Outdoors
Montana Outdoors: Wyoming can claim top snowmobile trail
Wyoming has good reason to be proud of its snowmobiling — especially the Continental Divide Snowmobile Trail.
Nov 22, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Aspen stand occupies improbable prairie basin
Tucked in a gentle fold of prairie somewhere south of Glasgow is a scene right out of Telluride, or Tetonia.
Nov 22, 2009 | 12:10 am | Loading…
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Nov 22, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Montana Outdoors: Poachers leave head-hunting mess in Saco area
There must be a special place in poachers’ hell for the head hunters. If not, there should be. No other wildlife violation is quite so despicable in the eyes of legal hunters.
Nov 15, 2009 | 12:10 am | Loading…
Out there: Mistaken geese make hard landing
I was returning to my pickup after a long day of antelope hunting, walking across one of those hardpan basins as empty and flat as a parking lot.
Nov 15, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
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Nov 14, 2009 | 10:25 pm | Loading…
Montana Outdoors: FWP continues vigilance on wildlife diseases
It would seem to be only a matter of time until Chronic Wasting Disease shows up in the wild deer and elk herds of Montana. Until then, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks continues to look for CWD and to test for brucellosis as well.
Nov 08, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
Out there: Memories of first elk remain vivid
As a younger man, I dreamed of hunting elk the way convicts dream of freedom. Incessantly, fitfully and unproductively.
Nov 08, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
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Nov 08, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Montana Outdoors: Huge and chaotic elk herd forces road closures
It was a rather odd press release from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks last week. It said that four roads would be closed near Lima for public-safety reasons due to a big herd of elk that was crossing the roads on their way to feed each day.
Oct 25, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
Out there: Halloween nightmare: dozens of denning snakes
If stepping over a single rattlesnake in the grass can jangle your nerves, then standing in the middle of a writhing, coiled slither of snakes should have stopped my heart.
Oct 25, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
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Oct 25, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Montana Outdoors: It would take DNA testing to prove hunter’s claim
After 20 years as a game warden, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks warden captain Mike Moore figured he had heard just about every possible hunting tale and had an official answer ready for most of the problems that came along.
Oct 18, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
Out there: Flying spiders’ survival hangs by a thread
I guess you could call it a web sight, thousands of gossamer strands floating through the blue prairie sky.
Oct 18, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
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Oct 18, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Montana Outdoors: Some big gaps in walleye numbers at Canyon Ferry
Walleye numbers are down, and there are two big size gaps in the population on Canyon Ferry Reservoir, according to the 2009 netting surveys completed by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
Oct 11, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
Out there: Ground-hugging buffalo grass helps keep prairie in place
Out in northeastern Montana's rain-deprived hinterland, the short-grass prairie is especially short this fall. It's short as the felt on a pool table.
Oct 11, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
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Oct 10, 2009 | 11:50 pm | Loading…
Montana Outdoors: Looking for rematch with antelope
My 2008 antelope hunting season proved to be an odd and rather frustrating affair. Last year marked the first time in 37 years that I didn't tag at least one antelope.
Oct 04, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Out there: Fossilized charcoal smelled of ancient fire
Deep in the treeless Missouri River Breaks, the rugged gumbo knobs look melted, like the stub of a dirty candle burned too long.
Oct 03, 2009 | 11:45 pm | Loading…
