Hunting

The Montana Legislature is moving ahead with plans to restrict where wild bison can be moved within the state and to decrease the size of herds.

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If you have a child that is 11 years of age or older, they are eligible to take the hunter education course that is required by the state in order to purchase a hunting license. Due to a law passed in 2003, all people born after the January 1, 1985 must show a certificate of completion for this course in order to get their license.

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The long and short of it is yes. Cats are the worst kind of killers – serial killers. They kill over and over and usually with the same M.O. According to a report put together by scientists from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the Fish and Wildlife Service, it was estimated that cats in the United States (both domestic and feral) kill 2.4 billion birds and 12.3 billion mammals a year.

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Wolf hunting buffer zones around Yellowstone National Park will not be put in place during this hunting season.

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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.

"It's kind of sleek looking," says Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Public Relations Direct

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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.

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The deer rut has kicked in pushing this year's hunting harvest of mule and white tail deer even further above the results from 2011 season.

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Almost everyone knows that we are smack dab in the middle of hunting season right now, but did you know that it is also the rut?

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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

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According to Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks the three west-central Montana hunter check stations reported seeing 2500 hunters over the October 20 weekend.

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