Opheim, just like the rest of NE East Montana had record snow and cold last year. They had to postpone Schmek Fest in Lustre in March because the roads were drifted in. The road between Glasgow and Opheim blew closed almost every day in January and February. In Glasgow we had 108 inches of recorded snow, which blew away the previous record of 72 inches.
On top of that there is on ongoing EHD out break:
http://billingsgazette.com/news/stat...1a5435ae7.html
The mule deer and antelope took the brunt of winter and EHD is killing off alot of Whitetails all over Eastern Montana. The upland bird population, especially pheasants are down way below normal.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/stat...ec51a9566.html
We are setting up to have another tough winter according to all projections coming from the Weather Service. So it could be cold and snowy by Nov. and there will not be much game available to hunt. The upside is that there won't be much competition either as the word gets out that our deer and antelope herds are in tough share and the upland bird population is way below average.
I wish the news was better but it is not. I hunt upland birds all over Eastern Montana and It is going to be one of those times when there is alot of waling in between shots and those days of hunting a half our and limiting on pheasants are over for awhile. Thank god for duck and goose hunting and walleye fishing.
Nemont