Chuck Carpenter, wearing the blue jumpsuit, is the District Supervisor for Wildlife Service in Gooding, Idaho.
Jared L. Hedelius, conducts predator control activities for Wildlife Services in the Fairfield, Featherville and other areas in that part of Idaho.
Copyright 2001 James Balog
Copyright 2001 James Balog
Copyright 2001 James Balog
Copyright 2001 James Balog
Copyright 2001 James Balog
Copyright 1994 Dick Randall, courtesy of The Humane Society of the United States
Aircraft crashes as a result of aerial gunning operations. Photos from the National Transportation Safety Board.
Wildlife Services official "calling" coyotes.
Once he hears the coyotes howl, the official radios coordinates for the aerial-gunning plane flying in the vicinity.
(From the High Plains Film, Killing Coyote).
Alaskan wolf shot by aerial gunner.
Wolves killed in Polaris, Montana in 2004 for the purposes of livestock protection. Wildlife Services agents, school children, and teacher pose with dead wolves.
USDA aerial-gunning crash: Del Rio, TX 3/27/00. Two fatalities.
Ft. Peck, MT. 3/25/02. During non-federal, aerial-gunning flight a discharged bullet caused crash and fire. Two serious injuries.
USDA aerial-gunning crash: Loa, UT 6/1/07. Two fatalities.