Archive for date: September 09, 2020

Every year hunters across Montana donate thousands of pounds of wild game to local food banks through local meat processors. With the discovery of chronic wasting disease in Montana, Fish, Wildlife & Parks is urging hunters to have their deer, elk and moose tested and have a negative test result in hand prior to donating no matter where in...

Every year hunters across Montana donate thousands of pounds of wild game to local food banks through local meat processors. With the discovery of chronic wasting disease in Montana, Fish, Wildlife & Parks is urging hunters to have their deer, elk and moose tested and have a negative test result in hand prior to donating no matter where in...

At the end of July, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department stocked over 21,000 fish in high country lakes on the west slope of the Bighorn Mountains using a helicopter. The helicopter offers a fast and low impact alternative for stocking fish in remote areas. Game and Fish normally stocks Bighorn National Forest waters every other year. To stock...

At the end of July, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department stocked over 21,000 fish in high country lakes on the west slope of the Bighorn Mountains using a helicopter. The helicopter offers a fast and low impact alternative for stocking fish in remote areas. Game and Fish normally stocks Bighorn National Forest waters every other year. To stock...

Wyoming hunters have a chance to upgrade their gear with a brand-new customized bow this fall. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is running a bonus raffle during September. All hunters who purchase Super Tag tickets this month will have an opportunity to win a fully-loaded, customizable Mathews VXR 31.5 bow.   The bow, donated by Mathe...

Wyoming hunters have a chance to upgrade their gear with a brand-new customized bow this fall. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is running a bonus raffle during September. All hunters who purchase Super Tag tickets this month will have an opportunity to win a fully-loaded, customizable Mathews VXR 31.5 bow.   The bow, donated by Mathe...

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking the public’s help for information on vandalism at the Ulm Bridge Fishing Access Site on the Missouri River near Ulm.     FWP Game Warden Adam Gearing reports that the bridge and latrine were damaged by spray paint during the evening of August 18.    “It’s a shame that angler’s license dollars have ...

Two grizzly bears have been euthanized after multiple conflicts in campsites and at residences near West Yellowstone.   Conflicts with the two subadult grizzlies — a male and a female — began in 2019. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks staff worked to haze the bears then, and at the time, the efforts to move them away from residential areas wa...