Hunter success rate up in Northwest Montana
Norman Parent of Kalispell with his 5x7 white-tailed buck. (FWP courtesy photo)
The general deer and elk hunting season kicked off in Montana last weekend with overall better success than last year in the northwest corner of the state.
Nearly 2,000 hunters stopped at Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Region 1 game check stations on Saturday and Sunday. Overall, 10 percent of hunters reported game, a 3 percent increase over last year’s opening weekend.
According to FWP data, more than 1,000 hunters stopped at the check station west of Kalispell on U.S. 2. They reported 82 harvested white-tailed deer, 39 more than the 2023 opening weekend. Of the 82 reported, 36 were bucks.
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