In the heart of Big Sky Country, where wide-open spaces have long drawn hunters chasing the thrill of a big mule deer buck, ...

Wildlife commissioners voted unanimously to reduce the number of nonresident deer tags for 2026 and 2027 by putting a sales cap on those tags.

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission has adopted a handful of new deer hunting regulations aimed at reducing hunting pressure on public land and bringing the state’s mule deer population out of a ...

Mule deer populations in Eastern Montana are showing strong signs of recovery based on post-hunting-season surveys this winter. “The basic indication is that things are looking pretty good,” said John ...

On Thursday, the Fish and Wildlife Commission took action that will have some big impacts for resident and out-of-state deer hunters.

I’ve always been a big woods whitetail hunter. I grew up in New England, where deer hunting meant tracking, still hunting, and roving through endless miles of mixed hardwoods and thick pine forests ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Northeast Montana has seen an increase in chronic wasting disease as it spreads across the ...

Did you get your elk? This rifle season was mild, and elk and deer were widely dispersed and hard to find. Is changing climate influencing wildlife and hunting?

BILLINGS, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is asking the public for information about a mule deer buck that was shot with an arrow in a Billings Heights neighborhood. FWP responded to the ...

Marvin Heemeyer briefly put Granby on the map back in 2004, but for reasons the local chamber of commerce would probably just ...

Oregon’s Fish and Wildlife Commission will decide whether to make major changes to the boundaries of some mule deer hunts in Eastern and Central Oregon starting in 2026, and to reduce the number of ...