Tuesday, December 23, 2025

ARTICLES BY TOM PUCHLERZ

Elk hunters, be engaged and be heard

I watched and listened in awe during my first year of hunting elk as a large bull screamed, nose flared, while he herded his cows from his bugling challenger. That was in 1979 and a lot has changed over the past 40 years.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Elk hunters, be engaged and be heard

I watched and listened in awe during my first year of hunting elk as a large bull screamed, nose flared, while he herded his cows from his bugling challenger. That was in 1979 and a lot has changed over the past 40 years.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Keep word on protecting sage-grouse

At the end of 2018, Ryan Zinke’s tenure as secretary of the Interior ended. Like many Montanans, I had hoped Zinke’s promise to be a “Theodore Roosevelt” conservationist would lead to pro-wildlife and pro-hunter policies. Instead we got empty promises, investigations into ethics violations, and the reversal of long-standing conservation …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Keep word on protecting sage-grouse

At the end of 2018, Ryan Zinke’s tenure as secretary of the Interior ended. Like many Montanans, I had hoped Zinke’s promise to be a “Theodore Roosevelt” conservationist would lead to pro-wildlife and pro-hunter policies. Instead we got empty promises, investigations into ethics violations, and the reversal of long-standing conservation …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

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