trapping

Two environmental groups are suing the state of Montana for approving additional wolf trapping that could harm or kill grizzly bears.

The 2021 Montana Legislature passed several bills increasing the length of season, types and uses of traps, snares and hunting aids to kill wolves and black bears. Trappers can now use neck snares in addition to leg-hold and Conibar body-squeezing traps.

A bill on Gov. Greg Gianforte’s desk would require a judge to place a bond and collect securities from plaintiffs who are seeking injunctions that prevent the ability to hunt or harvest wild game in the state.

Montana's Democrat Senator Jon Tester has fallen in line with fellow Democrats in opposing Judge Neil Gorsuch for the U.S. Supreme Court.

The issue couldn't be more politically polarized, as not a single Democrat in the state Senate has endorsed a bill to add 'trapping' to hunting and fishing to Montana's Constitution.

Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks is hosting their fourth wolf trapping certification coming up at the end of the summer.

The National Trappers Association has brought its outdoor expo to western Montana for the first time.

Montana Sportsmen For Fish and Wildlife will be celebrating their seventh annual fundraising event at the Missoula County Fairgrounds on Saturday, May 14.

As wolf trapping ends and hunting is coming to a close in the middle of March, Ron Aasheim with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks reflects on how the season went this year compared to years past.

Montana wildlife officials have reduced quotas for bobcat hunting and trapping across a broad swath of central and northern Montana.