Saturday is the first day of general deer and elk hunting season in Montana. Hunters need to follow rules and regulations ...

Oct. 4—The general big game hunting season begins Saturday, Oct. 26, and state officials are predicting more animals on the landscape following a mild winter. Big game survival in Region 1, northwest ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Thirty-one years ago, 1,321 mule deer were shot by hunters in Hunting District 502 — a record ...

Editor's note: Although Libby has a city deer plan based on chronic wasting disease action, it does not have a Fish and Wildlife Commission approved plan like the 13 other Montana communities.

Luckily, the area hasn’t seen the sharp decline in mule deer populations, only 16% below the long-term average. Since 2016 the deer numbers have remained pretty flat at around 65,000 animals. That ...

Bill McRae was a hunter, a wildlife photographer, and the optics editor emeritus of Outdoor Life. He died on Aug. 21 in Montana. You can read more about his life and legacy here. This story, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. There are several places to lay blame for the mule deer population decline in south-central and ...

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 ...

LEWISTOWN, Mont. — Regulations will change for the Missouri Breaks region of central Montana for deer hunters in 2024. Wildlife officials changed hunting regulations after the mule deer population ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. — General season ended Nov. 26 in southwest Montana with mild weather and mixed hunter success. Collectively at check stations in southwest Montana 6,112 hunters harvested 66 ...

Carter County Sheriff Rusty Jardee says mule deer in tiny Ekalaka became a nuisance, munching on vegetable gardens and damaging trees, soon after enforcement of the local leash law. Now the tiny ...

BILLINGS - Mule deer numbers in southeastern Montana have rebounded after a bleak and steep decline that hit bottom in 2012, prompting Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ staff to recommend increasing ...