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PHOTO: Snack break

MONTE TURNER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 months, 1 week AGO
by MONTE TURNER
Mineral Independent | November 11, 2025 11:00 PM

A group of Missoula hunters enjoy an apple pie that one of their wives made for them knowing they would need their nourishment attempting to fill the freezer. 2 had special mule deer permits for HD 202 that they hoped to fill in the afternoon hunt. “This break to strategize was badly needed”, one of them laughed.

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