Registration Open for Montana Marion Hunter Education Course
Online registration is now open for the Marion and education course. Register online at fwp.mt.gov; click Hunter Ed Schedule and follow directions to register. See link below:...
View ArticleMontana 2013 Hunter Education Classes Planned for Bonner & Potomac
Hunter Education classes are planned for Bonner and Potomac in September, and students can register online now at fwp.mt.gov under “Hunter Ed Schedule.” Classes are free, and a student must be at least...
View ArticleMontana Hunter Education Classes to Be Held for St. Ignatius
Online registration is now open for the St. Ignatius area hunter education course. Register online at fwp.mt.gov; click Hunter Ed Schedule and follow directions to register. See...
View ArticleRegistration Open for Montana’s Polson Hunter Education Class
Online registration is now open for the Polson area hunter education course. Register online at fwp.mt.gov; click Hunter Education Schedule and follow directions to register. See...
View ArticleComment Extended on Elk Management and Brucellosis Risk Work Plan
Montana's Fish & Wildlife Commission will seek comment through Sept. 13 on a work plan aimed at reducing the risk of transmitting brucellosis infections between elk and livestock in southwestern...
View ArticleMontana 2013-2014 Waterfowl Regulations Set
The Montana Fish & Wildlife Commission recently set waterfowl hunting regulations, including split duck and goose seasons in the Pacific Flyway and a split goose season in the Central Flyway. In...
View ArticleComment Extended on Southwest Montana Grizzly Bear Management Plan
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has extended comment to Sept. 30 on the draft of an updated conservation and management plan for grizzly bears in southwestern Montana. The draft plan, developed over...
View ArticleTrappers Must Register to Trap on DNRC or Plum Creek Lands in Northwest Montana
Trappers: special permission is required to trap on DNRC and on Plum Creek Lands in Northwest Montana. For DNRC (school trust lands) trappers must obtain a free license by September 30. For Plum...
View ArticleMontana Public Meeting Set on Elk Foundation Land Purchase Near Lewistown
Fish, Wildlife and Parks will hold a public information meeting about a proposal to acquire and manage 40 acres from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation in central Montana. The meeting will take place at...
View ArticleMontana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Hosts Non-Trapper Pet Release Workshop, Oct. 2
Region 3 Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will host a non-trapper pet release workshop at its headquarters in Bozeman (1400 S. 19th Ave.) on Wednesday, October 2 from 6-7 p.m. The goal of the...
View ArticleRegistration Still Open for Montana’s Polson Hunter Education Class
Online registration is still open for the Polson area hunter education course. Register online at fwp.mt.gov; click Hunter Education Schedule and follow directions to register. See...
View ArticleMontana’s Female Mountain Lion Hunting Season to Close in Certain Districts
The hunting of female mountain lions in northcentral Montana hunting districts 400, 401, 403, 406, 415, and 441, which includes portions of Toole, Pondera, Liberty, Chouteau, Glacier and Teton...
View ArticleMontana FWP Investigates Numerous White-tailed Deer Deaths in West Missoula...
Over one hundred dead white-tailed deer have been reported in the west Missoula Valley, state wildlife officials say. FWP is waiting for lab results to determine the cause of death and is asking the...
View ArticleMontana Public Comment Sought on Bighorn Sheep Release Proposal
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking public comment on an environmental assessment for the proposed reintroduction of bighorn sheep to Indian or Wolf Creek in the Madison mountain range....
View ArticleSlow Opener for Whitetail Deer in Northwest Montana
Hunters took to the field Saturday and Sunday across northwest Montana for the opening weekend of the general deer and elk season. At the six northwest Montana check stations, a total of 2,900 hunters...
View ArticleBig Game Harvest Down on Bluebird Opening Weekend in West-Central Montana
Montana’s big game rifle season opened Saturday, and although nearly identical numbers of hunters headed to the field in west-central Montana as last year, hunter harvests checked through the Bonner,...
View ArticleOpening of Big Game Season Slightly Below Average on Montana’s Rocky Mountain...
Hunters hit the Rocky Mountain Front for the opening weekend of Montana’s general big game season and took home slightly fewer elk, mule deer and white-tailed deer this year compared to the past three...
View ArticleMontana Female Mountain Lion Hunting to Close in Districts 318 & 335
The hunting of female mountain lions in southwestern Montana hunting districts 318 and 335, in portions of Jefferson and Lewis & Clark counties, will close at one-half hour after sunset on Tuesday,...
View ArticleSouth Central Montana 2013 Big Game Harvest Light on Opening Weekend
The opening weekend of the general big game season saw more hunters in south central Montana than the same two days last year, but a smaller percentage of them harvester animals. Warm, mild weather...
View ArticleMontana Mountain Lion Hunting to Close in HD’s in Several Regions
The hunting of mountain lions in several Montana hunting districts will close at one-half hour after sunset on date specified below. The hunting districts are: Closed To All Mountain Lions: HD 140 -...
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