Hunting

United Property Owners of Montana has argued that elk are overgrazing on ranch lands, leading to grass shortages for cattle. The group wants private landowners to have more say in how Montana FWP manages elk herds. The "Keep Elk Public" coalition says this would give landowners too much power.

States neighboring Yellowstone National Park have eased rules on hunting wolves, resulting in the most being killed in nearly a century

The season closed Tuesday with 272 wolves killed out of the state’s total threshold of 450.

Advocacy groups are asking the federal government to issue emergency protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, the only gray wolf population not on the Endangered Species List.

Wolf hunting and trapping in southwest Montana is now closed after reaching the state's threshold of 82 wolves.

The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks says southeast Montana’s general season opened to average numbers and low counts of mule deer and birds in some areas.

Big game hunters in northwest Montana were highly successful this past weekend, which kicked off the general rifle season for deer and elk.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Dozens of American Indian tribes, including in Montana and Wyoming, are demanding the Biden administration enact emergency protections for gray wolves.

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission voted 3-2 to increase wolf harvest by allowing neck snaring and trap baiting statewide, night hunting on private land and other changes to the season. The new rules permit “aggressive” hunting measures not seen in Montana for decades.

A state committee dedicated to regulating Montana’s wildlife is expected this week to finalize regulations that could expand wolf hunting to levels not seen in Montana in decades.