Hunting Numbers Up Despite Overall Hunters Down, FWP Reports
(Great Falls) Big game hunting harvest remains strong along Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front, though hunter numbers have slightly dipped. Fish, Wildlife, and Parks officials in Great Falls report that after three weekends of the general rifle season, the overall deer and elk harvest is fifteen percent above the long-term average and eleven percent higher than this time last year. At the Augusta game check station, a total of 289 deer and elk have been recorded so far. Despite a four percent drop in the average number of hunters, overall success remains high, with about one in four hunters harvesting an animal.
