In this July 18, 2012 file photo, a white bison calf, front, walks in a field with other bison at the Mohawk Bison farm in Goshen, Conn., on Wednesday, July 18, 2012.

HELENA — Besting enormous odds, a Montana soldier on duty in New Orleans has been chosen to participate in Montana’s bison hunt, the first in 15 years, and his field ...