Many of the issues that we discuss at the Legislature can seem distant and complicated to the average Montanan. Hunting is not one of those issues.

“Buddy, you’d better start fightin’ or you’re gonna die right here,” I told myself. I had been hunting elk in the Sunlight Basin in northwestern Wyoming’s Absaroka Wilderness Area. Three other hunters ...

In the first, the Department of Natural Resources is accepting applications for the 2025 elk hunt in the Black River and Clam Lake elk ranges. Applications will be accepted through May 31. Nine tags ...