GREAT FALLS — Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) was recently detected in a mule deer buck taken by a hunter east of Stanford in ...

Four new hunting districts across the state recorded a detection of Chronic Wasting Disease since July 2025, the Montana ...

Tag numbers, season dates, and hunt structures are no longer things you can memorize once and ride for a... The post Why ...

On Dec. 4, the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission set the Montana hunting regulations for 2026 and 2027. In doing so, it made a variety of changes to address concerns about nonresident hunting ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Northeast Montana has seen an increase in chronic wasting disease as it spreads across the ...

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was recently detected in a mule deer buck taken by a hunter north of Great Falls in Hunting District 404, marking the first time CWD has been detected in that district, ...

I’ve always been a big woods whitetail hunter. I grew up in New England, where deer hunting meant tracking, still hunting, and roving through endless miles of mixed hardwoods and thick pine forests ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is asking the public for information about a mule deer buck that was shot with an arrow in a Billings Heights neighborhood. FWP responded to the ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Hunter success was mixed at the end of the general game season as mild weather made it difficult for some hunters to find game in lower elevations. At southwestern Montana check ...

The hunting quota for mule deer in Montana's first chronic wasting disease hunt is close to being filled, prompting Fish, Wildlife and Parks to announce that it will close the hunt a half hour after ...

Authorities in Montana are investigating a poaching case involving a mule deer buck that’s still carrying an arrow that somebody shot into its back. According to Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, ...

Mule deer populations are stable to slightly decreasing and still down from long term averages. Hunting for mule deer bucks is by permit-only in several hunting districts. White-tailed deer ...