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BILLINGS – Antlers, horns, hides, mounts and skulls that were confiscated by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks enforcement from all regions of the state will be auctioned on Saturday, June 27, at the Expo Center at MetraPark in Billings. National Auction will run the live auction. Most of the items for sale come from poaching incidents. Montana statute requires FWP to sell seized items at public auction. This includes all birds, animals, fish, heads, hides, teeth or other parts of any animal other than a grizzly bear. When a carcass is c...
HELENA – Landowners have until May 1 to apply for Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ Elk Hunting Access Agreement (EHA) Program. EHA agreements, which were established by the 2001 Legislature, provide landowners with an elk license (including elk B), an either-sex permit or combination of the two in exchange for allowing free public hunting access for elk management purposes. The licenses/permits issued through this program may be designated to an immediate family member or an authorized full-time employee of the landowner and is valid only on...
CHINOOK – During the fall of 2024, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks wardens requested help from the public in poaching cases involving headless deer and elk on private property in Blaine and Phillips Counties. After an extensive investigation, Marvin Cole, 29, of Lodgepole had charges filed in Blaine and Phillips Counties alleging his role in the in the unlawful killing, possession, waste, and sale of deer and elk antlers. The antlers were removed from two whitetail deer and one bull elk. The elk and one whitetail deer were killed on private land...