Hunting Season Ends with Deer, Elk Totals on Par with Last Year in Western Montana

The 2013 general hunting season for big game closed quietly in west-central Montana on Sunday evening, with deer harvests through the Anaconda, Bonner and Darby Check Stations nearly equaling those checked in 2011 and 2012, and elk harvests up slightly from last year. Numbers of elk and deer checked through the three check stations totaled 1,116 this season, 19 more than the total of 1,097 recorded in 2012. The white-tailed deer harvest was almost identical to last year’s, with 534 whitetails checked this year compared with 536 checked last year.  Mule deer harvest was down slightly...

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