In all cases, serial poachers' effect on the wildlife of Montana comes at the expense of the majority of hunters who play by the rules, said Corey Fischer, a member of the Hellgate Hunters and ...

MISSOULA --The jury box was filled with antlers of the animals Dean and Renita Ruth were guilty of illegally killing when they came to learn their sentences Thursday.

MISSOULA — One of Montana’s most notorious poachers, Philip Mark Payton, once hunted moose and other trophy animals with impunity, but these days the only creature he says he’s after ...