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Aug. 17—The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday is expected to decide on a number of proposals of interest to hunters and trappers in Northwest Montana, including wolf and furbearer ...
A federal judge in Montana has significantly shortened the state's wolf trapping season to protect grizzly bears that have not yet begun hibernating from being injured by traps. U.S. District ...
Nov. 29—U.S. District Court Judge Donald Molloy Nov. 21 issued a preliminary junction that significantly shortens Montana's wolf trapping season by several weeks. Climate change played a role in ...
Wolves were removed from federal protection in January 2021 with management authority remaining with state and tribal authorities. Management plans guide each state's decisions about wolf regulations for hunting, trapping, and culling along with population monitoring, and livestock damage control.
[4] [5] The first game bird hunting laws were passed in 1869, and hunting seasons for antelope, buffalo, bighorn sheep, deer, elk, moose, mountain goats, and rabbits set in 1872. [6] Fur trapping and bird hunting seasons followed in 1876. [6] In 1885, the territorial legislature established the Montana territorial Fish and Game Commission. [4]
Wolf pelts soon began to increase in demand as beavers began to become scarce from over-trapping. In the 1830s, a wolf pelt was worth only $1, doubling in the 1850s. [34] Records of the upper Missouri outfit of the American Fur Trading Company indicate that 20 wolf pelts were shipped down-river in 1850, with 3,000 being shipped three years ...
Montana's loosened wolf-hunting rules drew sharp criticism after 23 wolves from Yellowstone National Park were killed last winter, including 19 by hunters and trappers in Montana. Montana judge to ...
The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission has approved adjustments of the 2021-2022 Wolf Trapping Season in an effort to reduce non-target captures of federally protected lynx and grizzly bears.