In a 2023 survey from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, over 75% of Region 1 hunters said there were too few bull elk in the region ... over 30 miles to reach Big Prairie Ranger Station, where ...

“I could see far off where I’d hunted that morning and two bull elk were in another all-out fight several miles away,” says Burtness. “They were acting like it [was] pre-rut, and here it is Oct. 19. I ...

In a 2023 survey from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, over 75% of Region 1 hunters said there were too few bull elk in the region ... over 30 miles to reach Big Prairie Ranger Station, where ...