Welcome to Cowan Hunting

Block Management is a cooperative effort between Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP), private landowners, and public land management agencies to help landowners manage hunting activities and provide free public hunting access to private and isolated public lands.

Block Management Area (BMA) cooperators receive benefits for providing free public hunting under certain terms. Annually by August 15th, each of the seven FWP regional offices publishes a regional BMA tabloid which summarizes current BMA opportunities, BMA general locations, and access information.

Cowan & Son Ranch is a Type II BMA; this is an area that requires someone other than the hunter to administer permission, in this case, the landowner. Type II BMAs often use hunter management systems that may limit hunter numbers, require reservations, assign pastures, etc.

Hunters are granted access to hunt on BMAs, subject to specific BMA rules. Hunters may not secure reservations to hunt on more than one BMA per day, and should cancel reservations if unable to hunt on the reserved day. Hunters may be denied access for cause, as specified in administrative rules.

Read more about the Montana Block Management program HERE.