Montana

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For most of us the salmon fly hatch is the main event on the annual Montana fly-fishing calendar — period,…»

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The discovery of two tagged wolves killed by mountain lions has researchers scratching their heads. This year, researchers in the…»

April is prime time to catch the trout of a lifetime from one of Montana’s many lakes and reservoirs.  Photo by Chuck Robbins.

The best Montana trout fishing may start earlier than you’d expect.

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Here’s your calendar that can serve as the basis for a month-by-month angling plan in the nation’s premier mountain range. Use it as starting point in organizing your own year-long fishing adventure.

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I hunted pronghorns for 10 years before I got a crack at a really big one. What I wouldn’t give…»

Often hunters will have to travel deep into the backcountry to pursue mule deer. These western deer are not as tolerant of humans as their eastern cousins.  Photo by Dave Campbell.

Every year thousands of hunters venture west to hunt deer and other big game. Many have made the trip several…»

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Two weeks into the season and it appears Montana hunters are doing the job on reducing the wolf population in…»

Matt Christensen is shown using llamas to pack out of the Colorado high country. Photo by ChucknGaleRobbins.com.

As usual, Colorado is expected to win the blue ribbon for Rocky Mountain deer this year. Elsewhere, hunters can expect…»

Several units in Arizona will produce trophy bulls this fall. Photo by Lance Crowther.

This fall is shaping up to be another tremendous year for big bull harvests across the Rocky Mountain States. If…»

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KALISPELL – In 1992, a gallon of gas cost $1.05 and a new car to go with that fuel would…»

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Hunters looking to experience a wolf hunt in the U.S. this fall can set their sights towards Big Sky Country…»

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The Big Hole’s fabulous mid-June salmonfly fest sure draws a crowd. But early-spring fishing features crowd-free solitude and big trout. World-class water! Bruiser browns! Hmmm . . . Let’s keep this one quiet, eh? (April 2007)

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Montana’s Beaverhead River seems too small to hold a lot of large trout and yet, somehow, it keeps trophy anglers thigh deep in big browns and ‘bows.

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Three famous rivers — Montana’s Madison, Idaho’s Silver Creek, and Wyoming’s Miracle Mile of the North Platte — easily rank among the best trout fisheries in the West. Here’s how and where to fish them.

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Sally was no mustang, and my first Idaho mountain mule ride turned out to be a real “bear” of a trip! (January 2006)