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Great Rockies Sports Show coming to Gallatin Fairgrounds this weekend

| January 28, 2011

The Great Rockies Sports Show will touchdown in Bozeman this weekend with seminars and exhibits from around the Northwest. Kicking off Friday from 4-8 p.m., the show, now in its 10th year, will carry through Sunday evening at the Gallatin County Fairgrounds. “People are moving to the Bozeman area for the great outdoors,” said show [...]

Theives steal equipment from Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park, FWP seeks information

| January 24, 2011

Here’s a new low in the world of criminality: Some jokers broke into the  maintenance building at Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park and stole a bunch of power tools and equipment. According to an FWP press release, the theft occurred sometime between the evening of Friday, Jan 21 and the early morning of Saturday, [...]

Operation Valor offers wounded warriors chance to hunt, heal in Montana

| January 20, 2011

Rudy Smith has never served in the military; he’s never seen combat or heard the sound of a rifle round whiz overhead. But Smith is committed to honoring those brave men and women who have. This past hunting season Smith, of Hamilton, organized a trophy mule deer hunt in the Missouri Breaks for seven veterans [...]

Tying one on: Anglers turn attention to fly tying during winter season

| January 13, 2011

Note to anglers: Don’t be heard mumbling, “It’s too damn cold to fish.” Some ice-crazed angler, will quickly point out that the midges are still hatching and the fish are still biting and if you put in your time, by golly, you’ll catch a trout. And you know what, he’d be right.

‘WARDENS’: New Outdoor Channel series profiles work of Montana’s game wardens

| January 6, 2011

When Steve Puppe sent a pilot episode of his new series “WARDENS” to the Outdoor Channel, the station had one big question: Wasn’t everyone supposed to get arrested or ticketed? Puppe, the series producer, had envisioned “WARDENS” – based on the real-life work of Montana’s game wardens – in the vein of Fox’s hit series [...]