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 ...

The bans are also part of a broader movement to be more conscious of ethical hunting practices to give animals a fair shot at ...

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 ...

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 ...

Montana has moved to sharply limit how many deer a hunter can tag in a season, reshaping expectations for residents and nonresidents alike. If you travel from out of state for whitetails or mule deer, ...

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 ...

GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected for the first time east of Stanford in Hunting District 419. A mule deer buck, taken by a hunter east of Stanford, tested positive ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wildlife experts have been predicting a mule deer extinction for decades. Luckily, no one seems to have told the deer ...