Big game hunting season is down to the final week across Montana, and hunters are hoping for some help from Mother Nature and ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks is reporting harvest totals in west-central Montana that are slightly up from last season ...

More than 60% of residents who responded to the survey said they would rather hunt mule deer bucks every year, even though that might mean less of a chance of taking a mature buck, and they like ...

May 3—When you spend enough time in the woods over the years, some changes become apparent. Spotted knapweed can grow out of anything. Moose are not as prevalent. Campgrounds are bursting at the seams ...

Ah, it's an exciting time to be a deer hunter. Big bucks are coming out of hiding. The rut is on! But this year, I'll have to enjoy the breeding season for deer strictly as a voyeur. I can watch - and ...

Montana’s chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today announced that it raised a record $56,620 for mule deer conservation by raffling a single statewide deer tag. The winner is a Washington State ...

Bill McRae was a hunter, a wildlife photographer, and the optics editor emeritus of Outdoor Life. He died on Aug. 21 in Montana. You can read more about his life and legacy here. This story, ...

Mule deer hunters hoping to take trophy bucks during the breeding season will often tell you that Thanksgiving is the peak of the rut. Believe me, that’s not necessarily so. The peak of the rut ...

Top, the hunting party from left, Sherman Mead Jr., Gary Patrick, Tim Sarnak, Bill Parliman, Jermey Lumley, Sherman Mead Sr. Above, Sherman Mead Jr. with his Montana Mule Deer. At left, Bill Parliman ...

Idaho has some of the most pristine wilderness in the country, largely undisturbed for generations. And as unchanging as the seasons, each fall, white-tail deer and mule deer go a little wilder than ...

I DUG MY HEELS into the loose talus as I tried to get a comfortable shooting position on the steep mountainside. The mule-deer buck was about 150 yards away, standing broadside and looking at me.