Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Thirty-one years ago, 1,321 mule deer were shot by hunters in Hunting District 502 — a record ...

Montana’s chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today announced that it raised a record $56,620 for mule deer conservation by raffling a single statewide deer tag. The winner is a Washington State ...

Editor's note: This story has been corrected to show that 8,300 views, not comments, were recorded on the Hunt Talk forum. Also, the proposal would cut the archery season by seven days, not 14. As ...

Yet according to a Fish, Wildlife & Parks press release, 73% of the respondents to a recent survey are “satisfied with elk management in Montana. Generally, hunters surveyed were also satisfied with ...

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 ...

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 ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. — General season ended Nov. 26 in southwest Montana with mild weather and mixed hunter success. Collectively at check stations in southwest Montana 6,112 hunters harvested 66 ...

Bill McRae was a hunter, a wildlife photographer, and the optics editor emeritus of Outdoor Life. He died on Aug. 21 in Montana. You can read more about his life and legacy here. This story, ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Big game hunting season closed on Sunday, and officials saw harvest totals rise from last year in west-central Montana. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks operated check stations at ...

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 ...

BILLINGS - Mule deer numbers in southeastern Montana have rebounded after a bleak and steep decline that hit bottom in 2012, prompting Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ staff to recommend increasing ...

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, ...