General Hunting Season Hits Half-Way Point with Mixed Hunter Participation and Success

Montana’s general hunting season reached the half-way point this week, with seasonably mild weather and mixed participation and success among hunters.

Wildlife biologists with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks use check stations to collect data on hunter participation and success, as well as the species, sex and age class of the animals harvested. This supplements data collected through hunter harvest phone surveys each year.

Over the third weekend of the general season, Nov. 9 and 10, FWP biologists operated five check stations in southwestern Montana. This includes Alder, Cameron, Divide, Hwy....