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, ...

When the bison-hunting season began north and west of Yellowstone National Park in the fall, Montana wildlife officials thought they knew how many animals the Nez Perce Tribe would take. But as the ...

Those interested in entering a lottery for a guided trophy bison hunt on the Blackfeet Reservation will have five opportunities to enter the drawing. Chances sold from Oct. 28 to Nov. 16, drawing Nov.

BILLINGS, Mont. - A pair of Idaho-based American Indian tribes want to hunt bison in parts of Montana and Wyoming near Yellowstone National Park. The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes would become the third ...

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 ...

The Blackfeet Reservation has expanded its lottery drawing for guided bison hunts following a successful first year, expanding from two hunts to five. Hunters must enter a lottery to qualify to ...

Cutting up a bison doesn’t intimidate Francine Giono. The 40-year-old said she grew up on a cattle ranch and has helped butcher plenty of cattle. A bison, which Giono hopes to kill next week in ...

BILLINGS - The night before the bison hunt, Mike Rossi was so nervous about getting a clean kill and protesters getting in his way that he couldn’t sleep. But more than a month after taking down a ...

Learn how history, culture, and conservation made the plains bison a natural choice as Wyoming’s enduring state animal.