Hunter harvest steady across west-central Montana

Big game harvest in west-central Montana maintained a steady pace through the fourth weekend of the general hunting season, bringing totals in line with average.

At the hunter check station near Bonner, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) biologists and University of Montana student volunteers have checked 61 elk, 31 mule deer and 202 white-tailed deer so far this hunting season.

Bonner’s elk total is lower than last year’s 76, but higher than the five-year average for this point in the hunting season. The white-tailed deer total at Bonner is a bit under 2017 and the five-year average, whil...

 

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