Deer and elk were no problem for Kashius Gleason. The 19-year-old member of the Yakama Nation had hunted plenty of them around his reservation in Washington. Yet standing in freezing temperatures at ...

BILLINGS — After killing a bison in last year’s Montana hunt, Rich Clough developed a healthy respect for what American Indian tribes used to go through to butcher the animals. ‘‘I just don’t know how ...

PINGREE, N.D. — Bob Labounty steadily holds his rifle over a Ford Excursion, looking at his target — a yearling bison heifer. It’s a beautiful day, the sun shining over a pastel blue blanket sky, ...

BILLINGS – Yellowstone National Park bison advocates are at odds over whether the killing of more than 1,100 of the animals by tribal members this winter is a hunt, a harvest or a slaughter. “How in ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced two chances for hunters to enter a lottery for a guided trophy bison hunt on the Blackfeet Reservation. Each chance costs $10, with a ...

Oct. 8—HELENA — Opportunities for guided bison and elk hunts on the Blackfeet Reservation are available through a lottery system. The lottery is a way FWP partners with the Blackfeet Tribe to ...

Sep. 5—Lottery chances for the guided bison hunt on the Blackfeet Reservation are on sale now. Chances are $10 each. There will be four drawings and hunters will have a three-week harvest window ...