Here are the final numbers for three southwest region check stations operated over the weekend and comparisons (in parentheses) to the previous year.
Mores Creek Check Station - Highway 21
# of hunters through station - 1146 (1203)
# of elk checked - 10 (16)
# of deer checked - 109 (94)
Marsing Check Station
# of hunters through station - 210 (338)
# of elk checked - 0 (0)
# of deer checked - 53 (40)
Walters Ferry Check Station
# of hunters through station - 263 (296)
# of elk checked - 10 (16)
# of deer checked - 52 (45)
Harvest success rates were up from 2017 figures at all three check stations, with Marsing more than doubling the rate from 11.83% to 25.24 %.