But maybe he had a spike elk tag instead of a cow tag. Maybe he heard an officer's radio. Or maybe the decoys didn't look real enough. Royse asked Hurd to check the elk with his binoculars again.

A Nashua-area man who shot at a cow elk decoy set up by Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks wardens has paid $775 in fines and restitution and had his hunting, fishing and trapping privileges taken away ...

It’s a text I never expected to be able to send, mainly because I only had a day and a half remaining of a very long elk season, which had me wondering if we were going to get it done at all. Just a ...