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Articles with the Tag: Hunting

New hunting, fishing and conservation license year began March 1

News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA – The new license year opened March 1, which means that’s the first day you can buy your 2025 hunting, fishing and conservation licenses and begin applying for permits and special licenses. The deadline to apply for deer and elk permits is ...

Valley View

Montana is at a crossroads in our management of wildlife. We will either maintain our decades-long tradition in which everyone has equal opportunity to enjoy our public wildlife, or we hand control to a handful of wealthy landowners and outfitters to pick who gets to hunt.  A bill pending in the stat...

Valley Views

Montana is at a crossroads in our management of wildlife. We will either maintain our decades-long tradition in which everyone has equal opportunity to enjoy our public wildlife, or we hand control to a handful of wealthy landowners and outfitters to pick who gets to hunt.  A bill pending in the stat...

Hunters help FWP collect most CWD samples since testing began

News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks submitted 9,066 samples for chronic wasting disease testing in 2024-2025 hunting season to date. This is the largest number of CWD samples ever to be collected in a single year in Montana. Many of these sample...

Winners of the 2024 Youth Hunting Story contest announced Winners of the 2024 Youth Hunting Story contest announced

News from the office of Governor Gianforte  HELENA -  Governor Greg Gianforte recently announced the winners of the 2024 Governor’s Youth Hunting Story Contest. “Hunting is a vital part of Montana’s legacy, connecting generations through respect for the land and wildlife,&...

Hunting season wraps up with increased success in northwest Montana Hunting season wraps up with increased success in northwest Montana

News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks KALISPELL — Montana’s general deer and elk hunting season concluded last weekend and the overall harvest results at game check stations in northwest Montana showed increased success compared to last year. More than 10,800 hunters stopped at regional...

Block Management continues decline despite increased pay cap Block Management continues decline despite increased pay cap

MONTANA — The number of acres enrolled in Block Management, a hunting access program managed by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, has continued its gradual decline despite efforts to bolster landowner interest in the program. Hunters have been tracking revisions to Block Management, hopeful that cha...

Sampling the work day of a CWD technician Sampling the work day of a CWD technician

News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA — If you ask Yvette Bonney to describe the grossest thing she’s seen during her job, she talks about the time she removed an abscessed lymph node from the neck of a mule deer, which Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks staff occasionally sees in d...

Hunting season picks up with two weeks remaining Hunting season picks up with two weeks remaining

News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks KALISPELL — Montana’s general hunting season is down to the final two weeks, and activity has picked up in northwest Montana. The general deer and elk hunting season concludes Dec 1, 2024. Hunters typically see increased chances of success w...

Northwest Montana game season outpacing last year Northwest Montana game season outpacing last year

News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks KALISPELL — The general deer and elk hunting season is underway in Montana, and game check station results are outpacing last year for harvested deer across northwest Montana. More than 3,700 hunters have stopped at Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks&rsqu...


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