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mule deer
Hunting Nonresidents still have an opportunity for hunting licenses by signing up for the Alternate List starting May 15
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Bull elk
Results are in! The drawings for deer and elk permits and for nonresident combination licenses are complete
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EHA Landowners can apply for the Elk Hunting Access Agreement Program until May 1
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Shed antler
Shed Hunters New opening day plan for Blackfoot Clearwater WMA antler hunting
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Angler fly fishing
Public Input Opportunity FWP is taking public comment on 64 proposals for the 2025-2026 fishing regulations
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Migratory Bird Stamp Support wetland habitat by purchasing a Migratory Bird Hunting License
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Buck
New License Year New hunting, fishing and conservation license year began March 1
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Mountain Lion
Check Quotas Mountain lion hunting season is still underway
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Fish, Wildlife & Parks offers various opportunities for the public to comment on issues, rules, grants, environmental assessments, land acquisition, development or enhancement projects, council recommendations, hunting and fishing regulations, etc. that FWP manages.

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Bighorn Sheep: Darting for Research

 

Two Montana FWP biologists ascend up a mountain with the mission of tranquilizing a sheep for data that will be used for the new bighorn sheep adaptive plan. Will these sheep outwit our biologists, or will science prevail? Tune into this episode of Field Trips, no permission slip required.

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Black bear

In Montana, grizzly bears get so much attention—state mammal, federal oversight, mascot for the 2023 national champion runnerup NCAA Division I football team—that a person could forget about the griz’s far more numerous and equally fascinating cousin, the black bear.

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