers, however, have increased over recent ...

The Montana Legislature has failed to recognize and deal with the serious threats of game farming to our wildlife and fair-chase hunting heritage. If unchecked, the problems will grow more severe.

MIDDLE: A bugling bull elk. ABOVE: Commissioner Jeff Burrows speaks during a meeting of the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission in 2023. Brett French/Lee Newspapers ...