Region 3 — Southwestern Montana: Hunting opportunities are good for those interested in hunting away from open roads with better opportunities in the Gravelly Elk Management Unit (hunting ...

Montana is an amazing state to hunt. It has some of the longest hunting seasons in the West, healthy herds of game and access to millions of acres of public Montana hunting forecast: Deer, elk ...

More than 160,000 elk populate Montana. A proposal calls for 'shoulder seasons' to cull the herd. ... Hunting district 445 in the Cascade area, 446 and 452 in the White Sulphur Springs area, ...

For decades Montana has been the envy of hunters who pursue elk. Our state has healthy elk herds because of our incredible habitat on public and private lands. We enjoy the longest season in the ...

More elk were killed last hunting season — almost 31,000 — than at any time since harvest surveys began 16 years ago, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks data.

The biggest day of the year for Montana hunters - the opening of the general deer and elk hunting season - begins Sunday at exactly a half-hour before sunrise. Over the next five weeks, based on ...

Thu., Nov. 24, 2016 Montana expands ‘shoulder seasons’ for elk hunting Montana's elk shoulder season, which has turned out to be extremely popular, is meant to reduce the number of elk on ...

Elk hunting has been an emotional topic for some Montana hunters in recent years, with rallies on the Capitol steps, special conferences between differing interest groups and bills introduced in ...

Thirty to 50 years ago, the Bob Marshall Wilderness was one of the primer elk hunting areas in the United States. So, low elk numbers are a problem throughout Northwest Montana.

The region with the most elk hunters in Montana is Region 3, the southwest part of the state, and it’s not really close. Last year this region saw more than 45,000 hunters.

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.