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Hunting, trapping and fishing can be considered ecotourism activities when conducted sustainably, some tour operators in Canada and the U.S. say.

Bill Bryan, co-founder of Off the Beaten Path, a custom travel planning company that takes small groups through the Rocky Mountains and Central and South America, presented this view at the recent International Ecotourism Society Conference, citing how hunters keep overpopulations of deer in check.

"It certainly is an ecotourist activity," said Montana-based Bryan. Trophy hunting, where an animal's head is mounted on a plaque, is not part of ecotourism, he said, nor is killing endangered creatures, dynamiting fish, off-season hunting, racing after wildlife in a truck or using machine guns.

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