He was hit in the knee by a ricochet bullet from nearby target shooting according to a story by The Record-Courier.
The report did not give the name of the allotment where the incident occurred.
The loss takes a little pressure off the darting program and liberates 12 AUMs per year for other mandated uses of public lands.
The Pine Nut advocacy group is a forward base of the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses.
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