Billings Gazette

Management cow elk hunt opens in northeastern Montana

In an attempt to reduce cow elk populations in northeastern Montana, Fish, Wildlife and Parks has authorized a management season hunt in portions of Hunting Districts 680 and 690 starting on Saturday, ...
Billings Gazette

FWP, some commissioners at odds over Montana's extended elk season

Case in point Vermillion pointed to Hunting District 580, on the east side of the Crazy Mountains, as an example of why Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks should go to a cow-only elk hunt in specific ...
NBC Montana

Montana Department of Corrections to hold special elk hunting permit drawing Thursday

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Montana Department of Corrections will hold a drawing Thursday forspecial access rifle permits for cow elk hunting at theMontana Correctional Enterprise ranch in Deer Lodge. The ...
The Montana Standard

Hunters raise concerns about shoulder seasons for elk

Amid changes in wild turkey limits, permits to hunt from a vehicle and mule deer quotas, most speakers at Thursday night’s Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks hunting rules open house wanted to discuss ...
NBC Montana

Montana FWP prepared for annual elk collaring

In the Gallatin Valley, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks officials are preparing to trap and collar elk. The GPS collaring process is intended to provide Montana FWP with a variety of information, ...
Daily Inter Lake

Elk slaughter bill step to end public hunting

Montana is at a crossroads in our management of wildlife. We will either maintain our decades-long tradition in which everyone has equal opportunity to enjoy our public wildlife, or we hand control to ...
Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Nick Gevock: Elk slaughter bill is a step toward ending public hunting

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Montana is at a crossroads in our management of wildlife. We will either maintain our ...