Our first ascent was up a small drainage we knew held elk. Last summer, Alec had a seasonal job with the Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks Department, and on his free days he scouted these mountains.

Plastics are destroying aquatic life in the oceans. Wind turbines are killing bats and birds that fly into them. And vacated wire is causing slow, painful deaths for elk on the Idaho-Montana state ...

Montana game wardens traveled to five other states and, with the assistance of game wardens in those states, collected 18 illegally killed wildlife from Montana. Seven elk, six mule deer, three ...

There are 82 elk-ranching operations in Montana, and in contrast to financially stressed grain and cattle operations, the elk industry seems ripe for expansion.

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KALISPELL - A cool, wet summer grew lots of green this year, and now that green is growing lots of big deer and elk - record numbers in some parts of western Montana. "There's quite a bit of ...

Steve Felix brought down the 7x8-point Elk bull in Powder River County, in the southeast corner of Montana. The Boone and Crockett Club has confirmed its rack scores 430 inches, making it the ...

From Arizona to northwest Montana, there are hundreds of thousands elk roaming the Western U.S. today. Here are some of the best states to hunt them in, based on record book entries submitted to ...

John Daggett was born and raised in Harlowton, Montana. He harvested his first cow elk in the Crazies at age 12 and his first bull elk in the same spot at age 16. He then went on to work for the Army ...

Elk shed their antlers every year from January to May, leading to a brisk trade among brokers and collectors. A freshly shed brown antler can sell for up to $14 a pound and weigh as much as 12 ...