hunting season

The Montana general rifle hunting season officially ended on Sunday, but there are more opportunities for hunters through the winter.

It only took Old Man Winter a few hours to set in shop in western Montana, as the first arctic storm of the season dumped several inches of snow, snarling rush hour traffic. One fatality reported east of Missoula on I-90.

One suspect being questioned after an armed burglary occurred in Missoula yesterday near a middle school. No one injured in the incident.

The opening weekend for western Montana hunters was a success for the most part.

Debates featuring both Montana House and senate candidates took place on Tuesday, one in Great Falls, the other in Sidney.

The general hunting season in Montana starts this Saturday. Regional Wildlife Manager for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Mike Thompson, says the season runs for five weeks through the Sunday after Thanksgiving.

My husband and 12-year-old have been walking all over the hills west of Missoula looking for a buck. The past few weeks of constant searching only to turn up nothing was really getting to my preteen. This is the first year he is old enough to hunt.

This past weekend I spent many hours taking my gun for a walk. I know to some it may seem like a waste of time, but he had been a really good boy and was just begging me to take him for a walk in the woods.

Montana wildlife officials have been asking to look in hunter’s game bags since the early 1900s.

For the past seven years my husband has paid to put me in the drawing for a big horn sheep tag. The first year he put me in for the drawing, he thought I was a shoe-in. I should have been, because way back then the difference between the number of applicants and the number of tags given out was less than five. He was sure I would draw it, but sadly I didn’t.

September marks the beginning of the long-awaited hunting seasons in Montana. In fact, several seasons are already underway.

According to Fish Wildlife and Parks officials it was a pretty much average year for hunters in Region 2. The biggest numbers changes were in hunters and elk. About 2500 fewer hunters went through the three check stations (Anaconda, Bonner & Darby). Th...