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 ...

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 — 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

For $10, Blackfeet Fish and Wildlife Director Gerald “Buzz” Cobell said an everyday person can win the “hunt of a lifetime” with the guaranteed harvest of a bull bison on the reservation. In ...

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 ...

No Gardiner residents drew a license for this year's bison hunt. Don Laubach doesn't think that's fair. "That's just not right," said Laubach, a longtime resident. "I think we ought to get preference.