MISSOULA, Mont. — Two bighorn rams from hunting district 622 have tested positive for bacteria that cause pneumonia. One sheep was harvested by the hunter in the fall. Another died during spring ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks announced Monday that hunting licenses in Missouri Breaks Hunting District 622 have been reduced after population decline that may be related to a ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Talk about a short hunting season: Two days after the backcountry bighorn sheep season opened ...

BILLINGS – Although two bighorn rams from the Middle Missouri Breaks herd tested positive for a bacteria that can lead to pneumonia, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials can’t say that’s what led ...

The bighorn sheep would be trapped at the southern end of the valley where a herd of about 200 occupies the Taylor-Hilgard portion of the Madison Range.

Less than two weeks before the deadline for permit applications, state big-game officials have closed a bighorn sheep hunting district near Plains because of a disease outbreak. A helicopter ...

My respect for bighorn sheep is enormous. As far as I’m concerned, no animal has better eyesight or a greater ability to elude the hunter. The odds on merely seeing a legal ram, much less killing one, ...

Something important to wildlife conservation and hunting ethics happened this spring in Helena. A bad idea was defeated, and from that, a better idea has emerged. The Wild Sheep Foundation and Montana ...

Montana wildlife officials say they want to end a policy that prevents the out-of-state transplant of bighorn sheep as it gets more difficult to find suitable places for the animals. Representatives ...

The bighorn sheep would be trapped at the southern end of the valley where a herd of about 200 occupies the Taylor-Hilgard ...

The following is a press release from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks: HELENA, Mont. – Test results from two rams from bighorn sheep hunting district 622 have tested positive for a microorganism that ...