Montevideo American-News: "Montevideo hunt another success"
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Sen. Franken recently participated in the 10th Annual Montevideo Goose and Pheasent Hunt.
Last year, at the ninth opener, there were slim pickings due to a harsh winter. This year, each group managed to bag between six and eight birds.
"It's fun ... all over Minnesota, people love the outdoors. It is a generator of revenue all over the state," said Sen. Al Franken, who, along with Rep. Collin Peterson, DNR Commissioner Tom Landwehr and other officials and politicians from around the state, took part in the hunt.
Franken's words point out the importance of the annual hunt's goals.
Read the whole story from the Montevideo American-News here.
