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Cow Shooting Sparks Debate Over Remnant of Old West: Open-Range LawsBy Angie Wagner Associated Press WriterPublished: Sep 13, 2003 SNOWFLAKE, Ariz. (AP) - Kent Knudson had been fed up with cows wandering onto his property for years. So when he came home one afternoon and found a herd in his back yard, he promptly got his .22-caliber rifle and fired. A red-and-white pregnant cow fell to the ground kicking, and died by Knudson's shed. Problem was, Knudson violated open-range law, a remnant of the Old West. And he learned the hard way that cows still rule the range: He was...