A helicopter chases elk to radio-collar them in order to help improve management in the north Sapphire Mountains and the rest of Montana. The North Sapphire Elk Research Project collected information ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials announced on Friday that an elk in southeast Montana tested positive for chronic wasting disease. (Photo by Montana FWP) Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — Montana officials say chronic wasting disease has been detected in one of the state's elk for the first time. The Billings Gazette reported the cow elk was shot by a landowner ...

The best part of Northwest Montana’s archery hunting season for elk will come in two weeks when bull elk will lose much of their normal caution and instinct for survival during the peak of the annual ...

Montana is usually ranked as one of America’s best elk hunting states. Deer, antelope, mountain sheep, game birds and numerous other wildlife species are the annual targets of over 100,000 Montana ...

BOZEMAN – Montana officials have found the state’s first suspected case of chronic wasting disease in wild elk. A cow elk killed by a landowner northeast of Red Lodge earlier this month tested ...

Then to my complete and utter shock, I received an email from Montana FWP informing me that I was successful in drawing a general elk tag. Stunned, I picked up my phone and called my best friend and ...

MILES CITY – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has received the first CWD-positive results for an elk located in southeast Montana. This is only the fourth elk across the state to test positive, and a ...

In my mind I’ve packed gear into my hunting pack a dozen times. I’ve imagined the smell of morning dew on sage and the crunch of the cured short grass under my newly oiled hunting boots. In reality, I ...

HELENA, Mont. — A state district court judge has issued a final order in a dispute over Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ approach to elk management. Tenth Judicial District Court Judge Gregory Todd ...

HUNTING — Considered successful by hunters, rancher and wildlife officials, expanded elk hunting seasons authorized last year in Montana have been expanded for this season. With the Nov. 27 end of the ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials announced on Friday that an elk in southeast Montana ...