MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana’s general deer and elk season has wrapped up, and game check stations in northwest Montana reported hunter traffic almost identical to last year, with slight shifts in ...

In the heart of Big Sky Country, where wide-open spaces have long drawn hunters chasing the thrill of a big mule deer buck, things are changing fast. The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission just made ...

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission has adopted a handful of new deer hunting regulations aimed at reducing hunting pressure on public land and bringing the state’s flagging mule deer population ...

At the close of the 2025 general rifle hunting season on Nov. 30, just over 2,800 hunters had passed through the check station operated by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks ...

Between 2020 and 2024, the mule deer harvest by nonresident hunters fell from more than 16,100 to around 11,300 as Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks attempted to stem the famed animal’s population ...

Coshocton County leads Ohio in deer harvest through archery season so far with more than 3,000. Coshocton had 8,196 deer kills for archery and gun season for 2024 to 2025. Ohio Department of Natural ...

Hunters in Wisconsin registered 182,084 deer during the 2025 nine-day gun season, a slight decrease from the previous year. The number of gun deer hunting licenses sold continued a gradual decline, ...

Michigan deer hunters harvested about 7,000 fewer deer during the state's regular firearm season than during 2024, according to the Department of Natural Resources' online reporting page. As of Dec. 4 ...

Ohio's gun season for deer hunting opened to all hunters on Dec. 1, following a youth-only weekend. The weeklong gun season ends at sunset on Dec. 7. A deadly deer disease outbreak has prompted the ...