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 ...

In the heart of Big Sky Country, where wide-open spaces have long drawn hunters chasing the thrill of a big mule deer buck, things are changing fast. The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission just made ...

In an effort to reign in hunting pressure from out-of-staters, Montana wildlife commissioners voted unanimously this week to significantly reduce the number of nonresident deer tags available in 2026 ...

On Dec. 4, the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission set the Montana hunting regulations for 2026 and 2027. In doing so, it made a variety of changes to address concerns about nonresident hunting ...

Between 2020 and 2024, the mule deer harvest by nonresident hunters fell from more than 16,100 to around 11,300 as Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks attempted to stem the famed animal’s population ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — Six people from Montana and Washington state are being charged by the Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks game wardens for unlawfully killing multiple bull elk and mule deer bucks.

MILES CITY, Mont. (Valley News Live) - A North Dakota couple has been sentenced for charges related to the illegal harvest of a trophy mule deer buck in southeast Montana. On Sept. 5, 2022, game ...

Did you get your elk? This rifle season was mild, and elk and deer were widely dispersed and hard to find. Is changing climate influencing wildlife and hunting? While our weather is variable from year ...