Montana is making it easier to hunt wolves. The wolf population has been growing even though wolf hunting is already legal. So wildlife officials are doing away with the statewide kill limit. They are ...

When Montana and Idaho held their first regulated wolf hunts in 2009, one of their stated goals was to reduce pressure on ranchers. Rebounding wolf populations were killing livestock. Fewer wolves, ...

Yellowstone National Park superintendent Cameron Sholly submitted a letter to the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission on June 26 as part of the public comment period for proposed changes to Montana’s ...

Idaho's season starts Tuesday in some parts of the state, while Montana will open wolf hunting in three wilderness areas on Sept. 15. Wolves remain federally protected in Wyoming. Attorney Doug ...

HELENA, Mont. — Last week, two bills allowing increased wolf hunting in Montana had contentious hearings before clearing the House Fish and Wildlife Committee on Jan. 24. House Bill 222, which would ...

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission has closed the wolf hunting and trapping season in southwestern Montana’s Region 3 after 55 wolves were killed. The quota was 52. So far this year, 224 wolves ...

HELENA, Mont. — In front of a packed house, the Montana House’s Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee convened for well over four hours on Tuesday evening, hearing bills that deal directly with the ...

The wolf hunting season in Region 3 will close a half hour after sunset on Monday, Feb. 19, after the pre-established harvest quota of 52 wolves was filled, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks announced.

Hunters in Montana had shot more than 160 gray wolves as the season came to a close across most of the state Wednesday - a sharp increase from the last hunt in 2009 but still short of the state's ...