Montana has made killing wolves easier. Some hunters are pushing back.
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Trumpeter Swans: Don’t Shoot Them
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NOVEMBER 18, 2014
Many years ago, back in the 1970s, I visited my sister, who lived in West Yellowstone, Montana, in the dead of winter. They (hunters) see this white thing, and they aren’t entirely sure what it is,” Naumann said. The other reason is due to inexperienced or uninformed hunters. Three hunters have been charged. All of them.
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