Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
Heritage Museum seeks copies of old photos; readies for May 18 opening
The museum opens for the season at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 18, with the annual “Opening Day Celebration.”
Rehberg opposes restrictive shooting
U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont) has sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Bureau of Land Management Secretary Bob Abbey asking them to revise a draft policy that empowers federal land managers to pro…
Big Buck for Randy
Randy Hutchison of Libby rattled in a 6-by-7 whitetail deer the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 22, near the Lake Koocanusa Reservoir. Hutchison shot the buck at 100 …
'Programmatic change'
Laine's First Buck
Laine Young, 12, shot his first buck Nov. 4 near the Fisher River. He shot it with a 7mm-08 at 75 yards. It was a four-point buck shot while fighting with anot…
Mountain lion attacks horse near golf course
First Buck, First Day
First-season, first-day of the Youth Season hunter Stephen Williams, 12, shot this mule-deer about 9 a.m. Friday on family property using a .223-caliber rifle.…
Home-schooled
Sometimes the young won’t wait. That was the case last week when this “mother moose” and her calf found themselves in downtown Libby just after sunrise near St…
Tom Erickson and son, Levi - Bow Hunting
Tom Erickson and his son, Levi, had a great day bow hunting when Tom bagged this nice 6-by-6 bull elk on Sept. 10. Tom Erickson said he called the bull in to w…
Ryan Rumelhart's Bull Elk
How about getting a nice 6-by bull elk on your birthday. That’s what Ryan Rumelhart did on his recent birthday. Rumelhart, who is the son of Port Authority Dir…
Ranger District, YVFC team to improve Vinal Creek Trail
Bear hunter shot in chest
Grizzly bear kills hunter, 39
Andy Michalkiewicz's elk
For Andy Michalkiewicz, 32, of Libby, years of “blood, sweat and tears” have finally paid off, he said, after getting his first bull elk, a 6x7, with a bow on …
Nordicfest seeks parade participants
Huntress scores big in New Zealand trip
Angie Haas-Tennison lived up to her Extreme Huntress title on a recent New Zealand safari, bagging five game animals, including an Estate Tahr with record breaking potential and a monster red stag.