We are 31 Montana professional wildlife biologists and habitat managers with a total of 1,008 years of experience. As of mid-November 2025, seven grizzly bears have been killed in Montana for “defense ...

In Montana, fall hunting seasons often put people in close proximity to grizzly bears that are feeding in the final weeks before the hibernation season. That means surprise encounters, which can be ...

Even though the weather is cooling, bears are still active around the state and with so many hunters in the field, encounters ...

A landowner shot at a charging grizzly bear (not the one pictured) on his property in Montana, officials said. Jim Peaco National Park Service A landowner shot and killed a grizzly bear that got into ...

A hiker who was attacked by a bear — probably a grizzly — in Yellowstone National Park last week has been released from the hospital. The 29-year old man had been hiking alone on the remote Turbid ...