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MDWFP’s Marksmanship Program will be hosting shotgun classes on selected Saturdays throughout 2011. These intermediate and advanced classes begin at 8:30 a.m. and finish at approximately 1:00 p.m. They are hosted through the cooperation of

ST. LOUIS — Winter may not be everybody’s favorite time of year, but many might be surprised to learn that trees are actually pretty sweet on it. For about six weeks, from mid-January to the

MAYSVILLE Mo — John Anderson enjoys hunting in woodlands. But he also wants a healthier white-tail deer herd and perhaps a return of bobwhite quail at his DeKalb County farm. So he gave his property

EAGLE NEST — Eagle Nest Lake is now open to ice fishing and to all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles, the Department of Game and Fish and the State Parks Division announced. The only access to and

Hunters in Montana can get an early start on making plans for the upcoming season thanks to recent license-purchase and special permit-application deadline changes. This year hunting and fishing licenses go on sale Jan. 16

Hunting – Region 7 Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks reports that about 60 percent of the statewide wolf quota of 220 wolves has been met in Montana’s 2011-2012 wolf hunting season. A total of 100

Hunting District Closures The hunting of all mountain lions in central Montana Hunting District Series 422, 423, 424, 425 and 442, which includes portions of Lewis & Clark and Teton counties, closed at one-half hour

CHEYENNE – Ice fishing is becoming increasingly popular in Wyoming, and while most waters in the state are open under general regulations to ice anglers, there are 23 waters that have liberalized regulations covered under