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Outdoors blog archive for Nov. 5, 2014

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 5, 2014


A whitetail doe, illegally shot from a public road, lies dead in the yard of a home in Idaho's Clearwater region.  The doe was feeding with her two fawns in the yard between the residence and the garage. The shot was down the driveway and across the mowed lawn with a .30-caliber rifle. The unknown shooters fled the scene and left the deer to rot. The fawns fed next to the dead doe until officers removed the carcass. (Idaho Department of Fish and Game )

Road hunting bruises image of sportsmen 

HUNTING -- Hunters and joyriders who discharge firearms from vehicles are killing the sport of hunting a shot at a time. Idaho Fish and Game officers in the Clearwater Region report they are getting reports of road shooting every day. Imagine sitting in your house…

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Grizzly bear cub in Montana huckleberries during autumn. (Jaimie Johnson)

Bedtime coming soon for grizzly cub

WILDLIFE WATCHING -- This grizzly bear cub photographed last month by Montana outdoor photographer Jaimie Johnson appears to have had a great first year in the field. In a few weeks, depending on the weather, this cub, its sibling and mother will be snuggling into…

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