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Time to rethink squirrel hunting contests for kids?
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Here’s a contest open to kids that some would argue is just not fair game, especially after the Sandy Hook shootings. The seventh annual Holley “Squirrel Slam” to be held upstate on Feb. 16 is a contest in which children and adults are awarded cash and gun prizes for killing the heaviest squirrels.
The fundraiser, which encourages children as young as 12 to take a shot at gray and red squirrels...
