Hunting

People are asking about how the dry conditions and fire danger will affect hunting seasons.  FWP is not recommending that the Fish and Wildlife Commission close hunting seasons.  “Because of widely variable conditions and different types of hunting scenarios across the state, that is a decision rightly left to an individual landowner, a block management cooperator, or a land manager.  If a private

Montana’s 2016 hunting and fishing licenses go on sale Monday, Feb. 1, under a new fee structure passed by the state legislature. Licenses will be available at all Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks license outlets. This year hunters must purchase a new “base hunting license” that is a prerequisite to buying any state hunting license...

State game wardens are seeking information regarding the poaching of a white-tailed deer buck on the Marias River upstream of Tiber Dam in northcentral Montana. The deer was discovered Oct. 11 near the Marias River in an area known as Robertson Bottom, 10 miles southeast of Shelby...

(Information in the following story is from: Billings Gazette, http://www.billingsgazette.com) BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — State prosecutors have filed a negligent homicide charge against a Malta teenager for the October 2010 shooting death of a 16-year-old hunting companion...

Appearing on the Northern Ag Network this morning, Governor Brian Schweitzer was asked if he had changed his tune by posting no hunting signs without permission on his property near Mullan Pass. The Governor told the caller that he must be "Lost in Space," and went on to explain how no one can go hunting on private land without permission because it partially protects ranchers from lawsu