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Deer, Elk Harvest Steady in Wet Western-Central Montana Season Opener

Montana big game rifle season opened Saturday, and thousands of hunters headed into the wet western Montana weather to bring home an elk and deer...

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Montana Shooting Range Development Grant Deadline

Montana's Shooting Range Grant Program provides funding to private shooting clubs, organizations, local governments and school districts to build and improve public shooting ranges throughout the state...

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Elk Poaching Case Nets Nearly $40,000 in Fines & Restitution from Poachers

Eight of the 11 defendants also lost a total 22 years of hunting, fishing and trapping privileges in the 36 states involved in the Interstate Wildlife Violators Compact...

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Montana To Supply Sage Grouse for Canadian Restoration Efforts

In Canada sage grouse are classified as an endangered species, and Canadian wildlife officials say sage grouse numbers in southeastern Alberta have declined about 80 percent since 1970...

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Montana End-of-Season Hunter Check Station Figures Indicate Varied Harvest

The number of pronghorn antelope, elk, pheasants, sharp-tailed grouse and Hungarian (gray) partridge brought in was in each case less than the average checked in recent years...

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Pneumonia Persists in Anaconda Bighorn Sheep

Some of our helicopter surveys in mid September gave us hope that we might have killed enough sick sheep to get ahead of the disease...

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Hunters, Be Prepared for Bears

With upland bird, archery and backcountry rifle seasons underway, hunters should be prepared for what to do in case of a bear encounter...

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Multiple Grizzlies, Black Bears Captured & Moved in Western Montana

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks biologists captured and moved three grizzly bears and multiple black bears in western Montana’s Region 2 this month...

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