Havre-area harvest up some, down from average

From FWP

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ Havre game check station was fairly active over the weekend of the general deer and elk opener, with most species seeing an increase in harvest from the past few years. This is the third weekend that the check station has been open.

Weather conditions over the opening weekend of general big game season were warm and dry with very little wind. There were 221 hunters in 113 parties checked, which was up 23 percent from 2014. Hunter numbers were lower Saturday, but activity picked up Sunday when the majority — 71 percent — of hunters were checked.

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