Hysham Check Station Reports Slow Antelope Opener
Source: http://fwp.mt.gov/
Published: Oct. 14, 2009
For the second year in a row, wintry weather hindered southeastern Montana hunters on the opening day of general antelope season. Though Sunday’s weather was not as severe as last year’s – when deep snow clogged roads and kept hunters home – opening-day turnout still was considered comparatively light.
According to Erin O’Connor, FWP check station attendant for the Hysham check station, “Sunday’s opening day for antelope was very cold . Highs were only in the 20’s at Hysham and it was trying to snow off and on. Monday was better--we had a little bit of sun and more business. A lot of bird hunters reported seeing spotty pheasant numbers (depending on where they were) and a lot of real young birds. Antelope hunters seemed to either do real well or had no luck at all. We did see two 15 1/2 inch antelope. Also had a very nice and heavy-antlered whitetail buck harvested by an 18-year old who’d been hunting with his bow for 6 yrs. and never taken a deer. We’d like to remind hunters that proof of sex and species is required on all big game animals until those animals are processed into ready-to-eat packages.”
The Hysham check station is a biological check station operated at the I-94 rest area just west of the town of Hysham. Hunters are advised when traveling to or from a hunt you are required by law to stop at all game check stations whether they have harvested anything or not.
See attached spreadsheet for a breakdown of numbers from the check station.
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