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This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast we are doing something for the first time ever! We are doing a Montana Outdoor Podcast Double Feature! That’s right, you will be able to watch and or listen to two different podcasts this week. This half of of our Double Feature is all about Region 2, located in the central part of Western Montana. Rigger heads to Missoula to talk to MT FWP Regional Access Manager, Trenton Heisel. Trenton gives some awesome advice about gaining hunting access in the region and outlined all the different hunting access programs there. On top of all that Trenton gave all kinds of inside info about where you can find Elk, including where you might find some nice bulls, Muleys, Whitetail, Black Bear, and the list goes on and on. All and all Trenton will get you dialed in for hunting success in FWP Region 2. The other half of our double feature has your host Downrigger Dale talking to FWP Wildlife Manager for Region 1, Neil Anderson in Kalispell. He will tell you what the hunting will be like in Montana FWP Region 1 located in Northwest Montana. Be sure and listen to both of these podcasts and become a Region 1 and 2 hunting genius!

Links:

• Click here for more about Region two.
• Click here to access the FWP Hunt Planner to plan you hunts in any region.
• Click here to get all the block management info and BMA maps for both Region 1 & 2!
• Click here to learn about winning those Griz Football tickets that Trenton talked about. Plus, other prizes in the "Its Up to Us" promo.
• Click here for Deer, Elk and Antelope regulations. Click here for Upland Game Bird regs and here for Waterfowl regs.
• Click here to get the Wolf Hunting regulations for Montana.
• You can click here to get the Region 2 Hunting Forecast.
• Click here for the Upland Game Bird Season Outlook for Montana.
• Questions, click here to email Trenton Heisel in Region 2.
• You can email Downrigger Dale when you click here.

Remember to tune in to The Montana Outdoor Radio Show, live every Saturday from 6:00AM to 8:00AM MT. The show airs on 30 radio stations across the State of Montana. You can get a list of our affiliated radio stations on our website. You can also listen to recordings of past shows, get fishing and and hunting information and much more at that website or on our Facebook page. You can also watch our radio show there as well.

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This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast we are doing something for the first time ever! We are doing a Montana Outdoor Podcast Double Feature! That’s right, you will be able to watch two different podcasts this week. This half of our double feature (the one you are looking at now) has your host Downrigger Dale talking to FWP Region 1 Wildlife Manager Neil Anderson about what the hunting will be like in Montana FWP Region 1 located in Northwest Montana. This podcast is all about what Region 1 is like, it's terrain, size, how much public access there is and how much private access is there through block management and other access programs and more. Plus, you will learn all about what you can hunt in region 1 and where you can find those critters, from Black Bear, Mule and Whitetail Deer, Elk, Mountain Lion, Upland Game Birds, Waterfowl and Wolf. Region 1 has some great opportunities including one species that you can harvest 30 of if you do it right! The other half of our podcast Double Feature is all about Region 2, located in the central part of Western Montana. Rigger heads to Missoula to talk to MT FWP Regional Access Manager, Trenton Heisel. Be sure and watch that as well. You can find it right here on this site. Watching both of these great podcasts will for sure make you a Region 1 and 2 hunting genius!

Links:

• Click here for more info about Region 1.
• Click here to access the FWP Hunt Planner to plan you hunts in any region.
• Click here to get all the block management info and BMA maps for both Region 1 & 2!
• Click here for Deer, Elk and Antelope regulations.
• Click here for Upland Game Bird regs and here for Waterfowl regs.
• Click here to get the Wolf Hunting regulations for Montana.
• Click here to get the Region 1 Hunting Forecast.
• Click here for the Upland Game Bird Season Outlook for Montana.
• Questions? Click here to email Neil Anderson in Region 1.
• Course, you can always email your old buddy Downrigger Dale when you click here.

Remember to tune in to The Montana Outdoor Radio Show, live every Saturday from 6:00AM to 8:00AM MT. The show airs on 30 radio stations across the State of Montana. You can get a list of our affiliated radio stations on our website. You can also listen to recordings of past shows, get fishing and and hunting information and much more at that website or on our Facebook page. You can also watch our radio show there as well.

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This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale starts his annual series of Hunt Preview Podcasts. That’s when he talks to Wildlife Managers and other folks with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks to find out what the hunting will be like in each of the 7 hunting Regions across Montana. In this first podcast in the series Rigger talks with Scott Thompson, Wildlife Manager for Region 6 located in northeast Montana. When you listen to this podcast you will be able to find out not only what the hunting opportunities are in Region 6, you’ll get a whole lot more, from how the populations of Elk, Mule Deer, Whitetails, and more are doing, in fact, wait until you here about the Pronghorn, aka Antelope population numbers. We think that might shock you! Well, actually there are likely several things that may surprise you in this one! Rigger’s guest Scott will also give you some ideas of which hunting districts might be the best to find those critters as well as some great information about Upland Gamebirds and Waterfowl! On top of all that you will also get great information about the terrain, the amount of private land and public land hunting opportunities and the list goes on and on. So, if you are planning on hunting in Region 6 this year or just ever wondered if that part of Montana might be a good place for you to try for the first time or heck, maybe you are just curious, this is the absolute perfect Podcast for you! So go ahead and mash that play button to become the most informed hunter in Region 6!

Links:

• To learn more about Hunting Region 6 click here. Be sure a scroll all the way to down for info on all species in the region.
• Click here for some hunt planning tools!
• Click here for the 2025 Hunting Forecast for Region 6.
• How about a Hunt forecast for Upland Game Birds and Waterfowl? Click here for that!
• Click here to send an email to Region 6 Wildlife Manager Scott Thompson.
• As always good old Rigger is standing by to answer your questions and he would love to find out what you thought of this podcast, click here to do that.

Remember to tune in to The Montana Outdoor Radio Show, live every Saturday from 6:00AM to 8:00AM MT. The show airs on 30 radio stations across the State of Montana. You can get a list of our affiliated radio stations on our website. You can also listen to recordings of past shows, get fishing and and hunting information and much more at that website or on our Facebook page. You can also watch our radio show there as well.