Montana Hunters Reminded Wasting Wild Game Meat Is Illegal
With many hunters looking back on a successful big game hunting season, it's a good time to remind hunters about the responsibility to ensure that their wild game is properly cared for and processed....
View ArticleMontana Trappers and Pet Owners Should Take Precautions to Avoid Accidental...
With furbearer seasons in full swing, and snow creating ideal conditions for trapping furbearers like bobcat and marten, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks reminds pet owners to be mindful that there...
View ArticleMontana’s Missoula Bowhunter Education Classes Begin in January
Six bowhunter education classes will be offered in Missoula in 2014, with the first two classes scheduled for January 18 and February 1. Online registration and the complete class schedule can be found...
View ArticleMontana’s 2014-2015 Hunting Regulation Proposals Up For Review
Montanans will have a number of opportunities to review and comment on 2014-2015 hunting regulation proposals by going on online now or by attending one of 43 public meetings beginning in January. Last...
View ArticleMontana 2013 Hunter Harvest Surveys Are Underway
Now that hunting season is over, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is calling a sample of 160,000 hunters to gather harvest information on this year's hunt. The survey asks randomly selected hunters a...
View ArticleAdditional Montana Havre-Area Game Check Station Findings Reported
Hunter numbers and reported harvests at the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Region 6 game check station outside Havre are still down when compared to past years. “Hunter numbers so far this year...
View ArticleWest-Central Montana Deer, Elk Harvest Slightly above Past Two Seasons
Total hunter numbers and animals reported through west-central Montana’s three hunter check stations are slightly higher than the last two seasons at the close of the fourth week. The general season...
View ArticleMontana Wildlife Management Areas Set to Close for the Season
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks would like to remind recreationists that most Region 3 Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) – those managed as big game winter range – will close to all public entry at...
View ArticleHunting Season Ends with Deer, Elk Totals on Par with Last Year in Western...
The 2013 general hunting season for big game closed quietly in west-central Montana on Sunday evening, with deer harvests through the Anaconda, Bonner and Darby Check Stations nearly equaling those...
View ArticleMontana’s Big Game Seasons Won’t Be Extended
Montana's 2013 general big game hunting seasons ended as planned on Sunday, Dec. 1 and will not be extended, state wildlife officials confirmed today. "We are not planning any big game season...
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