Cow shooting sparks debate over remnant of Old West: open-range laws

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 handcuffed and jailed, charged with a felony...