Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Research Biologist Kelly Proffit works with a captured mule deer in the Fisher River area in early March. The deer was captured with the help of a helicopter crew using net-guns, said FWP Wildlife Biologist Tonya Chilton-Radandt, after which she and Proffit took biological samples and recorded data such as fat levels, before collaring and releasing the deer. (Courtesy photo)
April 3, 2018
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