Expanded opportunities for sage grouse hunting will be offered this year in Montana as bird populations have rebounded well after two years of favorable spring weather conditions. Though the brief ...

CHEYENNE — Sage-grouse lek attendance has increased according to data from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department lek counts this spring. In 2024, lek attendance increased by 33% compared to last year.

Famous for their displays during the spring breeding season, sage grouse inhabit the steppes of the American west. Big birds, they can weigh up to 6 pounds, and they can look even bigger when they ...

Last weekend Wyoming’s annual sage grouse hunt began. Many hunters were worried that this could be the last hunt in a while, since the bird was facing the possibility of getting listed as an ...

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HELENA - Calling the science “subjective” and the state Fish and Wildlife Commission a “very politically motivated group,” Sen. John Brenden, R-Scobey, urged passage of his bill to ban sage grouse ...

BILLINGS, Mont. | Montana is joining North Dakota and South Dakota as states that plan to curtail sage grouse hunting in response to a continued decline in the game bird's population. Montana wildlife ...

Although hunters have said they are willing to reduce their opportunities to help sage grouse, there’s no indication that hunter harvest harms their populations. Even the Fish and Wildlife Service ...

HELENA — The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission approved a plan Thursday to close all or parts of 32 counties to sage-grouse hunting and to shorten the hunting season from two months to one.