Missouri River Breaks Fall Elk Distribution Study Completed

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 7, 2016

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-Charles M. Russell (CMR) National Wildlife Refuge recently partnered on a study to evaluate the effects of public hunting access and other landscape factors on elk distributions during the fall archery and rifle hunting seasons. The study took place in the Missouri River Breaks area north of the Missouri River in hunting districts 621, 622 and 631.

In February of 2013, 25 cow elk were captured in the Missouri River Breaks population in hunting district (HD) 621, and 25 cow elk were capture...