Chronicle Outdoors

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Be bear aware: Play it safe this season while hunting in grizzly country

| October 28, 2010

The general big game hunting season opened last Saturday with hunters across the state scouring the hills for trophy bull elk and white-tailed deer. But just as hunters are gearing up for the season, grizzly bears are preparing for winter hibernation. It’s an unfortunate reality that occasionally hunters and grizzlies cross paths. “Hunting season is [...]

FWP reporting increased hunters, elk harvest in southwest Montana

| October 26, 2010

The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks is reporting increased elk harvest compared to 2009 over the first few days of the general big game season in southwest Montana. FWP also reported that mule deer harvest is steady and white-tailed deer harvest is down as compared to 2009. According to FWP, 3,173 hunters passed [...]

Bozeman’s Joey Nelson first woman to be named Montana Bowhunter of the Year

| October 21, 2010

Joey Nelson had the hunting season of her life in 2008. An avid bowhunter with a passion for the hills she filled all her tags, along with her freezer, that fall. Nelson, of Bozeman, was already looking ahead to the 2009 hunting season when she broke her arm in a freak accident. She shattered the [...]