Although the snow and cold has hit Minnesota, it's a different story in Montana. So my plans of chasing elk changed to going after my first mule deer. And yes I decided this half way across North ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. BILLINGS – Montana’s general big game hunting season ended on Sunday, Dec. 1. In south-central ...

Mule deer hunters hoping to take trophy bucks during the breeding season will often tell you that Thanksgiving is the peak of the rut. Believe me, that’s not necessarily so. The peak of the rut ...

More than 60% of residents who responded to the survey said they would rather hunt mule deer bucks every year, even though that might mean less of a chance of taking a mature buck, and they like ...

Ah, it's an exciting time to be a deer hunter. Big bucks are coming out of hiding. The rut is on! But this year, I'll have to enjoy the breeding season for deer strictly as a voyeur. I can watch - and ...

Wildlife managers are reducing the number of white-tailed deer that hunters can kill in north-central Montana in response to ...

Northwestern Montana’s Region 1 hunter success was running at 5.3 percent although hunter numbers were up slightly from last year. By last Sunday, 8,695 hunters had checked 341 whitetail deer, 71 mule ...

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 ...