GREAT FALLS — Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) was recently detected in a mule deer buck taken by a hunter east of Stanford in ...

In the heart of Big Sky Country, where wide-open spaces have long drawn hunters chasing the thrill of a big mule deer buck, things are changing fast. The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission just made ...

Four new hunting districts across the state recorded a detection of Chronic Wasting Disease since July 2025, the Montana ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks reports chronic washing disease (CWD) prevalence is increasing in much of northeastern Montana. The disease, which is 100% fatal in cervids, was ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Northeast Montana has seen an increase in chronic wasting disease as it spreads across the ...

The success of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks' mule deer management, which requires limited special permits to hunt mule deer bucks in some western Montana hunting districts, made it possible for ...

MILES CITY, Mont. (Valley News Live) - A North Dakota couple has been sentenced for charges related to the illegal harvest of a trophy mule deer buck in southeast Montana. On Sept. 5, 2022, game ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — Six people from Montana and Washington state are being charged by the Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks game wardens for unlawfully killing multiple bull elk and mule deer bucks.

Mule deer hunters have reason to be optimistic about this fall, and cautious about the future. Mule deer harvest increased by 30% last fall over the 2023 season, and signs look promising that we could ...

Today, if you want to succeed on public land, you have to hunt the deer in the best places they live. In many cases, this is ...