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Registered logo for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Missoula, Montana. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) is a conservation and pro-hunting organization, founded in the United States in 1984 by four hunters from Troy, Montana (Bob Munson, Bill Munson, Dan Bull and Charlie Decker).
A large (450 strong) elk herd summers in the Rattlesnake and winters in the foothills near the Grant Creek area of Missoula; this herd has overpopulated its range and the State of Montana offers an extended hunting season and special permits in an attempt to reduce their numbers. [3] Alpine lake in the Rattlesnakes
While harvest numbers are lower for white-tailed and mule deer in Northwest Montana, elk are on par with 2022. More than 3,100 hunters have appeared at regional game check stations over the last ...
Grizzly bear, the Montana state animal, are also found in the county, but as an endangered species, hunting them is prohibited. Montana had the last huntable population of Grizzlies in the lower 48, allowing 10 bears a year (natural deaths, poaching and other causes of death were included in that total to decide when season closed) as late as ...
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The Montana State Legislature established the state Fish and Game Board in 1895. [6] Governor John E. Rickards appointed the first Fish and Game Commissioners on March 4, 1895. [5] The Fish and Game Board hired its first state game warden, R.A. Wagner, in July 1898. [5] Hunting and fishing licenses were imposed on out-of-state residents in 1901.
This public land hunt occurs in late September 2008. On the fifth day of the hunt, Joe harvests a nice elk, later that evening, Randy also harvests an elk. Scott spends much of his season helping his fellow hunters pack out their elk, and ends his season without an animal of his own, but with memories of the hunt. [1] [3]
Bitterroot National Forest comprises 1.587 million acres (6,423 km 2) in west-central Montana and eastern Idaho of the United States. It is located primarily in Ravalli County, Montana (70.26% of the forest), but also has acreage in Idaho County, Idaho (29.24%), and Missoula County, Montana (0.49%). [1]