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Not a good idea to shoot a bison when you're being filmed by the Buffalo Field Campaign, even if you're legal. Why provide them with a propaganda video to put on youtube? Personally, I'd lead them on a wild goose chase first while I scouted my bison, to get them too tired to hold their camera up, then tell them it looks like we're not going to have any luck today, boys, before going off alone to do the shooting.
Maybe some of our MT members have some thoughts on how to shoot a bison with a minimum of harrassment and publicity? Or is it not possible, given where the bison are?
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WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. (AP) -- A Montana hunter has been cited for allegedly killing a bison on private property.
The citation was issued Tuesday morning in the Yellowstone Village and Estates subdivision, said Sam Sheppard, warden captain for the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
Sheppard would not release the man's name because the citation had not yet been filed in Justice Court.
The agency seized the bull bison the man shot, Sheppard said.
"We felt, given the circumstances in the field, this requires us to give a citation and seize this bison," he said.
The incident was filmed by members of the Buffalo Field Campaign, a bison advocacy group.
The hunter and three bull bison were on land in the Horse Butte area that belongs to the Munz brothers, a ranching family from Idaho, said Stephany Seay, Buffalo Field Campaign spokeswoman.
The man had permission to hunt there, agency spokeswoman Mel Frost said.
He shot at the animals, and one of the bison jumped a fence into the Yellowstone Village and Estates, Seay said. The man then shot again, killing the animal, she said.
Ed Millspaugh, president of the Yellowstone Estates Homeowners Association, said residents there have made it known they do not want bison hunting on their property.
"You have to have permission to hunt on private property prior to hunting on private property," Sheppard said.
The man posted a $135 bond. He does not face the loss of his hunting privileges if convicted, Sheppard said.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-01-24-09-54-58
Maybe some of our MT members have some thoughts on how to shoot a bison with a minimum of harrassment and publicity? Or is it not possible, given where the bison are?
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WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. (AP) -- A Montana hunter has been cited for allegedly killing a bison on private property.
The citation was issued Tuesday morning in the Yellowstone Village and Estates subdivision, said Sam Sheppard, warden captain for the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
Sheppard would not release the man's name because the citation had not yet been filed in Justice Court.
The agency seized the bull bison the man shot, Sheppard said.
"We felt, given the circumstances in the field, this requires us to give a citation and seize this bison," he said.
The incident was filmed by members of the Buffalo Field Campaign, a bison advocacy group.
The hunter and three bull bison were on land in the Horse Butte area that belongs to the Munz brothers, a ranching family from Idaho, said Stephany Seay, Buffalo Field Campaign spokeswoman.
The man had permission to hunt there, agency spokeswoman Mel Frost said.
He shot at the animals, and one of the bison jumped a fence into the Yellowstone Village and Estates, Seay said. The man then shot again, killing the animal, she said.
Ed Millspaugh, president of the Yellowstone Estates Homeowners Association, said residents there have made it known they do not want bison hunting on their property.
"You have to have permission to hunt on private property prior to hunting on private property," Sheppard said.
The man posted a $135 bond. He does not face the loss of his hunting privileges if convicted, Sheppard said.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-01-24-09-54-58
It is obvious from the article that by shooting the animal on private land closed to hunting, he broke the law.
