HAMILTON – Bitterroot elk hunters should go into this season wearing a smile, knowing the area’s elk herd continues to rebound. After numbers dropped alarmingly low five years ago, state wildlife ...

HAMILTON - The opportunity for hunters to harvest antlerless elk this year in the Bitterroot has dropped dramatically. The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission accepted an emergency request to ...

Bitterroot Valley hunters better take note of looming permit application deadlines. There are a few changes to hunting regulations this year that could impact the upcoming season for those who don’t ...

Hunting in the Bitterroot will be different in many ways if tentative seasons now being considered are approved. The Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission agreed to consider proposed changes to elk, ...

HAMILTON – Researchers are back in the Bitterroot tracking elk calves. After a two-year hiatus, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has teamed with Montana State University to see how young elk are ...

With elk populations strong across most of Montana, these are good times for elk hunters. In some areas of western Montana, where populations have declined, wildlife biologists have observed increased ...

HELENA, Mont. — There were at least five elk calves killed after consuming toxic ornamental plants in mid-January in the Florence area of the Bitterroot Valley. The calves were found dead by ...

HAMILTON, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is seeking information about several deer and one elk shot and wasted in the West Fork of the Bitterroot. Two mule deer bucks and one bull elk were ...