This week your host Downrigger Dale talks with Wildlife Manager Brett Dorak from Region 7 in Southeast Montana. Did you know that Region 7 is the largest hunting Region in Montana? So literally there is lots to cover in this Podcast. Rigger had a great conversation with Brett and in fact, Brett also threw out a few surprises that you just must hear. Here is a little hint; wait and until you hear what happened to the Antelope population there in just one year! As Brett put it, “We were shocked! It is a real head scratcher!”. And that is just one of the surprises. DO NOT miss this podcast. If you would like to watch this podcast instead of just listening you can click here to watch it. Yeah, the surprises and super valuable information just kept flowing during this podcast so again, DO NOT miss this one! Even if you don’t plan to hunt region 7 you will for sure still find it fascinating. From all of us here at the Montana Outdoor Podcast and the Montana Outdoor Radio Show have a safe, fun and above all productive hunting season!
Links:
To learn more about Region 7 click below.
https://fwp.mt.gov/aboutfwp/regions/region7
Be sure and click below for Region 7’s Hunting Forecast.
https://fwp.mt.gov/homepage/news/2025/aug/0820-region-7-bg-forecast
Also click below for the Statewide Upland Game Bird Hunting Forecast.
https://fwp.mt.gov/homepage/news/2025/aug/0820-ugb-forecast
Make sure you visit the Block Management page for any hunting region you hunt in, in Montana. To go to Region 7’s click below.
https://fwp.mt.gov/hunt/access/blockmanagement/region-7
You can click below to get to Region 7’s Facebook Page.
https://www.facebook.com/MontanaFWP.R7
Click below to access the MT FWP Hunt Planner.
https://fwp.mt.gov/gis/maps/huntPlanner/?species=muledeer&showOwn=true&showRef=true
Click below for more info about the “It’s Up to Us” program and to take the quiz to automatically entered to win all kinds of prizes! And thank a landowner there as well.
https://fwp.mt.gov/itsuptous
Click here to get a digital copy of any hunting regulations for any species in Montana!
Questions? Below is the email address for Brett Dorak in Region 7.
brett.dorak@mt.gov
See below to email your buddy Downrigger Dale!
Downrigger@MontanaOutdoor.com
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