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Winter 2010

Feature Articles:

  • Slopes to Streams Montana Style
  • Diary Of A Trout Town
  • 2009 Elk Hunting-Another Year On The Schneid
  • A Woman’s Wolf Kill In Montana
  • A January Waterfowl Hunt In Photos

Nov/Dec 2009

Feature Articles Include:

  • Elk Hunting On The Sneak
  • Buggers, Baetis and Browns
  • The Overlooked Upland Bird Species
  • Chasing Late Season Roosters
  • Montana Sporting Taverns

Sept/Oct 2009

Feature Articles Include:

  • Chasing Fall Browns In Montana
  • Fenceline Mentality - Landowner/Hunter Relations
  • A Backcountry, Solo Mountain Goat Hunt
  • Falconry-Hunting On The Prairie With Class
  • The Smith River In Photos

July/Aug 2009

Feature Articles Include:

  • The Bighorn - A River For All Seasons
  • Montana’s Own Traditional Bowyers
  • Wedding Day Elk - A Hunter’s Reflection
  • An Interview With Ben O. Williams
  • Antelope Hunt With A Sharps-Photography By Dale Spartas

May/June 2009

Feature Articles Include:

  • Camp Patriot: Fishing With Heroes
  • The North Fork Of The Flathead River
  • Montana's Walleye Waters
  • Living The Game Warden's Life
  • One Man, One Fish-A Photo Essay

March/April 2009

Feature Articles Include:

  • A Day In The Life Of A Hunting Guide
  • Bozeman: Montana’s Fly Fishing Mecca
  • Fishing The Beartooth Mountain Lakes
  • An Upland Odyssey In Rural Montana
  • Ice Fishing Captured In Pictures

January/February 2009

Feature Articles Include:

  • Wilderness Hunt In The Bob Marshall
  • What About The Whitefish?
  • Our Montana Hunting Tradition
  • Waterfowling In The Big Sky State
  • Build Your Own Drift Boat

November/December 2008

Feature Articles Include:

  • An Antelope Hunt Teddy Roosevelt Style
  • Saving the Westslope Cutthroat
  • Wilderness Whitetails
  • Montana Cast And Blast Trips
  • Celebrating The Mule Deer - A Photo Essay

September/October 2008

Feature Articles Include:

  • Hunting On Montana’s Indian Reservations
  • Backcountry Bowhunting For Elk
  • The Famed Beaverhead River
  • A Roadmap To Sharp-Tailed Grouse
  • MSJ Interview With Jeff Hagener Of Fish, Wildlife And Park

July/August 2008

Feature Articles Include:

  • Floating And Fishing The South Flathead
  • What Is Behind The Trophy Hunting Mentality?
  • The Arctic Grayling In Montana
  • Hunters Being Hunted-Bear Encounters Afield
  • MSJ Interview With Bob Jacklin

May/June 2008

Feature Articles Include:

  • Fishing the Mighty Missouri River
  • Know Your Rights When Hunting Public Land
  • The Anti-Trout: Bass Fishing In Montana
  • The Joy of Boats - The Photography of Denver Bryan
  • Columns:
    - Bird Dog Hazards
    - 10 Must-Have Flies
    - Introducing Kids to Hunting

March/April 2008

Feature Articles Include:

  • A Passion For Spring Bear Hunting
  • The Bitterroot River’s Early Season
  • The Fight For Montana’s Elk
  • Know Your Insects Better
  • Turkey Hunting Captured In Photos
  • A Nonresident's Perspective Of Montana

January/February 2008

Feature Articles Include:

  • Mountain Lions With Hounds
  • Introduction To Fly Tying
  • Pheasants Forever In Montana
  • The Minimalist Bird Dog
  • Bamboo Rod Makers
  • Late Season Waterfowling
  • Photo Essay by Dale Spartas

November/December 2007

Feature Articles Include:

  • 40 Years of Family Elk Hunting
  • Urban Sprawl and It's Effect on Montana
  • Fly Fishing Into Winter
  • The Ideal Montana Caliber
  • Elk Camp - Photography of John Hafner

September/October 2007

Feature Articles Include:

  • Upland Bird Hunting by Horseback
  • Fly Fishing for Carp
  • Romancing the Mule Deer Rut
  • Horse Sense 101
  • Do-It-Yourself Antelope Hunt
  • Montana's Top Sporting Towns

July/August 2007

Feature Articles Include:

  • Alpine Golden Trout - The Scenery Alone is Worth It
  • The Facts of the Elk/Wolf Debate
  • The Missoula Area's Big Three Rivers
  • Hot September Dove Shooting
  • The Block Management Program: A Montana Success Story

May/June 2007

Feature Articles Include:

  • The Big Hole River Grayling Recovery
  • Is Fee Hunting Inevitable on the Northern Plains?
  • Montana's Unlimited Sheep Hunts: Only for the Adventurous
  • Q & A With a Trio of Montana Trout Guides
  • The Paddlefish - Montana's Prehistoric Game Fish

March/April 2007
This Was Our Premier Issue

Feature Articles Include:

  • Five Rivers Off the Beaten Path
  • Are Sage Grouse Surviving or Thriving?
  • Merriam's Turkey: Montana's Nomads
  • Are the Missouri Breaks Being Loved to Death?
 
 

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