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Some critter spared by ‘iron curtain’

A barbed-wire fence snagged this bullet fired in Lincoln County.  (Dan Hoke)
A barbed-wire fence snagged this bullet fired in Lincoln County. (Dan Hoke)

HUNTING  – Barbed-wire fences have scarred, crippled or killed wildlife ranging from birds to elk since it was stretched across the West beginning in the 1870s.

But this photo suggests that a fence actually saved the life of one lucky buck or coyote in western Spokane County.



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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