It is not a rumor, north east corner of Montana has been in extreme drought, from Glendive to Winnett to about Malta, here in Glasgow we did not have much snow last winter, and we never received the rains in March-June other areas of Montana enjoyed. Harvest are very poor, cattle ranchers have little grass. Harvest is coming to an end for most folks, people I have spoke with are very pessimistic on bird numbers, which only makes since . Another factor is a lot of CRP has either come out of the program, or it is being grazed or hayed. I would call before you plan on heading this way, unless we get some early and often fall rains, I believe there will be closures to some hunting. A side note, biggest fire in the country was east of Winnett in the breaks earlier this summer, 270,000 acres, I believe it is the largest to have burned this year, google ...lodgepole complex fires Montana if you have not heard about it.