We evaluated the effects of 3 restrictive season types on mule deer population and harvest characteristics in 41 Montana hunting...
During Montana’s biennial process for establishing hunting seasons, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) listens to issues, ad...
We evaluated the effects of changes in elk archery hunting seasons in eastern Montana on hunter numbers, days, and densities and...
Antlerless elk hunting is a critically important tool for wildlife managers to help manage populations of elk. Montana Fish, Wil...
- Volume 18, No. 1-4, Issue , 2012
- Part of Biological Sciences - Terrestrial
- Authored by Christensen, Sonja, Hebblewhite, Mark, Thompson, Mike, Jimenez, Benjamin S., Proffitt, Kelly M., Jourdonnais, Craig
- Abstract • Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society (TWS) - Presentation Abstract
Understanding the contribution of recruitment rates to overall growth rate in ungulate populations is a fundamental challenge in...
Many of the over 500 vertebrate species found in Montana lack formal status assessments. Few monitoring efforts exist for these ...
The Missoula Valley in western Montana is home to nearly 800 wintering elk (Cervus elaphus), including the North Hills, Evaro, J...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has long done survey and inventory of game species and largely within the past few decades has ...
- Volume 17, No. 1-4, Issue , 2011
- Part of Biological Sciences - Terrestrial
- Authored by Rich, Lindsey N., Sime, Carolyn A., Gude, Justin A., Glenn, Betsy, Mitchell, Michael S.
- Abstract • Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society (TWS) - Presentation Abstract
Reliable knowledge of the status and trend of carnivore populations is critical to their conservation. In the Northern Rocky Mou...
- Volume 16, No. 4, Issue , 2010
- Part of Biological Sciences - Terrestrial
- Authored by Cleveland, Shawn M., Hebblewhite, Mark, Krausman, Paul R., Foresman, Kerry, Thompson, Mike
- Abstract • Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society (TWS) - Presentation Abstract
Elk (Cervus elaphus) are known to select for refuge from hunting by humans (elk hunting). In many areas in the western U.S., elk...