A couple of folks were kind enough to lend me their expertise and thoughts as we near the general big game season opener for rifle hunters on Oct. 25.

As an Eastern bowhunter, I’d dreamed of chasing bugling bull elk out West. This September, I finally located a bull that read ...

The hunting is good in southwest Montana, but the elk herds roaming open ranges of state land in a section of Centennial Valley southeast of Dillon aren't just good hunting — they're a source of ...

A new law is giving Montana’s oldest hunters more opportunity in the field.House Bill 328, passed earlier this year, expands ...

Hunting opportunities for a variety of wildlife are plentiful in southwestern Montana. Hunters should remember that crowding will occur on easily accessible public lands, and wildlife may be visibly ...

The elk harvest in southwest Montana remained steady during the third and fourth weeks of the general big game season, with hunter numbers region-wide well above the three-year average, according to ...

Every hunting season comes with a few changes in regulations and southwest Montana is no exception. Hunters in the Helena area should be aware of some new licenses and new opportunities for antlerless ...

Most check stations in southwest Montana saw high numbers of elk come through compared to other years on the fifth weekend of the hunting season. Biologists report elk moving to winter range and ...

If you think politics are divisive, just listen to how Westerners describe elk. They’re “terrorists,” says Sy Gilliland. The president of the Wyoming Outfitters and Guides Association, Gilliland told ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — Six people from Montana and Washington state are being charged by the Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks game wardens for unlawfully killing multiple bull elk and mule deer bucks.

Mid-summer weather patterns have trended slightly cooler and wetter than the past few years for much of north-central Montana, resulting in some moderation of severe drought conditions seen in the ...