montana

Just when you think you have seen and felt it all we were woke up with a earth quake here in Montana. House was rocking but not in a good way. LOL The news people say it was a 5.8 and we have had some after shocks. We checked out earth quakes in Montana and found out we have over 600 in a...

Elk calves birthed in Montana We had two calves yesterday one out of a Boa son and one out of Silvertine. We did a little inbreeding on the Silvertine. We had a Silvertine daughter and AI'd her back to her sire Silvertine. The calf was a female and we will use a nice outcross when she is old...

I live in Big Sky, Montana via Texas for my whole life. I still own a ranch in Texas and sell Montana ranches for a living so this is an area I enjoy reading and learning about. Thanks for welcoming me!

Hello Experienced Farmers, I have a question and wonder if anybody has any thoughts about this tame wild buck fawn. Here is the story: Last June a ladyfriend in Montana, Plains area, found a buckfawn wrapped up in barbwire on her property (pine woods mostly). Had no clue about anything...

EHD should not be an issue here as we had a inch of snow last night and temps will be freezing at night for two more days.  I will rest easy for this year. The old saying here is if you don't like the weather just wait a day and it will change.  I saw the temperature change from minus 30 to...

I have asked the Dept FWP for new species on my game farm license.  Didn't look like a big thing to me as I have all North American sheep on it now.  I asked for Transcaspian Urials and Asian sheep ( Marko Polo ).  The FWP asked the commission to place these sheep on the prohibited list because...

Is deer farming legal in Montana?

Beware all private game ranchers!!! Primarily deer and elk ranchers. This is my first posting. Our business dreams have all been squashed. For the most part, we have checked ourselves right out of the game ranching industry after the effects of the passage of I-143 in Montana. We have simply...

Hunter, 12 years old harvested his 6 X 6 mule deer at 9:30 am October 23rd. He said, “This hunt was a dream that I’m so glad I got to go on and I will have my deer head as a constant reminder of how cool it was”! Hunter’s deer hunt was set up by USSA’s MT State Representative Paul Klar and...