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It looked like an elk

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MtElkHunter View Drop Down
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    Posted: 15 January 2009 at 03:43
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Sorry, that llama sure looked like elk
Photo of hunting mistake becomes Web sensation

A New York hunter may be feeling a bit sheepish after mistaking a feral llama in Paradise Valley for a Rocky Mountain elk, but he apparently did not violate any laws.

Rusty Saunders of Fort Edward, N.Y., called a Fish, Wildlife and Parks warden in Livingston in November to turn himself in after shooting the llama, according to Mel Frost, FWP information officer in Bozeman.

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this happened before a few years ago in the great falls area with another hunter unfamiliar with what an elk looks like - maybe there needs to be an "elk recognition test?"

at least this one was feral ~



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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 January 2009 at 12:15

wonder if he will get it mounted.  I hunt Ny and most Ny hunters are not idiots.  Except for NYC hunters....they are all idiots.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote RobertMT Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 January 2009 at 14:43

I wonder if llama's good eating.  I've thought about trying it, you see them in paper over here for free quite often.  I would imagine they would taste something like a goat or sheep.

FWP should be tracking down the owner of the feral llama that was shot, it's a $500 to $5,000 fine, to just abandon animals in MT, depending on circumstances.

If I remember it right, the llama shot NW of Great Falls, was shot on private property.

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