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		<title>Wolverine Trapping Suspended in Montana</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 10:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A judge ordered a temporary restraining order and halted the trapping of wolverines in Montana.  Of course the whacko groups are behind this one, as usual, but could they be right this time?  The USFWS was conducting an evaluation relative to the Endangered Species List but ran out of money for the study &#8211; in no small part because of]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Montana Nonresident Big Game and Elk Combo Licenses Available</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2012/04/montana-nonresident-big-game-and-elk-combo-licenses-available.html</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nonresidents can now purchase Montana big game and elk combination hunting licenses online or over-the-counter at any Montana Fish, Wildlife &#38; Parks office. The licenses, good for antlered deer and elk in most hunting districts, can be used during the archery and general hunting seasons. &#8220;We have about 1,700 nonresident big game and 2,150 elk combination hunting licenses available for]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Idaho Wolf Trapper Offends Critics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Anja Heister, executive director for Footloose Montana, a Missoula-based  nonprofit organization trying to ban trapping in Montana, says a trapper’s decision to pose  for a photograph crosses ethical boundaries and is inhumane. In response, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game  completed an investigation into the incident and concluded that the trapper did not commit any  legal violations. Decide for yourself here&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Stranded Montana Man Kept Sanity Playing Games</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 10:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“At one point, late Sunday  night or Monday night, I wrote out a will just in case,” Heatherly said.  “Those moments passed. Not quickly, but they passed.”  Find out how a Montana man survived, after getting stuck in the snow here&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Whackos Lose Court Battle over Wolf Delisting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Personally, I’m very saddened by this ruling,” said Michael Robinson, of the Center for Biological Diversity. “We’ve already  lost hundreds of wolves before the job of recovery is anywhere complete. And the  ecosystem has taken a hit, as well as these wolves are killed.” If it&#8217;s bad for the whackos, it&#8217;s good for normal people.  The scoop is here&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bounty Proposed to Control Growing Montana Wolf Population</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 11:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Faced with such grumblings after news this week that the Montana wolf population  is still growing, Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials are holding a meeting  Wednesday to discuss what additional measures can be taken to kill more wolves.  Here is the story&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Montana wolf hunting season ends with 166 killed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Although Montana hunters have killed 166 wolves this season &#8211; a bit short of the 220-kill limit &#8211; it has been a good season, according to wildlife officials.  More here&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wolf Control Debate in Montana Continues</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ravalli County, Montana residents have urged their commissioners to  allow shooting wolves on sight and to listen to science rather than  anecdotes as they write a countywide predator control policy. &#8220;The policy has become too extreme,&#8221; said Dan Kerslake, a rancher from  Stevensville. &#8220;I think it should be based more on science instead of politics.  Implementing a ‘kill all the wolves&#8217; policy is too]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Montana Wants Hunters to Help</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The state of Montana looks to hunters to control mountanin lions and even bison that become nuisances to its citizens.  So what&#8217;s wrong with that?  Read more here&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>More Incentives to Kill Montana Wolves</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Several Sportsmen&#8217;s organizations are offering incentives to encourage hunters to  bag a wolf before Montana&#8217;s season ends in February.  The latest carrot is offered by SCI&#8217;s Western Montana Chapter:  taxidermy of a wolf pelt.  Details here&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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