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Hunter numbers down
by Duane Williams, KLCB-KTNY Radio
November 13, 2012
Hunter numbers at the six northwest Montana check stations are down six percent. Harvest was up as compared to last year by 7/10ths of a percent. Through Sunday, November 11, a total of 11,094 hunters checked 425 white-tailed deer, 368 of these were bucks, 64 mule deer, and 58 elk. The number of whitetail bucks checked is up 25 percent, mule deer numbers are up 23 percent, and elk are down 9 percent as compared to last year's check station results at the same point in the season.

Hunters have taken 17 wolves in Region One to date. Statewide, hunters have taken 55 wolves in total.
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By Duane Williams, KLCB-KTNY Radio, e-mail: klcb@frontiernet.net.

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