Pronghorn populations plummet in southwest Montana as FWP plots hunting changes

Pronghorn populations in some portions of southwestern Montana have hit record lows, coinciding with archery hunter interest and success in the region skyrocketing.

To compensate, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks proposed issuing only 500 archery-only pronghorn hunting permits in Region 3 for the next two hunting seasons. At the same time, the agency would remove the region from the statewide pronghorn archery permits.