Montana Bison Hunt

American Voices

November 15, 2005 | ISSUE 41•45

The three-month bison-hunting season opens in Montana today, marking the first open season in the state in 15 years. What do you think?

Well, I know where Ted Nugent’s going to be this weekend.

Donald Lombardi
Brick Mason
Now how about cutting down some of the trees that have begun to wander outside of Yellowstone National Park?

Marie Russell-Kendrick
Agricultural Sciences Teacher
The only thing more thrilling than hunting an animal to the brink of extinction is hunting an animal to the brink of extinction, letting it come back from the brink just slightly, and then starting to hunt it again.

Ted Hicks
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