Inc. Headwaters Big Game Committee - This committee was designed to develop consensus among landowners and sportsmen's groups on issues pertaining to big game and public land management. All species of big game animals common to the Rocky Mountains are found in southwest Montana. Rocky Mountain elk are found throughout the mountainous parts of southwest Montana and their numbers have seen an upward trend since 1975.
Mule deer abound from mountain tops to river bottoms.
Their primary foods are browse and forbs. Whitetail deer are found mainly along the river bottoms where deciduous trees and shrubs provide excellent habitat. Bighorn sheep, Rocky Mountain goat and bear are found in limited numbers throughout southwest Montana. The Mountain Lion, bobcat and coyote are predators common in the area. Shiras moose is the largest and most formidable big game animal found in southwest Montana.