GLENDIVE, Mont. -- Cities and towns across the nation face urban wildlife issues. Deer management is one widespread issue that is difficult and contentious to manage in most locations. The city of Glendive took a proactive approach to deer management, adopting a Deer Management Action Plan, approved by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks in 2011. Glendive's plan utilizes hunting with archery equipment as the primary control tool.
With a steady increase in the mule deer population in the Glendive area, the Glendive Deer Management Group recommended to increase the harvest of deer in the Glendive area to promote and sustain a healthy mule deer population.

Two-hundred special antlerless mule deer licenses ('Glendive management season license') will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis through the Licensing system. Hunters may purchase up to five of these licenses. Hunters may use their general deer 'A' license to harvest a buck within city limits using archery equipment, but they must first harvest an antlerless mule deer using one of the management hunt licenses or a Hunting District 703 mule deer B (703-02) license. Although the management hunt will run continuously from September 5, 2015 to February 15, 2016, general deer 'A' licenses are only valid during the regular seasons which end on November 29th. From that point until the conclusion of the management hunt, the only valid licenses will be unused Glendive management season licenses.

Hunters must possess both 2015 Conservation and Bow and Arrow Licenses. The special antlerless deer licenses are valid only within the boundaries designated below by FWP. All laws and rules applicable to the 2015 general big game season, including obtaining landowner permission, apply to this special management hunt. Hunters must obey no shooting zones in densely populated residential and business areas and may not shoot from ridge top to ridge top along Makoshika State Park Road. No shooting zones are identified on maps that are available at Glendive City Hall, Makoshika State Park and the FWP Region 7 office in Miles City.

Hunters must obtain permission for City of Glendive property and approved private property from Glendive City Hall (406-377-3318), and also need to sign in at City Hall during business hours, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Permission to hunt Makoshika State Park needs to be obtained from the Park office (406-377-6256). Permission for individual private property must be obtained from the property owner.

For specific hunt information contact FWP Region 7 during business hours ( Mon-Fri, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.) at 406-234-0900.

AREA DESCRIPTION
A two to three mile area outside the city limits of Glendive (the hunt area shall include the town of Glendive), which includes land in the following sections, with the exception of no shooting zones in dense residential/business areas and from ridge top to ridge top along Makoshika Park Road:

T15N R55E Sections: 1, 2, 3, 10 & 11 T16N R55E Sections: 23, 24, 25, 26, 35 & 36
T16N R56E Sections: 19 & 30