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Did tribe devastate Yakima elk herd? Writer investigates

HUNTING -- Did you hear the rumor about the Muckleshoot tribal members who went into the mountains west of Yakima and killed something like 400 elk before the hunting season?

Scott Sandsberry, outdoor writer for the Yakima Herald-Republic, heard the story several times before digging in and getting to the bottom of it in this report.



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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