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Montana Public Land Archery Elk a Potential World Record

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  The Boone and Crockett Club and Pope and Young Club released a statement yesterday stating they believe a bull elk killed on Montana public lands may be the new World’s Record typical American elk. Hunting alone, Montana resident Steve Felix brought the elk to the attention of the Boone and Crockett Club after he […]

Mistake Costs Hunter $32K in Fines and 30 Month License Suspension

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In an honest case of mistaken identity paired with some rare circumstances, a Montana hunter has pleaded guilty to illegally killing two bighorn sheep in late October. After tracking a group of bighorn sheep in the Knowles Creek region of Montana, Jeff Fleming, along with his hunting partner Brad Borden, settled in to place a […]

Mule Deer Falls in the Streets of Butte, $1k Reward for Information Offered

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  A 5 x 5 mule deer buck laid in the streets of Uptown Butte, Montana Monday morning sporting a fresh bullet wound to his side. Law enforcement officers found the buck early Monday morning collapsed by the gutter on North Main Street east of the Original Mine Yard.  As it is illegal to discharge […]

USFWS Reopens Comment Period on Delisting Yellowstone Grizzlies

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  Published in March of this year, officials proposed the delisting of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and have since reinstated an extended comment period about the proposal. Now occupying more than 22,500 square miles of the Yellowstone Ecosystem, the grizzly bear population has rebounded in great numbers.  In 1975, estimates pegged the […]

Ranch Hand Fined After Filming Grizzly Chase

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  It was back in March when Lawrence Lane Kennedy posted the now viral video of him and a friend pursuing a grizzly bear in a pickup truck.  It was later revealed that the two men did not intend to worry or harm the bear; they were simply attempting to move the bear away from […]

Northeastern Montana Deer Numbers on the Rise

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  After wrapping up both the post-hunting season and spring season surveys, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has reported that mule deer populations are on the rise while whitetail numbers remain relatively stable. The mule deer surveys completed after the conclusion of the fall hunting season indicated that mulie populations had grown by 17 percent […]

Coyotes Listed as No.1 Livestock Predator in Montana This Year

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  What might come as a surprise to some, with record numbers of livestock killed already this year by grizzly bears, they are not, in fact, the number one predator of livestock in the state of Montana. According to Montana Wildlife Services, as of May 31, this year’s tally of livestock killed and probable by […]

Mule Deer Populations Rebound in Southeastern Montana

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  Four years ago mule deer numbers in some areas of Montana had declined by as much a 55 percent, prompting the elimination of all mule deer doe B tags across the state in 2014. Fast forward to 2016 and things are looking much better for mulies in the southeastern region of the Big Sky […]

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