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Montana game wardens share bizarre stories from the field

This feral llama was shot by a New York hunter who mistook it for an elk while hunting near Great Falls, Mont., in 2009. (Montana Department of Agriculture)

WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT — “Sorry, officer, but I thought that llama was an elk — even after I gutted it out and put it in my pickup.”

Sound like a tall tale? Nope.  Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks employees have seen some doozy cases over the years, as you’ll read in Montana game wardens share some of their stranger tales , published in the Missoula Independent.

Indicentally, the 2009 llama incident mentioned above was well reported at the time.

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Outdoors Blog." Read all stories from this blog