With archery season winding down and the general rifle season on the way, Bitterroot National Forest Public Information Officer Tod McKay offers some important common sense safety tips for those visiting the forest.
When hunting, as the experienced know, it is just as important to use the meat that you take as it is scouting, tracking, and taking the animal. "Waste Not Want Not" are words to live by when hunting game.
The freak October storm that hit western Montana and brought record cold and snow just happened to coincide with the first weekend of general rifle season in Montana.