Articles with the Tag: Hunting

HELENA – Licenses The new license year opens March 1.On that day you can buy your 2023 hunting and fishing licenses and begin applying for permits and special licenses. The deadline to apply for deer and elk permits is April 1. Applications for most species – deer, elk, antelope, deer B l...

Game wardens seek information on three deer shot, wasted in Ferndale News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks KALISPELL — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks game wardens are seeking information on three deer found shot and wasted in the Swan River north of the Montana 209 bridge in Fern...

News from the MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks KALISPELL — Hunter education courses are scheduled across northwest Montana, including in Kalispell, Columbia Falls, Bigfork, Eureka, and Plains. Registration is free and available at: https://fwp.mt.gov/education/hunter-education. Dates, locations...

News from MT Citizens’ Elk Management Coalition HELENA — Montana hunters and anglers are invited to attend ‘Elk Camp at the Capitol’ on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at the Montana Capitol building in Helena.  Elk Camp is a celebration of Montana’s exceptional outdoor legacy an...

News from the CSKT Natural Resources Department FLATHEAD RESERVATION — The Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes announce the availability of the March 1, 2023 to Feb. 28, 2024 Flathead Indian Reservation Joint Tribal/State Fishing and Bird Hunting and Recreation Regulations and proposed chang...

News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks wildlife staff completed its final assessment of grizzly bear activity in occupied grizzly bear habitat. Effective Saturday, Dec. 24, wolf trapping season is open in all areas of occupied grizzly bear habitat ...

News from the office of Governor Gianforte HELENA — Honoring Montana’s hunting heritage, Governor Greg Gianforte today celebrated ten winners of his inaugural Youth Hunting Story Contest in a ceremony at the State Capitol.  “We started the Youth Hunting Story Contest this year ...

News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA — Effective immediately, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is opening wolf trapping season in specific areas of occupied grizzly bear habitat in west, northwest and southcentral Montana due to reduced grizzly bear activity.   The areas of occ...

News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA — Muzzleloader season opens on Saturday, Dec. 10, and runs through Dec. 18. This season is for muzzleloaders only; no other means of taking game, such as archery, is allowed. Note that some areas have elk shoulder seasons through Feb. 15, where firear...

News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks KALISPELL — The general deer and elk hunting season concluded Nov. 27, 2022, and game check stations in northwest Montana reported mixed results. More than 9,200 hunters appeared at check stations in northwest Montana. The overall number of hunters with h...