Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ Havre hunter check station was active over the weekend (Oct. 20-21) of general deer and elk opener, with the number of hunters checked about average. This was the third weekend that the check station has been open, as the station began collecting data Oct. 6-7, corresponding with the opening weekend of pheasant and general antelope.

Hunters perhaps needed sunscreen, as weather conditions over the opening weekend were quite warm, particularly on Saturday. There were 248 hunters in 118 parties checked, which was down 2% from 2017.

Over the three weeks the check...