Hunters can participate in a new antlerless elk shoulder season in the Paradise Valley this winter after Montana officials voted to adopt it at a meeting last Friday.

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission voted 4 to 1 to approve the late elk shoulder season in Hunting District 314. The district extends west from the Yellowstone River in Paradise Valley to the northern end of the Madison Range and Spanish Peaks.

Patrick Byorth representing southwest Montana was the lone commissioner against the proposal.

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