Mon., Oct. 12, 2015 Bull elk in Montana during bugling season. (Bob Legasa) By Rich Landers [email protected] (509) 459-5508 ...

The ranch provides free, managed public elk hunts in an attempt to reduce the elk population. In the 2022 season, Whitehurst said the 128 hunters had an 88% success rate.

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Currently, Montana offers outfitters 5,500 guaranteed deer-elk combination licenses a year, and another 2,300 guaranteed deer licenses for any hunting clients they’ve contracted with.

Montana wildlife board OKs shoulder season elk hunts After a popular pilot project that killed more than 350 in the White Sulphur region after the general hunting seasons, the Montana Fish and ...

Montana is usually ranked as one of America’s best elk hunting states. Deer, antelope, mountain sheep, game birds and numerous other wildlife species are the annual targets of over 100,000 ...

More than 160,000 elk populate Montana. ... 17,663 hunters harvested 25,735 elk. In the past, early and late hunts have been allowed to address damage that big game causes to private property, ...

In an attempt to allow hunters to kill more cow elk and thereby reduce the animal’s population, rifle hunts could be extended until Feb. 15 in 18 more Montana hunting districts this season.

The old 2005 plan is badly outdated. I envisioned a meeting that would discuss possible solutions to the vast over-supply of elk, located mostly on large private ranches in central Montana.

BILLINGS – With pressure mounting from landowners and lawmakers to increase the elk harvest, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials have spent months devising a new method that they hope ...

In Montana, elk numbers grew from 65,000 in 1990 to 160,000 in 2015, ... They tried a variety of tactics, including special hunts, but the population continued to rise.