(GH: Long before “locavore” was a word, Northwesterners have harvested the local bounty by hunting for it.  Here’s a link to a recent radio story produced by The Northwest News Network and broadcast on Northwest Public Radio):
Hunter Todd Hoffman heads downhill in the direction of sounds made by a small elk herd. Photo by Doug Nadvornick/N3
Every five years, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service counts how many Americans hunt. That number has fallen steadily since the 1970s, even in the rural West. Some of the decline is due to demographics; more people live in cities and they’re less likely to hunt. But while the number is going down, the hunting tradition remains strong in rural states like Idaho. Recently, Inland Northwest Correspondent Doug Nadvornick spent a day in the field with a fourth-generation Idaho hunter.
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