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Hunting News

Check FWP news for important updates throughout the hunting season.

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Montana Animal Field Guide

What is the difference between mule deer, white-tailed deer, and elk antlers? These guides contains interesting sounds, photos, and habitat information.

License Applications

Residents

• 2009 Deer, Elk & Antelope Application ( 171 KB)
• Mail-in applications for the
    —conservation license, fishing, and
     most general hunting licenses—
  are not available for residents. Residents must purchase these licenses at an FWP office, FWP License Provider, or online.

Nonresidents

• 2009 Deer, Elk & Antelope Application ( 164 KB)

Tentative Drawing Date

The tentative 2009 drawing date for deer, elk, and antelope is late July 2009.

Helpful Deer, Elk, & Antelope links

• Outfitters and Guides
• Age your deer
• Age your elk
• 2004 Statewide Elk Management Plan
• Elk Archery Committee Results
• Adaptive Harvest Plan ( 5.9 MB)
• 2008 Elk Objectives & Status ( 6.7 KB)
• 2008 Mule Deer Status ( 17.6 KB)
• 2007 Mule Deer Distribution and Population Estimate ( 2.2 MB)
• 2007 White-tailed Deer Distribution and Population Estimate ( 619 KB)
• 2007 Elk Distribution and Population Estimate ( 1.2 MB)
• 2007 Antelope Distribution and Population Estimate ( 545 KB)
• 2007 Ecology of White-tailed Deer in the Salish Mountains ( 16.7 MB)