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This Controversial Hunter Recruitment Program Buys Pheasants from Prisons. Now Bird Planting Could Expand to Federal and Private Lands
2026-07-10 19:30
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A controversial program that pays the Montana state prison to raise pheasants that are then released for hunters could expand to private and federal lands, if the state’s game commission green-lights the program for another five years.