October 30, 2008 - Steve Hoovler
Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 2:20PM 
It feels more like early September than the end of October here in West Yellowstone - bright blue skies, and highs in the 60's.
I've spent the last couple of weeks following my bird dog through Eastern Montana. The weather has been perfect, and although bird numbers are down from recent years, we've had some good hunting.
We came back to West Yellowstone to hunt opening day of elk season this weekend. After four days of crawling around bone dry mountains, getting outsmarted by elk that hear me coming long before I know they're there, I think it's time to get back on the road and find some more birds.
I did sneak in a few good days on the water over the last few weeks. Sara and I fished a beatis hatch on Rock Creek by Missoula, Jaime Greene and I had some dry fly fishing on the Missouri below Craig, and I hit the Madison between the Lakes this week to chase some fall run browns.
This beautiful weather is much better for pheasants than it is for brown trout and elk. So, I'm off again tomorrow with Pat and Willy to freeman country.
Stay Tuned.