harvest

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — A freeze in November followed by a hot spring and summer have smaller, sweeter cherries being harvested about a week earlier than usual. The Daily Inter Lake reports (http://bit.ly/1SkTfkG) the Flathead Lake Cherry Growers Association has a membership of about 75 growers, and board member Ken Edgington says the cherry crop has come in a week to 12 days early for many... Rea

Although only around 7 percent of the 12,730 hunting trips in West Central Montana have been successful, those odds are actually pretty good compared to the recent past.

The deer rut has kicked in pushing this year's hunting harvest of mule and white tail deer even further above the results from 2011 season.