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 ...

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 ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials announced on Friday that an elk in southeast Montana tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. The elk was located on private land in Hunting District ...

Grizzly bears continue to move back into prairie country in Montana. Near tiny rural communities, they’ve been attacking ...

A little over a year after UPOM filed its lawsuit, the state finalized a new elk management plan to replace the 2005 plan it adopted when an estimated 100,000 elk lived in Montana. A 2022 survey ...

BILLINGS – With pressure mounting from landowners and lawmakers to increase the elk harvest, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials have spent months devising a new method that they hope ...

A bull elk and a whitetail buck carcass were found decapitated — and the rest of the animals left to waste — in northern Montana, officials say. Game wardens are seeking any information about ...

The Idaho Department of Fish & Game has reported larger die-offs from yew toxicity in recent years than Montana. During the winter of 2016 and 2017, eight elk died after eating the shrub near ...

The study also noted that mountain lions were the predators most responsible for killing elk, as lions killed an average of three times as many elk as wolves. Another Montana study that looked at mule ...

Hunting for elk antlers is a popular pastime in Montana, and freshly shed brown antlers can sell for hundreds of dollars. But hunters need permission to take them from private property.