HAVRE, Mont. (NMB) – Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ Havre hunter check station was active over the weekend of October 26th and 27th for the general deer and elk opener, with the number of hunters checked a little below average.
In a press release, Havre-area biologist Scott Hemmer said, “Hunter numbers may have been down slightly this weekend due to the cool, windy weather, and because of the youth deer hunt being a week earlier.”
There were 201 hunters in 102 parties check, which was down 11 percent from average. The mule deer harvest was down from last year, with the 53 deer being 10 percent below the long-term average for the opening weekend. White-tailed deer harvest over the weekend was around 20 percent below both last year and the long-term average. Antelope harvest is up from last year, with a 37 percent increase from last year, but still 68 percent below the long-term average. There have been three elk brought through the station, below the average of 7.
