Fall meets winter: Heart Lake trail offers simple way to sample two seasons

By JUSTIN GRIGG of the Missoulian

SUPERIOR - One more walk was all I wanted.

Nov 19, 2009 | 7:30 am | Loading…

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Spice up ground elk, rice

By CHEF VINCE

This month is a good one for collecting new recipes.

Nov 19, 2009 | 6:30 am | Loading…

Shoot game, fish with camera

By MARK WARD

Hunting and fishing in Montana! There is no better feeling than to have bagged an elk or caught a nice big fish.

Nov 19, 2009 | 6:30 am | Loading…

Good gates make for good fences, good day

By GREG TOLLEFSON

“Good fences make good neighbors.”

Nov 19, 2009 | 6:30 am | Loading…

Teenager with cancer goes on Montana hunt

By BRETT FRENCH Billings Gazette

BILLINGS – For a teenager who just had his wish fulfilled, Mitchell Schmitt was pretty low key.

Nov 19, 2009 | 6:15 am | Loading…

Outdoors briefs for Thursday, November 19

Compiled by the Missoulian

FWP Commission tentatively OKs rule

Nov 19, 2009 | 6:00 am | Loading…

Flying high: Training for Olympics full-time job for skier Landon Gardner

By BETSY COHEN of the Missoulian

Lunges, squats, crunches. Lifting, biking, eating. Sleeping. Dreaming. This is the all-consuming 24-hour-a-day life of Missoula’s elite skier, Landon Gardner.

Nov 12, 2009 | 6:00 am | Loading…

Sometimes a day without elk happens

By Greg Tollefson

It had been a perfect day on the hunt.

Nov 12, 2009 | 5:30 am | Loading…

A pleasant day out east for tracking pheasants

By Mark Ward

Last weekend marked our annual trip to Wolf Point for pheasant hunting – a drive well worth taking for some bird hunting in northeastern Montana.

Nov 12, 2009 | 5:30 am | Loading…

Missouri River trout looking healthy

By the Associated Press

HELENA – Longtime Missouri River fishing guide Pete Cardinal says the rainbow and brown trout in the river near Craig were as healthy as he’s ever seen.

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State extends comment period on Blackfoot plan

By the Missoulian

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is extending the public comment period through Dec. 16, on a draft recreation management plan and environmental assessment for the Blackfoot River, one of the state’s most popular rivers among anglers, floaters and other recreationists.

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Institute offers Yellowstone field seminars

By the Missoulian

The non-profit Yellowstone Association Institute offers a wide range of field seminars throughout the winter.

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Wyoming makes argument for managing gray wolves

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – In a bid to take over management of gray wolves, Wyoming argues there’s no biological reason that the predators should be treated as a trophy game species throughout the entire state.

Nov 12, 2009 | 5:00 am | Loading…

Good way to put fresh venison liver to use

By VINCE PERNICANO

The following recipe is for the week in hunting camp and that first deer harvested. It is a good way to use fresh venison liver. Once you have cooked liver this way, it will be hard to cook it any other way. Why waste a perfectly tasty venison liver?

Nov 12, 2009 | 5:00 am | Loading…

Outdoors briefs for Thursday, November 12

Trout Unlimited hosts forum on forest bill

Nov 12, 2009 | 4:30 am | Loading…

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Two versus the wind: Writer and son brave gales to summit Glacier’s Mount Oberlin

By MICHAEL JAMISON of the Missoulian

MOUNT OBERLIN - Ten tiny fingers gripped the rough ledges of argillite, white-knuckled anchors set in stone against a powerful and prying wind.

Nov 05, 2009 | 2:30 pm | Loading…

Big game cube steak sandwiches

By VINCE PERNICANO

Well, big game season is upon us and it's time to start cooking up our deer and elk. If you harvested an older animal and it is a bit tough, here is a way to have your game prepared. Have some of the tougher cuts made into cube steaks and enjoy all your animal. This recipe is for Cube Ste…

Nov 05, 2009 | 6:15 am | Loading…

Hunting work comes in dressing your kill

By Mark Ward

Hunting deer and elk is a lot of fun but as my good friend John Peterson from H and H Meats in Missoula points out: "The work starts when the game is down."

Nov 05, 2009 | 6:15 am | Loading…

Stories of the road connect people across the state

By GREG TOLLEFSON

This week I made the long drive over the mountains to watch my son Sander's soccer team at MSU Billings play the final game of the season, and the last game of Sander's college career.

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Outdoors briefs for Thursday, November 5

Compiled by Mary Gerber, Missoulian

Area Audubon groups schedule events

Nov 05, 2009 | 6:00 am | Loading…

Yellowstone sets annual visitation record

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) - Yellowstone National Park has set a record for annual visitation with two months still to count this year.

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Access Yes program offers more elk hunting

PINEDALE, Wyo. - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department says some additional elk hunting opportunities are opening up, thanks to private landowners and the state's Access Yes program.

Nov 05, 2009 | 6:00 am | Loading…

All dressed up: Properly skinned animal makes for better mount, taxidermist says

By BRETT FRENCH Billings Gazette

BILLINGS - Hunters shouldn't expect Dean Emmick to save their skin. Emmick and his brother, Darrol, have operated All Phases Taxidermy in Billings since 1983. Emmick said he became interested in taxidermy when he was only 10 and began doing his own work at 12. In 2001 and 2002, the brothers …

Oct 29, 2009 | 8:00 am | Loading…

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Use grouse or pheasant with salad

By CHEF VINCE

Even though big-game season is under way, I thought a recipe for upland game might be in order.

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