Various other interests, including land developers and sport hunters, demanded some of the land be trimmed.

It's a big deal for sport hunters - they don't get to hunt deer whenever they want to, after all.

Again, sport hunters voiced their support for Kodiak bears.

Namibia has numerous species wanted by international sport hunters.

Canada has allowed sport hunters accompanied by local guides and dog-sled teams since 1970, but the practice was not common until the 1980s.

Indirect income comes from guiding sport hunters and fishermen and providing services to those who come to view the state's wildlife.

Three days earlier, two other sport hunters shot five animals to claim two.

"Eco-tourism hasn't developed here the way it has for sport hunters," he says.

Laws may forbid sport hunters from using some methods used primarily in poaching and wildlife management.

In the 1960s, sport hunters began to frequent the area, focusing primarily on bear and caribou.