An elk and mule deer hunters Mecca, Montana isn't typically mentioned as a trophy whitetail state. But hunter Bret Pullman found an exception to that rule in November 2023 when what looked like a ...

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 ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has announced an immediate extension of the general hunting season for white-tailed deer in southwestern Montana. This decision comes in response to a ...

It was cold, foggy, and icy in north-central Kansas on Dec. 15, and Josh Keltner had been looking forward to getting out with his family on the final day of the state’s gun deer season. A retired U.S.

Hunters are closing in on the quota of 200 whitetail deer in Montana's first special chronic wasting disease hunt.

Erin Weger’s most memorable hunting experience was a total accident. Her buddy had to run into town that morning, so she went at it alone thinking she'd likely just be out for a nature walk. Instead, ...

“Whitetails reign supreme here,” says the FWP’s region 1 wildlife manager, Jim Williams, “and there’s a reason: We’ve got a lot of them, and an excellent age structure.” An official measurer for Boone ...

Chronic wasting disease was detected for the first time in central Montana this season in a mule deer buck from hunting district 515 and a whitetail buck from HD 525, both harvested by hunters. CWD ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. There are several places to lay blame for the mule deer population decline in south-central and ...

Kalispell — Mild weather conditions continue to hamper hunter success across northwest Montana. Through the third weekend of Montana’s general big game hunting season, a total of 6,748 hunters have ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. BILLINGS — Chronic wasting disease was detected for the first time in central Montana this season ...