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Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks released the final Statewide Grizzly Bear Management Plan today, wrapping up an extensive public process analyzing how the state intends to manage the iconic species while it’s federally protected and after it is turned over to state management.

Two landowners were picking mushrooms about a mile north of Choteau, Mont. in late May when they were charged by an adult female grizzly bear. The men shot and killed the bear at close range, and fortunately, they were uninjured during the encounter.

Ignore the movies. The real men who conquered the American West would not fit the John Wayne image. Perhaps the definitive case against that image is the life of Christopher “Kit” Carson.

Despite farmers’ concerns, the French government says it will allow wolf populations to expand.

Travel back in time to a wilderness undisturbed by human encroachment and rediscover what hunting is all about.

The tragic shootings in Tucson recently have refueled the debate over so-called “reasonable” gun control measures. Just as predictable, the hyperbole of gun banners is presented as fact by a collusionary media. Emotions run high on both sides of the argument. And while it might satisfy my emotions to counter each bit of the hyperbole, it certainly would not usher the argument to an acceptable conclusion. So, rather than engage in a defensive tit-for-tat that would lend credence to the other side’s exaggerations, I will explain why I almost always have a gun either on my body, or within arm’s reach.

The author's life-long dreams of hunting elk in the Rocky Mountains can finally come true with the Weatherby Back Country by his side.

Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced that Gold Star Families and U.S. military veterans will be granted free access to national parks, wildlife refuges and other Federal lands managed by the Department of the Interior.

These days, it's getting tough to find a "secret spot" to hunt elk. Don't despair. You can still harvest an elk when the pressure's on.