Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has confirmed that the elk seen chasing a Missoula motorcyclist near Ovando on a widely distributed viral video has been killed.
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation recently released an application for certain cellphones and tablets that will allow users to see an Elk's internal organ structure and to judge at which angles a bullet traveling through an elk will result in a kill.
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The 2012 general rifle hunting season is over for both deer and elk. Although the final numbers show an expected decrease in the elk harvest for region 2, deer numbers were down significantly compared to both 2011 and the five year average.
The first full week of open rifle season has passed and harvests for both mule deer and white-tailed deer are up 23% compared to last year. Elk harvests, on the other hand, are down by nearly the same amount.
A total of 58 mule deer, 153 white-tailed deer 204 elk along with one black bear, one bighorn sheep, and moose have been harvested so far...