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Idaho banks on millennials filling hunting-conservation role

A first-time hunter takes a shot at a pheasant during an Idaho Department of Fish and Game hunting clinic.
A first-time hunter takes a shot at a pheasant during an Idaho Department of Fish and Game hunting clinic.

HUNTING -- A big crop of young Idahoans are reaching adulthood without having been introduced to hunting and fishing.

That's a big concern for Idaho Fish and Game, and it should be of interest to sportsmen who know the needs -- and costs -- of wildlife management and conservation.

Fish and Game Director Virgil Moore explained how Idaho's trying to recruit millennials into hunting and fishing during a conference in Coeur d'Alene today.



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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