Stations near Anaconda, Bonner and Darby recorded 3,875 hunter stops in the first two rifle weekends versus 3,897 last year, with 141 elk against 151, 42 mule deer against 51 and 149 white-tailed deer against 123. Elk totals were slightly under last year and the five-year average at Darby yet a bit over last year at Anaconda and Bonner, and some hunters celebrated first harvests or Halloween, including a costumed child at Bonner. Season runs through Nov. 29 with free CWD sampling at those stations plus Drummond and Missoula.