More sportsmen and sportswomen were afield than last year when Montana’s 2025 general rifle big-game season opened to cool ...

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 ...

When he hunts whitetail deer in Eastern Montana, Kevin Conners typically sees at least one record-book buck every year. Over the years, he's even bagged a few. "A lot of it is just research," Conners ...

Montana’s general deer and elk hunting season opened Oct. 25 with nearly 2,000 hunters stopping at mandatory check stations ...

In the old days, if you still had unfilled deer tags in your pocket when the general big game season ended in late November, it wasn't much of a problem. You just waited a week or so and the ...

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 ...

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 ...