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Warren Illi: Flathead Outdoors

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Updated 1 week, 1 day ago

Peak deer season has arrived

For the thousands of local deer hunters who have not notched their deer license this year, your time has arrived.

Updated 3 years, 2 months ago
Making sense of FWP hunt proposals

To say that Montana hunting regulations are complicated would be a gross understatement. So, FWP’s goal of simplifying hunting regulations is a very worthwhile goal. I wish them well.

Updated 3 years, 2 months ago
Are wolf, bear regs really needed?

With the end of summer and the fall season here, all of us living in bear country must be aware of how bears, both black bears and grizzly bears, are on a relentless search for food or calories in order to survive …

Updated 3 years, 2 months ago
Fall is here and it's time to hunt

If you are a hunter like myself, most of us feel we are entering the best three months of the year.

Updated 3 years, 3 months ago
Elk management a hot debate

So, with great elk hunting, what are the issues that cause heated discussions? In just four words, availability of bull elk.

Updated 3 years, 3 months ago
An unusual natural feature

One such unusual natural featue is where natural water flows across the continental divide.

Updated 3 years, 4 months ago
The cruelty of nature

My vegetable garden kills wildlife.

Updated 3 years, 4 months ago
Northwest Montana is a boater's paradise

Northwest Montana has more than its fair share of lakes and streams ideally suited for recreation use.

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
God bless the USA

How fortunate we are to live in the USA, Montana and the Flathead Valley.

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
Is it summer yet?

Has our spring season finally transitioned into summer in the Flathead?

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
Know the fishing rules

This leads to knowing how many fish you can keep and whether there is a size limit?

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
Legislature active in new hunting regs

If you follow the Letters to the Editor in local and state-wide newspapers, the Republican-run legislature felt they responded to a citizen’s mandate to cut big government and give citizens more personal freedoms.

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
The goose is loose

Earlier this week I took my own advice from my column two weeks ago and did a little multi-tasking in the great Flathead Outdoors.

Updated 3 years, 8 months ago
Anglers, open water season is here!

So, put your ice fishing gear into storage and break out your boat and open water fishing gear.

Updated 3 years, 8 months ago
The science of wildlife management

But let me say that most of the current issues involving wolf and grizzly management are mostly social or environmental issues...

Updated 3 years, 9 months ago
Words of praise for online licensing system

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has revised their on-line licensing system and it works!