As leaves fade to yellow, storefronts across Montana turn orange, adorned with huge “Welcome Hunters” banners. FWP also steps up to help people prepare for the season with its annual Hunting Forecast.

A breakdown of the state's seven hunting regions and what hunters should expect before they chase Montana's deer, elk and ...

A couple years of drought and the long winter in 2022-23 have reduced deer and elk populations in most areas of northeast ...

How to stall the falling of Montana's mule deer population is a question the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks is attempting to figure out.

Mule deer populations in Eastern Montana are showing strong signs of recovery based on post-hunting-season surveys this winter.

“Regionwide, CWD prevalence in adult mule deer has increased from around 3% of the 2018-19 samples to almost 18% of 2024 samples,” said Scott Hemmer, Havre-area FWP biologist.

Mule Deer Hunting Isn’t So Easy After All I’VE GOT a shoulder mount of a fine 4×4 mule deer buck on my wall, and if I look at him from just the right angle, I’ll swear that he’s wearing a ...