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.

Know Before You Go: How to Prepare for shed hunting in Montana Deer, elk, and moose shed their antlers each year and for many Montanans trying to find them becomes a spring tradition. Deer, elk, and ...

Montana could become the latest western state to regulate shed antler hunting if a new bill in the state’s House of Representatives goes on to become law. House Bill 363 would establish separate ...

Yet according to a Fish, Wildlife & Parks press release, 73% of the respondents to a recent survey are “satisfied with elk management in Montana. Generally, hunters surveyed were also satisfied with ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Some elk B license holders will have extended hunting in parts of west-central Montana. The state says hunters haven't harvested enough elk in places where they tend to congregate ...

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) - The state is asking 2,000 Montana elk hunters, outfitters and landowners for help with its growing elk population. The Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks mailed surveys to ...

Big game animals are dropping their antlers across the West. Moose and whitetails have been shedding since January, followed by mule deer in February and elk through March. Shed hunters in the region ...

POLSON — A 52-year-old man was found dead southwest of St. Ignatius on Tuesday after he became separated from his son while the two were horn hunting. Michael Eugene Wheeler of northwest Montana was ...