The hunting is good in southwest Montana, but the elk herds roaming open ranges of state land in a section of Centennial Valley southeast of Dillon aren't just good hunting — they're a source of ...

Stunned, I picked up my phone and called my best friend and elk hunting partner, Lou Mocniak, to inform him that we’d be headed to Montana in September. Lou has a lot more elk hunting experience than ...

The hunting is good in southwest Montana, but the elk herds roaming open ranges of state land in a section of Centennial Valley southeast of Dillon aren’t just good hunting — they’re a source of ...

The elk harvest in southwest Montana remained steady during the third and fourth weeks of the general big game season, with hunter numbers region-wide well above the three-year average, according to ...

May 9 (Reuters) - Montana wildlife managers on Friday backed off a plan to allow ranchers near Yellowstone National Park to kill elk as a disease prevention measure, after the plan sparked criticism ...

Elk hunting has always been romanticized for us Easterners. As a kid growing up in Pennsylvania I remember watching hundreds of different elk hunts on the Outdoor Channel that were full of screaming ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will not extend big game hunting seasons following below average elk harvest across the state, but the agency is encouraging hunters to participate in shoulder seasons ...

You won't find a more impressive big game animal than a bugling bull elk tending a harem of cows during the heart of the September elk rut. Add to that vision the type of awe-inspiring ...

Hunting opportunities for a variety of wildlife are plentiful in southwestern Montana. Hunters should remember that crowding will occur on easily accessible public lands, and wildlife may be visibly ...

This week and next I will write about my most anticipated, expensive and in some ways, challenging trip of my life. I would head west with my golden retrievers to southwest Montana, pulling a ...