I’ve always been a big woods whitetail hunter. I grew up in New England, where deer hunting meant tracking, still hunting, and roving through endless miles of mixed hardwoods and thick pine forests ...

After six weeks in the field, Montana’s general big game hunting season ended Nov. 30 with hunters harvesting about the same ...

On that day two weekends ago, 13-year-old Lyndi Ishler of Petty Creek and 30-year-old Oby Schulz of Evaro each bagged magnificent trophy mule deer bucks. For Ishler, a seventh-grade student at ...

An Unforgettable Thanksgiving Mule Deer Hunt Blessed with an elk early in the year, I have been able to afford the luxury of passing up bucks, on the occasions that I am fortunate enough to see any, ...

Another 18,094 put in for 25 permits in the adjoining mule deer trophy Hunting District 261. With his permit in hand, Bartkowski prepared himself all summer long for what he was certain could be a ...

In a rare bit of good news about chronic wasting disease, a new paper shows that harvesting more deer — specifically adult bucks — is better for slowing the spread of the contagious neurological ...

Mule deer populations in Eastern Montana are showing strong signs of recovery based on post-hunting-season surveys this winter. “The basic indication is that things are looking pretty good,” said John ...

Western Montana hunters have a lot to be thankful for today. Even if we haven't tagged a deer or elk yet, we can all be grateful for the opportunity to get out and hunt in so many wonderful and varied ...