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 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.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Gray wolf numbers in Montana declined 12 percent last year and livestock attacks by the predators took an even sharper drop after four years of regulated hunting and trapping.
Sixteen grizzlies have been captured so far this year by teams gathering information that will be used this fall to decide whether to propose lifting federal protections of the bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.