Outdoors
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Groups say rafting, outfitting permits deserve more analysis
The Forest Service received more than 30 comments on its plan to renew special use permits for commercial rafting …
Time to change horses
The general rifle seasons for deer and elk hunting has mostly ended. Unless you were lucky enough to draw a late-season elk tag and have access to private ranch land in central Montana, your big game hunting season…
Rifle season ends with uptick in overall harvest
The general big game rifle season wrapped up Sunday with an uptick across Northwest Montana in participation and the overall harvest rate.
Stoke is high heading into ski resort’s 77th season
Thanks to an onslaught of Pacific storms, the upper reaches of Big Mountain are already buried in nearly 4 feet of snow.
Block Management continues slow decline despite increased payment cap
The number of acres enrolled in Block Management, a hunting access program managed by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, has continued its gradual decline despi…
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.
Teen harvests bull and cow elk in same day
Nicholas Cooper started hunting through the FWP Apprentice Hunter Program at 10 years old. He’s taken a turkey, a doe and a couple of young bucks, but he’s nev…
Alpine enigmas: Researchers work to improve management of bighorns, mountain goats
The best way to catch a bighorn sheep is with a helicopter. You also need favorable conditions, good planning and a little bit of luck.
Hunting season picks up with two weeks remaining
Montana’s general hunting season is down to the final two weeks, and activity has picked up in Northwest Montana.
Is hunting always great?
When I return from a hunting trip, people frequently ask me, “How was hunting?” My response is almost always the same, “Hunting was great!”
Onset of rut to boost big game season
Montana’s general hunting season is hitting the midway point and wildlife officials say the overall harvest will increase with the onset of the deer breeding s…
Barrow’s goldeneye: The quiet bird
As other ducks boisterously announce their presence quacking, whistling, and peeping in the small, forested lakes and ponds of northwestern United States, Cana…
Timed ticketed entry for Glacier National Park next summer brings mixed reactions
Glacier National Park’s decision to implement timed ticketed entry next summer drew mixed reviews from visitors and stakeholders, though officials say it will …
Another Montana elk tests positive for CWD
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials announced on Friday that an elk in southeast Montana tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. The elk was locate…
Montana hunter shoots, kills charging grizzly bear
A grizzly bear was killed by a hunter on Saturday, Nov. 2 after an encounter south of Placid Lake in the Seeley-Swan Valley.