August 9, 2012
From Therepublic.com
SPRINGERVILLE, Ariz. — A state Game and Fish commissioner says he was surprised to receive a citation after he reported the shooting of a prairie dog out of season.
Jack Husted tells The Associated Press that he was unaware of a hunting season for Gunnison prairie dogs when he took a friend’s 13-year-old son out shooting in Springerville in April and let him kill the animal.
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State Game and Fish Department spokesman Jim Paxon called Husted’s action exemplary but says it doesn’t erase the violation.