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abled veterans of the ongoing warsin Afghanistan and Iraq. Weswho has always been a patri-otic guy felt a need to help thosewho help us. I am excited that hetook it upon himself to do this, andhope others will join in. In fact I willdonate a spot myself for a disabled veteran onmy farm in Schuyler County. Rich Pearsonand the ISRA want to get involved too. Wesand I both think that this program will takeoff into a national organization perhapsnamed: The Purpleheart Outdoorsman Pro-ject.

We may get some help from Ted Nugenton how to get it rolling. Anything that Tedtouches turns into the real deal. We hope toget some other celebrities involved too. Ifyou have a spot for a disabled hunter pleasecall me at 309-925-4868 or 309-360-0487.Wes's number is 309-657-3262. We may getsome help also from some of our good politi-cians such as Dave Leitch. It's one small waythat we can help our wounded warriors enjoythe outdoors that they so duly deserve. Call ifyou can help.

If it weren't for Fox News we would nothave a voice today. Every TV station in theworld is beating on Sarah Palin. They hateher because she is a lifetime member of theNRA, loves to hunt, fish, and is a real Amer-ican. Her son is in the Army, now serving inIraq. She is not your typical feminist. Ihaven't heard of her burning her bra yet.

There has never been an attack on a VicePresidential candidate like the media has at-tacked her in the history of the US. The me-dia hates her and have pulled out all stops todiscredit her on every thing from having aDowns syndrome baby to hunting and fish-ing. I thought the election was between Mc-Cain and Obama? The Democrats are des-perate and will do anything they can to makepeople like us who love America turn on ourown values. But I don't think that will hap-pen. America still is the home of the free andthe brave at least for a while.

I try to find the good in everything andeveryone, and I have tried to find some goodin PETA. But last week they blew it wantingBen and Jerry's ice cream company to usebreast milk instead of cow milk. They claimit would stop the suffering of milking cows,they are WRONG...When its milking timecows can't wait to be milked. Sorry PETAyou are now the most discredited organiza-tion in the US and probably the world.

Next month we will have a special story ona great fishing and vacation destination onthe island of Roatan in Honduras. We had atrip of a lifetime staying at AnthonyKey.comand InfinityBay.com. Beautiful country andsuper nice people!

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We have our own problems right here inIllinois with our own so called Governor.Rodney Blagojevich's plan to save moneyand close a large hole in our state budgetstarts with him closing 11 State Parks. I knowhe has not been to these parks nor will heever go. But he picked them out of a hat toclose up. I stopped at Carl Sandburg's homein Galesburg last month and it was good thatI stopped. It too will close in November.Don't you think Rodney could find somemoney in the Chicago out of all of the wastethat goes on there? There has been talk thatthe FBI is closing in on Rod. His legal prob-lems are just about to start. Resko, Obama,Daley and Blagoivich. Sounds like Dewey,Cheatum and Howe attorneys at law. Chica-go politics make Capone look like a boyscout. Big Al by the way was at least a duckhunter that's more than I can say about theseclowns.

Talking about old scar face, I knew a guywho hunted with Capone near Havana Illi-nois. Hap Lippert was his name. Hap wasborn in 1900 and hunted up and down theriver near Havana all of his life. Back in 1975Hap who was 75 then told me that Al was agreat guy. The boys he brought down were atough bunch. But he never had a problemwith Al. He would shoot just about anythingthat flew and remembered him shooting acrow and a woodpecker. Al liked to cook andhe wasn't picky about what it was. Hap saidthe woodpecker was pretty good. A lot ofPeople claim that Capone came to their townbut it is a fact that Al did come to Havana torecreate and was known to frequent Beard-stown and Havana quite a bit.

There have been quite a few stories writtenabout him ands his exploits. At one time Ha-vana was known as little Reno before thestate closed it down on Halloween night1953. Al was credited for creating the gam-bling boats in and around Havana. At onetime there were 18 of them.

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Some delinquent teenager steals some-thing for the third time may face life in jail onthe 3 strikes and you're out law. When a fewthousand suit wearing Wall Street greedymoney grabbers break the law and put thiscountry into a tailspin, they get a bail out.

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Here in America, and especiallyhere in Illinois, weapon regulationis something we know plentyabout. Simple re-read the newsreport above and replace knife withgun and you have an Americannews story. Here we are after gunsand gun control laws are constantlypressed as the way to get a handleon violent crimes. Problem withthis thought process is what we seein Britain; the weapon or owner-ship of the weapon is not the prob-lem. The problem is personal use ofthe weapon for criminal purposes.

Britain has very strong gun regu-lation laws. And they have accom-plished their goal. They wanted tominimize the availability of guns toeveryone and it worked. It is hardto get a gun in Britain. I don't agreewith taking away guns as you willsee in a bit, but they convincedenough people to get it pass intolaw and it has reduced the amountof guns. Unfortunately, they did itas a response to crime. And as wecan see here, it was not the rightanswer. Did violent crime godown? No, it remands a seriousproblem today.

So what went wrong and why?This is the important question notonly they should be asking them-selves, but Americans need to beasking every time we discuss guncontrol. In Britain they took awaythe guns, and the criminals simplefound a different weapon for theircrimes: knives. So they are nowlooking at stricter regulation and

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less than 3 in. long. Judge Connor got

out the folding black-handled knife atOxford Crown Courtto show how itworked. The boy,who denies woundingwith intent andassault, had admittedusing a knife andclaimed he needed only one handto open it.

Judge Connor asked: "It happensI have a folding knife in my pock-et. You need two hands to open it,don't you?"

Under English and Welsh law itis an offence to carry in public ablade longer than 3 in. withoutgood reason.

Furious antiknife crime cam-paigners called last night for thejudge to be sacked.

Lyn Costello, the co-founder ofthe Mothers Against Murder andAggression campaign group, said:"He should lose his job. Oneteenager a week is being murderedon the streets of Britain and here heis brandishing a knife.

"Enough is enough- we need to get toughon knives in this coun-try and our judgesshould be handing outtough sentences, notbrandishing theirown." The 16-year-oldboy cannot be named.The trial continues."

While the reason itwas being discussed in the mediahad to do with the Judges behavior,I am more interested in the back-ground information provided bythis story. Let me recap some of thebackground information and thenshow why I think it is important forus in the United States to under-stand.

"Under English and Welsh law itis an offence to carry in public ablade longer than 3 in. withoutgood reason."

"Furious antiknife crime cam-paigners called last night for thejudge to be sacked. Lyn Costello,the co-founder of the MothersAgainst Murder and Aggressioncampaign group, said: "He shouldlose his job."

"One teenager a week is beingmurdered on the streets of Britainand here he is brandishing a knife."

"Enough is enough - we need toget tough on knives in this country"

In these sentences we see exist-ing knife control laws, regulatingthe type and reason for carrying aweapon. We see the organization ofgroups wanting further control andregulation of a weapon do to theuse of this weapon in crimes. Wesee the demand for immediate

Found this story recently beingcirculated concerning a BritishJudge displaying a knife during acourt session.

Judge pulls out a knife in courtBy Jamie Pyatt

U.K. SUN NewspaperPublished: 7/25/08

A judge trying a knife-crime casestunned the court by pulling out ablade. Campaign groups blastedJudge Roger Connor after he bran-dished a knife in front of a teenagedefendant charged with wounding.

The 16-year-old's lawyer askedJudge Connor if he was committingan offence - and was told it wasacceptable because the blade was

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restrictions of knives. Maybe theywill ban all knives. In response thecriminals turn to clubs, which is al-ready a serious criminal weapon inBritain. Do we then look at ban-ning clubs? If so, I hope they go af-ter golf clubs and not baseball bats;I prefer baseball myself. Wheredoes it end?

If you are laughing at this andthink it is a silly over-exaggeration,please refer back to the top. FirstBritain removed guns and now weare talking about knives. The nextweapon of choice in Britain isclubs. It is not that funny and sadlynot that unrealistic when looking attheir past policy.

The policies of liberals to removethe weapon and crime will go downdoes not work. We need a strongerresponse to the criminal, not theweapon they use. We need to startholding people responsible fortheir poor and unwise decisionsand stop making excuses for them.The dishonest action of the few isno reason to remove a possibleweapon from the innocent and law-abiding. Here in America the liber-als have had their shot at resolvingthis issue with their gun controlmeasures and as we can see, theirplan has not and will not work. It istime we have a shot at solving thisissue.

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Governor Rod Blagojevich re-cently announced the closure of 11state parks. This irresponsible actwill have negative impacts to ourState, local communities, and citi-zens' quality of life and health.

Illinois citizens need to band to-gether to help protect our stateparks and keep them open beyondthe November 1 doomsday an-nounced by Governor Blagojevich.

Sign these petitions and send ane-mail to Governor Blagojevich de-manding that he reconsider his de-cision to close these state parks.Online democracy and petitionswork, and past efforts have savedPlum Island, kept blended sewageout of Lake Michigan, and, most re-cently, stopped an undeserved payraise to elected Illinois officials.

Together, we can make the will ofthe people the law of the land andsave our state parks.

Pat QuinnLt. Governor of Illinois

The following sites operated bythe Department of Natural Re-sources will close effective Nov. 1,2008:

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These parks were created, boughtor donated from the 1900s to 1930s.They made easier use of transport-ing, to feeding families and provid-ing coal for WW2. That is not evena tip of the history involved in theseparks.

These parks are used on an every-day basis by many people in the ar-eas and surrounding areas, eventhose that travel to see the historyof our area.

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Labor Day Weekend Enforcement DetailProduces 42 Arrests

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partment of Natural ResourcesConservation Police Officers made42 arrests on charges of operatingunder the influence or driving underthe influence during the recent La-bor Day holiday weekend as part ofan enhanced enforcement effort in-tended to improve safety at stateparks and boat access areas.

The IDNR Office of Law Enforce-ment reports CPOs made 33 arrestsfor operating under the influence(OUI) and nine arrests for drivingunder the influence (DUI) on Aug.30-Sept. 1.

"Making our state parks and wa-terways safe is our primary goal andthis enforcement detail helps send amessage that we are serious aboutarresting those motorists and boatoperators who pose a threat to safe-

ty when they try to drive under theinfluence or alcohol or drugs," saidIDNR Office of Law EnforcementDirector Rafael Gutierrez. "We arepleased to report there were no fa-talities at our state sites that resultedfrom OUI or DUI offenses. Wehope visitors to our sites - and allboat operators and motorists - getthe message that if they drive drunk,they will be arrested."

The Illinois Conservation Policehas received more than $300,000 instate grant funding to combat motorvehicle driving under the influence(DUI) and boater operating underthe influence (OUI) offenses. Thegrant funding was provided by theIllinois Department of Transporta-tion (IDOT) Division of TrafficSafety.

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The Election IsOnly Hours AwayWe all believe the election cycle

seems to be an endless treadmill ofpolitical campaigning. Yet, allthings do come to an end. As youread this the 2008 Presidential,Congressional, and State electionsare only hours away. As gun own-ers we all are rightfully worried.

If Barack Obama and Joe Bidenare elected we are in for a long bat-tle. Both of these guys are fierceanti-gunners. If John McCain andSarah Palin are elected things willbe a lot better. Think about it a mo-ment, the Vice President of theUnited States presides over theUnited States Senate. If there is atie vote on any issue, the Vice Pres-ident casts the tie-breaking vote.Suppose an anti-gun bill comes upand the VP has to cast the tie-break-ing vote. Who would you like to

cast that tie-breaker - pro-gun SarahPalin or the notorious anti-gun JoeBiden? This is not a hard decision.Make sure you vote the right way.

No matter who is elected at thenational level, heavy anti-gun, anti-hunting attacks are going to comefrom the state and local levels. It isimportant that you, and everyoneyou know, join and get involved inthe Illinois State Rifle Association(ISRA). Unquestionable attackswill come from Chicago aimedright at you and me.

Our sister organization, the Polit-ical Victory Fund (PVF) has a listof candidates out. Be sure to lookfor the endorsed or preferred candi-dates and vote for them. See thedouble-truck ad on pages 78 and 79in this edition of ASO for details.They will also be posted atwww.ISRA-PVF.org.

As you know, there is a referen-dum on a state constitutional con-vention in this year's election. I

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We pray and plan on keeping this up for years to come. The Department ofNatural Resources allows us to only handle a handful of people per day; there-fore this will be a First Come First Serve basis. We will do our best to suit tothose with unique handicaps. Whatever it takes to get them out in the field.

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A good, quick float would beusing the public access providedby the Foundation and paddling

from the Leman Launch to theFenis Launch at Wyatts Ford,north of Carlock. From Carlock,turn north on Church Street, goleft at the “Y” and you will findthe Fenis Canoe Launch or goright and you will end up at theLeman Launch.

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The Parklands Foundation, cen-tered in McLean and WoodfordCounties, has helped build accessto the Mackinaw River for over 40years, providing 4 canoe launchesand counting the Mackinaw RiverState Fish and Wildlife AreaLaunch (it is little known the ori-gins of that park lie in a partial giftfrom the Parklands) there are 5.There are many launch points nothere mentioned because of publicaccess issues. The ParklandsFoundation has tried to providepublic access, but more could bedone. For example, there could begood access at Comlara Park onpublicly held ground.

I recommend at least a Sundaydrive out to the Leman CanoeAccess, even if you don’t canoe.It is a good fishing and naturewatching spot. I saw a matureeagle at Sparks Bridge last winter.It is beautiful country out there.Public access is assured.

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Bad weather and poorfishing conditionsseems to be the themethis year at each ofthe qualifying tour-naments this yearand the PMTTMusky Hunter Mag-azine event on theDetroit River Septem-ber 13th & 14th was noexception. Heavy downpours of rain all night long beforeand all the way through day oneof the tournament made for somevery tough fishing as only eightfish were registered. It didn't getbetter as this was followed byhigh skies and mostly sunny con-ditions with high winds makingday two of the tournament even

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d e p t h s ,K o r p e l acast buck-tails upon thew e e dflats.

W h i l ew o r k i n gthe edgeof thed e e pchanne l sa n db u m p i n gthe blackb o n d ybait offthe bottom they caught a mix bagof walleye, bass and of coursemuskies. They boated a 40.25" &44" muskies to give them big fishaward for day one along with thefirst place check and hardware totake home.

Greg Thomas of Morehead, KYand Dave Grochowski OF Fair-field, OH are one of the top pro-ducing teams throughout theyears on the PMTT. After gettingblanked on day one of the tourna-ment, they decided to troll perchcolored legend crankbaits in theshipping channels one hundredand fifty feet back with the cur-rent and sixty seven feet back go-ing into the current. This put thebaits at twenty two feet down tomake contact and bounce the bot-tom where they located a smallrock pile. It paid off big as theyboated a 37.25" & 44.50" whichwas also big fish for the tourna-

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As a result, an additional 39 DNRemployees will be let go, and this timethe cost to the public will be the clos-ing of 24 state parks and historic sites.Of the more noteworthy historic sitesimpacted are the Lincoln Log Cabin, aFrank Lloyd Wright designed housenear Springfield, and shortened openhours of Lincoln's Tomb. But, the realdamage will be the closing of 11 stateparks, 9 of which provided publichunting programs.

In a state where accessible huntingland is at a premium, public huntingprograms serve the needs of manysportsmen. At a time when pressuremounts to increase public huntingland, Gov. Blago instead is deprivingus of 8,404 huntable acres, or 13.13square miles of recreational stateproperty. Rather than scale back hisproposed social agenda until thestate's treasury can afford it, he willinstead deprive thousands of Illinoissportsmen, men, women, and chil-dren, of access to the public land they own.

Here is a list of public hunting areaswe are going to lose when the parksshut down on November 1:

1-2. Castle Rock State Park andLowden Miller State Forest, Oregon,

IL: 3845 acres.3. Hennepin Canal State Forest,

Sheffield, IL: 32 acres.4. Hidden Springs State Forest,

Strasburg, IL: 963 acres.5. Kickapoo State Recreation Area,

Oakwood, IL: 1253 acres.6. Moraine View State Park, Leroy,

IL: 1191 acres.7-8. Weldon Springs State Park and

Platt County Unit, Clinton, IL: 620acres.

9. Wolf Creek State Park, Windsor,IL: 500 acres.

While every one of these soon-to-be-history sites does not offer the fullrange of public hunting opportunities,they all offer some or all of these:waterfowl, squirrel, deer firearm, deerarchery, deer muzzleloader, turkeyspring-fall-bow, rabbit, dove, quail,pheasant, woodcock, raccoon/pos-sum, gray and red fox, coyote, andtrapping.

These arbitrary closings by Gov.Blago represent a tremendous loss,not only for Illinois' sportsmen, butfor all the state's citizens whose taxdollars have bought, maintained, andimproved these publicly owned recre-ational properties.

What can be done to avoid this lossof public property? First of all, con-tact your state Representative andSenator, and tell him you stronglyoppose the closing of these sites. But,I think it is important that we contact,no, bombard the Governors' officewith messages opposing his outra-geous decision to deprive Illinoisansof their rightful use of these publicproperties.

And, be sure to vote in the guberna-torial election of 2010.

Lincoln wanted the Federal Govern-ment to clear the fallen timber, rocks,and debris from the river, thusenabling area farmers to send theircrops to market by barge, rather thanby horse drawn wagons over oftenmuddy roads. The Feds said that was astate matter, and the state said that wascounty matter, and in the end, it reallydidn't matter because the railroad camealong and hauled the crops away.

The point being, governmentinvolvement in private matters had noteven reached the point of buildingmost roads or bridges. If such thingswere deemed necessary, it was left tothe local citizens themselves to dealwith it.

Today of course, our leaders havereached the point where they feel itnecessary to provide more and moreservices to the voting public as a suremeans of gaining, and retaining, publicoffice. Rod Blagojevich, the currentIllinois Governor, has of course takenthis tactic to the nth degree, and hasbeen willfully diverting our tax dollarsto fuel his ambitious give away pro-grams for six long years.

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Gustav...The Staff of GodThe origin of names can be an in-

teresting peek back in history. Itcan also be a strange reflection ofthe history coming face to facewith the present. Gustav, a Ger-manic name for the staff of God,careened full force into the Gulf ofMexico in the form of a class fourhurricane.

You may recall in 2005 I chroni-cled the devastation of Rita, the redheaded cousin of Katrina, the twoof which pounded the entireLouisiana gulf coast in a back toback Sunday punch. MostLouisianans living west of NewOrleans resent the attention that thepoor folks in the 9th Ward and oth-er areas received and are still re-ceiving, because many of the Ritavictims not only lost their homesand possessions but also the entire

town or community in which theylived, and still hear only of the Ka-trina disaster in New Orleans.

The politics of the inept action byall levels of government during thistime I believe has heralded a newemphasis and cooperation betweenlocal, state and federal agenciesand how they respond to naturaldisasters. So, some good has beenborn of these tragedies that havealready benefited the populationsof the so oft wind and rainslammed areas of the Gulf.

Gustav was met with organiza-tion and effective evacuation anddelivered much less of a punchthan either Katie or Rita. At Tole-do Bend we got a little wind and norain and lost power for about 8hours as opposed to 8 to ten days

after Rita. All in all "the staff" waspretty much just a stiff wind.

Ike (which we all know is a shortform for Eisenhower) turned his at-tention to East Texas and dealt a se-rious blow to Texas and WesternLouisiana. Galveston Island gothammered and the Gooney GooGoo's that decided to ride it out ap-parently did not learn from the mis-takes of their predecessors, manyhad to be rescued from their ownstupidity. In the future anyone ig-noring a mandatory evacuationshould be sent a bill for the timeand equipment it took to save theirsorry butts.

We have spent a fair amount oftime in Galveston, I have written ofit several times in my Meanderings.I am sorry for the people and thelovely historic city and wish themwell. We will miss our trip to theDickens Fest this year and I won'tget to play Father Christmas for thefirst time in about seven years.

We rode out Ike at camp andagain it was not much of a blast, afew tarps blown off and branchesdown, but not the twenty or so treesthat Rita uprooted. We had beenplanning to head for Illinois sever-al days before Ike was to make landfall. We ended up being packed foralmost a week before we got toleave. Once Ike got past us we fig-ured we were home free until wewatched the weather channel andobserved that although we hadweathered the storm, so to speak, itwas now running in the exact path

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in auto-deer accidents on area high-ways. By the 1980's over populationof deer in many areas of the state wasbecoming a significant problem.

In the 1990's wildlife officials de-cided to stress maintenance of deerdensity that would be capable of sus-taining deer hunting. It had to takeinto account the carrying capacity ofthe land.

Today there is emphasis in someareas to maintain trophy quality inthe deer herd. But, deer hunting ismore than just shooting a big deer.Deer hunters seek size and symme-try.

First is the preparation and antici-pation of planning a hunt. Some sayit is the most fun part of a deer hunt.Then there is the isolation of sittingin a cold treestand waiting for a deerto come past. Finally, sometimesthere is the disappointment of beingunsuccessful in getting a deer. To thedeer hunter these are all part of thegame.

Deer hunting is about leveragingexperience and knowledge. Allknowledge is cumulative. The moreone hunts, the better hunter he be-comes. The more he reads abouthunting, he becomes a more in-formed hunter. The more videosabout hunting he views, the morediscriminating he is in selecting hisquarry.

As knowledge is accumulated, onesorts out valid theories to test in aspecific type of habitat. Theories aretested in the field. Then the hunterbegins to develop his own theoriesand test them. That is how one be-comes a better hunter. One can al-

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ing as going to the same area eachyear and sitting in a tree. They hopefor a deer to walk past and that theyshoot straight. Successful deer hunt-ing requires study of the quarry, itsbiology, and the effect that man hashad on both.

White-tailed deer disappearedfrom Illinois around the turn of thelast century. They were reintroducedto Southern Illinois in the early1930's. Reintroduction came in threephases:

First deer were placed in southernIllinois and allowed to reproduce.The idea was to get sufficient num-bers to allow the program to move tostep II.

Step II involved the trapping andtranslocation of deer to a suitablehabitat in other parts of the state.This was so successful that by 1957some 33 counties could be opened todeer hunting. By 1975, some 98counties had deer seasons.

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ways learn if he just keeps an openmind.

This year, study your deer huntingarea. Does it present the habitat thatwill attract and keep deer? If deerare present, why are they there andwhere do they travel on a regular ba-sis? By knowing why deer do whatthey do, one improves his chances ofbeing able to be in position for thatall important shot.

The huge amounts of public andprivate land available in SouthernIllinois draws hunters to test theirtheories of deer hunting. The lack ofover crowding makes the area a ex-cellent place to hunt. Public huntingaccess areas are listed in the 2008-2009 Illinois Digest of Hunting andTrapping Regulations. It is availablefree from the Illinois Department ofNatural Resources offices thoughoutthe state. It is also available any-where hunting and fishing licensesare sold.

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WINGSHOOTING CLINICS: The IDNR and partnering organizations will host

a series of wingshooting clinics for beginningshooters and for more experienced hunters thisfall. At the youth/women's clinics, Saturday ses-sions generally provide instruction for youngstersages 10 - 15, while Sunday sessions are generallyused to provide instruction for girls and womenages 10 and older. Youth participants must be atleast 4 feet 6 inches tall and weigh at least 75pounds. Instructors are certified by the NationalSporting Clays Association. Hunter clinics are de-signed to enhance the wingshooting skills ofwomen and men ages 16 and older. Hunters withwingshooting skill levels from beginner to ad-vanced are encouraged to attend. A small fee maybe assessed clinic participants to cover the cost ofclay targets and refreshments.

UPCOMING YOUTH/WOMEN'S CLINICS (AND CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS) INCLUDE: Oct. 11 - Briar Knoll Hunting and Fishing Club,

Amboy (Lee Co.); phone 815/857-2525 Oct. 25 - Wild Rural Park, Waggoner (Macoupin

and Montgomery counties); ph. 217/899-5178 Oct. 25-26 - Ten Mile Creek SFWA, McLeans-

boro (Hamilton Co.); phone 618/643-2862

UPCOMING HUNTER WINGSHOOTING CLINIC: Oct. 4-5 - World Shooting and Recreational

Complex, Sparta (Randolph Co.); ph. 618/295-2700

Oct. 18-19 - St. Charles Sportsmen's Club, El-burn (Kane Co.); phone 630/363-6180

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Another way to gain concealmentwhen hunting big game, and eventurkeys, is by height. The higher youget in a treestand, the harder it is forgame to spot you. It's basically a "seemore/be seen less" proposition. I'venever felt comfortable at high eleva-tions in a strap-on tree stand. I'mmuch more comfortable in a ladderstand, which are typically around 15feet high. Any higher and the laddersections begin bowing. But now,Rivers Edge has figured out a way toget you 22 feet high in a ladder (seethem at huntriversedge.com). Theydesigned a bracing system that pre-vents bowing. I'll hunt from 22 feetthis year and I can't wait!

I know it's still summer and itseems too early to be thinking aboutcamouflage and concealment, but itreally isn't. Now's the time to put uptree stands, set ground blinds and pre-pare your camo and other gear for theopener. That way you can take to thewoods with confidence that "they'llnever know you're there."

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again, because it's so important, rule#1 in concealment is to become astatue. If you must move (to make ashot, reach for a call, or squash amosquito on your temple), do it s-l-o-w-l-y to avoid getting busted.

Still, modern camouflage definite-ly does help us get away with moremovement. This is especially truewith three-dimensional clothing likeUnderbrush, which has fabric cutinto 3-D leafy strips. In addition tobreaking up your outline, the"leaves" move gently and naturally ifthere's a breeze. Another plus toUnderbrush is that the base fabric isactually a light, tight mesh that keepsthe bugs out. For spring turkey andbear hunts or early-season deer hunt-ing, it's a real plus!

To enhance concealment evenmore, try mixing and matching dif-ferent patterns. If you wear the samecamo from head-to-toe, you're moreapt to form a telltale human silhou-

ette. But, if you wear a boldly differ-ent pattern for your top vs. yourpants, your silhouette is literally bro-ken in half. Mix in yet another pat-tern with a vest and you'll trick thewary eyes of your prey even more.

Whatever your favoritebrand/style of camouflage is, alwaysconceal your face. This is a must! Ofall the parts of your body, your faceis typically the one that moves themost as you scan around for ducks,deer, turkeys or whatever.Facemasks are great, but I personal-ly prefer face paint so I never haveto worry about obstructing myvision or hearing. HS makes greatstuff that applies easily and washesoff quickly after the hunt. Also, be asreligious about concealing yourhands as you are your face. Andremember to practice shooting withthe gloves you wear hunting.Depending on the thickness of thegloves, they can change the way youhold a weapon, pull a trigger orrelease an arrow.

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Festival will be held October 3-4 & 11-12, 2008, inFulton County, Illinois. Many arts, crafts, an-tiques, collectibles, foods, and free entertainmentwill be ready for visitors the first two weekends ofOctober in the fifteen official areas of Spoon RiverScenic Drive. Look for the official red oval logocontributor signs on the booths of those vendorswho bring you this festival.

Old time farming and scenic byways will be ahighlight of this event, along with the fall produce.

Pheasants Forever Farm is located about fourmiles south of London Mills at the north end ofSpoon River Scenic Drive. Many types of trees,fruits, grasses, and cover plants have been start-ed for wildlife. Visitors will be given hayrides

through the farmlandpreserved for wildlife andcontrol of erosion.

Marigold Mead-ows Farm in the north-east corner of Lewistownwill have demonstrationsof farming with Bellgianand other draft horsesand old equipment. Fromtheir log cabin the ArtJones family willserve freshlybaked fruitpies. OnSatur-

day evenings October 4 & 11,musicians will present coun-try and bluegrass music forvisitors. Guests should bringchairs and blankets.

Rasmusen Blacksmith Mu-seum in Lewistown has dis-plays of old farm imple-ments, buggies, wagons,wheels, and horseshoes.Blacksmith Chet McMillan willbe at The Forge both weekends ofOctober.

The Spoon River Scenic Drive AntiqueTractor Show is held at the Lewistown Fair-grounds. The South Fulton Antique Tractors Clubwith President Skeet Myers, and the Old Iron Clubwith President Richard Howarter both sponsor theevent.

They try to present a variety of antique tractorsand equipment along with some neat demonstra-tions.

Again this year Marshall Litchfield will demon-strate grinding corn and also wheat. His farming

background has lead MarshallLitchfield of Macomb, to ahobby of grinding grains thathe will demonstrate duringSpoon River Scenic Driveweekends at the LewistownFairgrounds. See the plantedfive-acres of wheat and see itharvested with an old com-bine he rescued from aban-donment and restored. Mar-

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bor. Marshall lovingly restored that littletractor and uses it now even though he is a retiredfarmer with a farm his son farms now.

Owning many tractors, rebuilding them, andshowing them at antique tractor shows are hob-bies he can share with others. He has a John Deeredump rake for baling hay gathered in clumps.Friends are always on the lookout for abandonedtractors he might be able to rebuild.

Currently Marshall is working on a John Deere a

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It doesn't seem like it could bethat late in the summer season, butthe fact remains, these seasons areupon us. With squirrel season al-ready here, dove and early gooseseasons commenced on Labor Day(Sept 1, 2008). Squirrel seasonruns through Feb 15, 2009 withsome closings during firearm deerseasons. Dove season is Sept 1 thruOct 24th and Nov 1 thru the 16th.There are a bunch or rules and reg-

ulations in all of the seasons thesedays. Be sure to get a copy of theIDNR Digest of Hunting Informa-tion and read it thoroughly beforegoing afield.

Since the crops are later than nor-mal this year, and very little or nocorn has been cut for silage. Theprime dove and goose attractingspots are at a premium. Thereseems to be an abundance of dovesaround town, much like the rabbits

and squirrels, but very few in therural areas. I think they've found aneasier way of "making an living",by feeding around the stores,restaurants, and backyards.

The weather controls the travelpatterns and movements of boththe resident and migratory birds.I've been fortunate to locate a cou-ple of good squirrel hunting spotsand these furry little rodents arefeeding on the hickory nuts andwalnuts "big time". Fried squirrelmakes some of the finest gravy andbiscuits ever.

The arrival of these seasons re-minds us that the Illinois archerydeer season is but 30 days away al-so. (October 1, 2009) I attempt tohunt in all of these seasons to someextent while also making a livingas a heating and a/c contractor.Working for a living sometimesgets in the way of my "extracurric-ular activities" something awful.That's the breaks, I guess. We're allvery fortunate to be living in acountry where we can fish and hunt"at will". If we can keep deferringthe push from the "gun-grabbingliberals" that seem to keep trying towhittle away at our individualrights, maybe our grandchildrencan do so also.

With archery season starting thismonth, it's important to prepareyourself, your equipment, and yourintended hunting properties. Besure to get permission to hunt onany property in any of the seasons.Be polite when asking permissionand just as polite when permissionis refused. Many of the landownershave had bad experiences with

trespassers and even with hunterswho had permission. It's no wonderthey are reluctant to permit othersupon their land. I hunt one piece ofwooded land where I continue tofind beer cans all season long allover the woods. I suspect somecoon hunters are dropping them asthey walk through the woods. Justbecause you can't see them in thedark, doesn't mean they're not stillgoing to be there when the suncomes up.

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The Illini Team Trail “Mike James”Memorial Classic event combined of theNorthern and Southern Divisions was held onKentucky Lake September 13th & 14th goingout of the Kentucky Lake Dam paddle boatarea. Between the two divisions there werefifty-four teams that came with hopes of tak-ing home a brand new 2009 188 VS RangerBoat plus Ranger Trail Trailer fully equippedincluding a Mercury 150 OptiMax motorplus accessories. This was the eighth year forthe Illini Team Trail to hold a Classic eventbut unfortunately the first time to be forced tomake a decision to cancel the second day ofthe event because of “Hurricane Ike”.

Day 1 found the teams fishing under sunnyskies with stiff winds and finding it difficultnavigating to their spots. At take-off BradleyCulp of Sportsman’s (Boat Repair, bait andtackle shop) of Gilbertsville, Kentucky donat-ed and pass out a sack lunch to the fishermanand offered his assistance in case of break-down. As teams brought their first days catchto the scales, the early leaders were Jason Ja-cobs of Gays and Marion Cordes of Sullivan.Their first day weight was 5 fish weighing15.47 lb.

Twenty-five teams brought in limits to the

scales. There were a total of 192 fish weighinga total of 464.09 lb. The five largest fishweighed in had weights of 5.24, 5.00, 4.88,4.56, and 4.28 lb. During the weigh-in Red’sMuffler Shop (Wayne Shaw) of Urbana do-nated a Flowmaster Muffler System and NeilBohac ofB r a i d w o o dhad the luckynumber. Raf-fle prizes weredonated byHumminbird,Ranger Boats,Mercury Out-b o a r d s ,M i n n K o t aTrolling Mo-tor; ITT do-nated a bat-tery, T-shirtsand caps; Rejuvenade, and Vicious FishingLine. Dewayne Shultz was the winner of theHumminbird Depth Finder; Terry Cordumof Maryville won the battery; and DougWilliams of Windsor won the Setyr Rod andthe 50/50 drawing.

Day 2 started out with heavy rain and 45m.p.h. winds forcing Mike Black of ITT tocancel the second day due to safety of the an-glers during the passing of “Hurricane Ike.”

“You have no control of Mother Nature – buta life is more important,” Black stated. Aftermeeting with all anglers participating, every-one joined in and helped get ready for theawards presentation at the nearest pavilion.Awards were presented to all placing winnersand keys to the 2009 Ranger Boat were pre-sented by Jason Parsons (IL Rep for RangerBoats) to Jason Jacobs and Marion Cordes.

Anglers driving by the Kentucky Dam ontheir way home – watched while twelve-footswells crashed into the rocks at the KentuckyDam Bridge and coal from the coal minewould blow into your eyes from the windwhile trying to take a picture or two. Youcould hear nearby trees falling in the woods

and along theroads withbranches andleaves blowingeverywhere inthe wind.E v e r y o n emade it homesafely.

The winningteam of JasonJacobs andM a r i o nCordes report-ed catching

most of their fish on a Jim Driskell spinnerbaitfishing grass flats in 3 – 4 ft. of clear water inthe middle part of the lake. This team was al-so Ranger Cup Qualified for an additional$1,000.00! They also received a certificateeach from Ranger Boats good for Ranger Life-jackets. (Ranger Cup qualifiers must be regis-tered as a Ranger Boat owner with RangerBoats, show proof of membership card, dis-play Ranger Cup on windshield of Ranger

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Jacobs and Cordes are sponsored by PJLures, Jim Driskell Spinnerbaits, and PrairieOutfitters of Charleston, IL. This team alsohas an automatic berth into next year’s 2009Classic tournament. The Ranger boat “ClassicWinners” plaques were donated by “Tinder’sRubber Stamps of Lerna, Illinois.

Winners listed - All of Illinois: 2nd Place: Scott McIntyre of Decatur,

Tony Waters of Springfield, 5 fish, 14.94 lb.$10,000.00

3rd Place: Kevin Arbaugh, DewayneShultz, both of Olney, 5 fish, 14.63 lb.$5,000.00

4th Place: Richard Stevens of Galatic,Wendy Kmucha, Harrisburg, 5 fish, 14.51 lb.

$2,500.00 5th Place: Bob McPeak of Swansea, Frank

Clark of Benton, 5 fish, 14.12 lb. $1,000.00 6th Place: Shannon Toigo of Christopher,

Greg Berner of Elkville, 5 fish, 13.62 lb.$900.00

7th Place: Jason Thomas of Bonnie, BrettWysock of Wilmington, 5 fish, 13.36 lb.$800.00

8th Place: Roger Shaw of Urbana, JackMorse of Decatur, 5 fish, 13.06 lb. $700.00

9th Place: Josh & Brad Kirchhoff, both ofHighland, 5 fish, 12.91 lb. $600.00

10th Place: Jim & Matt Carroll, both ofHillsboro, 5 fish, 12.78 lb. $500.00

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A banquet supper for Classic Qualifiers andguests was held at the “Inn by the Lake" inGilbertsville, KY.” Ranger Boats donatedtournament jackets for each Ranger Boatowner qualifying team. Jason Parsons ofRanger Boats was in attendance and had the2009 Classic Ranger Boat on display for theanglers to see and to answer any questions. Anaward presentation was held after the supperwith Travis Loyd of Jackson Hewitt Tax Ser-vice presenting the top Point Champion teamof the Southern and Northern Division theirawards. The “ITT Challenge” payout present-ed by Jackson Hewitt Tax Service totaling$6,150.00 was awarded to the Top PointsChampions from the Southern Division - Bil-ly Walker of Mulkeytown and Brandon Bateof Zeigler; of the Northern Division - GregColeman of Butler and Travis Gillett of Luka;$1,000 to each team for expenses, 5 (each)$50 gas cards good at any Casey’s GeneralStore, and their entry fees for each team paidfor 2009 and 1/2 for 2010. At each of the 12events (angler must be registered) a drawingfor $350.00 was held for a total of $4,200.00.Total Jackson Hewitt / ITT Challenge payout= $10,350.00!

This is the 2nd year for the Southern Divi-sion, which has two tournaments on Lake ofEgypt, two on Rend Lake and two on theOhio River (Golconda). The Northern Divi-

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We met around 7 A.M, and I wondered justwhat the day would be like. As we got on the wa-ter, Ray informed me that we would be trollingfor Crappie using crank baits. My first thoughtwas right, sure...crank baits. To say the least Iwas skeptical. Ray told me how he started usingcrank baits, to catch Crappie and how productivethey were.

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We came to a spot where Ray stated, "this iswhere we will start." Taking out four rods, hepicked four different crank baits to start themorning.

Ray is a Guide on Mark Twain Lake and hasbeen doing so for the last three years. Workingat Cannon Dam General Store, I would see him ashe bought some of his customers in to havetheir pictures taken with their catch. (We putthe pictures on our web site,www.cannondam.com) I would ask him how hecaught them and he would smile, that smile ofhis and simply say crank baits.

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FALL CRAPPIEFISHING TIPS

by Tim Huffman

Consistently successful fishermenhave something in common...they doa series of tasks to reach a goal. Thebasic tasks must be performed but it'soften the little things that means thedifference between success and fail-ure.

Tip #1. Pay attention to water col-or. A clear lake will call for differentbaits and tactics. For example, theclear lakes can be tough crappie fish-ing. However, some fishermen havefound a 'secret' bait in the form of awhite chicken feather jig. It could bethe different look, color or a combi-nation of the two but it has been suc-cessful in the region.

Fall fish will start in the middledepths and quickly work their waydown into deeper water. Vertical jig-ging brushpiles is a good bet in clearwater because the fish are going to betight to cover.

Tip #2: Don't stay too long in anunproductive area. But before leav-ing, be sure to check shallower anddeeper water. Crappie may not makea big move or quit biting. They maymake a short move to water with acomfortable light penetration.

Search methods in the fall can beslow trolling or fan casting. The fancasting is fun and can cover a lot ofwater. Curly tail jigs, Brewer CrappieSlider Grubs and Road Runners aregood for casting to shallow and mid-depth water. Once you find fish, keepthe boat a distance away and makeaccurate casts to the hot spot. Whenthe fishing is tough and it's difficult

to get a bite, be sure to slow downand let your bait bump the cover.

Tip #3; The first part of fall willhave crappie moving from middledepths up into shallow water to feedon minnows and shad. Look in thecreeks and bays for baitfish.

Fall is one of the most underratedseasons of the year because of thestable weather conditions and thelake is less crowded. Fish patternscan hold for days or weeks with sta-ble weather.

Tip #4: Keep learning. There is noone secret to catching a lot of crap-pie. You can catch crappie if they areactively biting and you are right inthe middle of them. The trick is tofind the area of the lake where thefish are located, find the specificholding area and proper presentation.Can you locate the right seasonal pat-tern and find specific crappie spotswith consistency? Every day spentfishing can be a learning experienceand a guide to making you a betterfisherman.

Tip #5: Use the right technique andtools. One of the best fall techniquesis fast trolling because it allows youto fish different areas, speeds anddepths. Use poles of different lengthsto keep lines separated. For example,an 8-foot and 10-foot pole out eachside. Let 40 feet of line out on eachpole. Use a 1/32- or 1/16-ounce jig.Troll good areas looking for a patternof a specific depth and presentation.When fast trolling, bait depth is pri-marily controlled by boat speed withjig weight and line diameter alsomaking a difference.

Good tools are important. A quali-ty locator will let you see what's onbottom and adjust your speeds ac-cordingly to properly present baits. Aquality trolling motor lets you con-trol you path and speed.

#6: The number one structure iswood cover on a ledge. You mayhave situations where shallowweeds, boat docks or some otherstructure is 'hot' but for 365 days ayear fishing you can't beat a drop-offwith cover.

Final thoughts...be open to learn-ing. I've watched the Bass Pro ShopsCrappie Masters Team TournamentTrail since its beginning. These fish-ermen apply not only the basics butin-depth details to work their way in-to the winner's circle.

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By Ed SchneiderMy father and I have weekly phone

conversations each Tuesday and discussthe latest news from Western Illinoisand I give him my news from CentralMissouri and during one conversationin November of 2007 I found out thatone of my classmates from BrownCounty High School named Rick Reichshared my same interest in predatortrapping and that he was pretty success-ful during the 07 season.

I knew Rick fairly well while inschool and although it has been 27 yearssince our last conversation I felt this wasa good reason to climb the fence and see

how he was doing. I have to say that Iam certain that Rick was probably assurprised to hear from me but it wastrue that we both held a common inter-est in predator trapping.

Coyote trapping is like nothing elseon earth. They are smart, elusive andnaturally coy by nature and they reallygive a trapper a challenge. Needless tosay it wasn't long before I came back toBrown County and made a day of itwith the "Outlaw" himself on his pred-ator trap line that runs 100 miles in cir-cuit.

After catching up on old times witheach of us sharing our trapping booksand tapes we got down to business andhit his successful line at 6:30 that morn-ing. The Outlaw name stuck whileRick was starting his successful outfit-ting business called BC Outlaw Outfit-ters. He has guided several youths andadults on his own farm for Turkey andHog Hunting. His son Eric is an ac-complished turkey caller and tends tothat side of the business while Rickhelps manage the farm and ReichTrucking.

design. Sometimes the client has theirown sheds and Rick will work on thosein his creations. This adds a lot morememories for the client seeing them asdécor versus just lying on a shelf or in apile.

And if the Outlaw doesn't haveenough to do already he is also a FurBuyer during the fur season called (youguessed it) BC Outlaw Fur Buyer. Helooks forward to this year's season espe-cially with Raccoons in Canada sellingfor record prices.

Rick is married to his wife Mary andthey reside on the farm near VersaillesIllinois. For those of you who have fursto sell this season you can call the Out-law at 217-430-9013.

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During the summer, surface water iswarm and light, while the lower layersare cooler and heavier. The top and bot-tom layers contain less oxygen than themiddle section, so the fish tend to holdin the oxygen-rich middle.

In autumn, the surface water coolsand sinks, mixing with the lower layers.The process causes currents, which mixthe sinking surface water and the colderlayers below. Wave action from fallwinds result in the circulation of the var-ious layers (turnover) and the mixing ofthe whole lake. By late fall the water hascooled off to 39 degrees from top to bot-tom. The change causes a good supplyof oxygen at all levels of the lake, andthe fish will tend to spread out and seeknew habitat.

Professional anglers Guido Hibdonand Denny Brauer are unsure what hap-pens to bass during the turnover on theirhome lake, but they agree that the fishare affected. "I think it almost affectsthem like a cold front situation; it dis-orients them a little bit about whatthey're wanting to do," Brauer says.

"I think they're a little bit goofy aboutthat time," says Hibdon.

Before the turnover, fishing tends toimprove with the cooling water condi-tions. During and after the turnover,however, fishing tapers off.

Hibdon and Brauer, both formerBASS Masters Classic champions, agree that the average fisherman can usethe turnover as a good excuse for a poorfishing trip, but they don't have to.

"At times, it's probably the No. 1 rea-son people don't catch fish for a certainperiod of time," Brauer says. "It's notthat they're doing a whole lot wrong, it'sjust that the fish aren't biting very well atall. If they haven't made adjustments,they're not going to catch them."

If anglers can make the proper adjust-ments, though, bass can be caught. "Ithink it's always been a big myth thatyou couldn't catch fish during aturnover," Hibdon says. "It makes themtougher to catch and makes them hit dif-ferently, but you can still catch them."

Hibdon cites his first pro tournamentas an example of how fish canbe taken while the water is changing.During the two-day tourney, Hibdonand his amateur partners concentratedon the upper end of the Lake of theOzarks, which was turning over at thetime. Hibdon found suspended fish inthe upper end and hit the jackpot. Hewon the tournament by a 20-pound

that's got the water birds and shad, it's agood indication that it hasn't turned overyet."

The length of time the turnoveraffects fishing at Lake of the Ozarksvaries. "It can knock fish for a loop fortwo to three weeks," Brauer says. "Areal protected area can be real messedup for quite a while." Severe cold

margin, and his partners finished firstand second in the amateur division.

If an angler feels uncomfortable fish-ing in turnover conditions, he has someoptions. "The majority of the time I tryto avoid the turnover," Brauer says."You can pull into one cove and it canbe turning over, and you can run threeor four miles down the lake and you donot have the turnover problem. Even ifyou're locked into one cove, there'sgoing to be certain areas in that covethat the turnover isn't going to affect asmuch."

The back half of a cove will turnquicker, or it might be unaffected by theturnover if a creek is flowing into it. "Ifyou've got good current, more than like-ly you're not going to have turnover,"Brauer says. "Current is absolutelygreat for avoiding the turnover."

Anglers can merely glance at thewater to tell whether or not they'refishing the dreaded condition. The

affected area almost looks like sewerwater with decaying material releasingfrom the bottom and floating to the top.

Hibdon says turnover water will havea different color (usually pea green) and"foamy stuff" from the rocks will befloating on the surface.

"You can follow that right down thelake and get ahead of it and generallycatch more fish than you would fishingright in the middle of it."

The affected area will look like awatery graveyard--devoid of fish andfowl. "The area just seems dead,"Brauer says. "If you can find an area

weather, wind and current accelerate theturnover. Hibdon estimates that theturnover will normally run its course infive or six dayson impoundments with-out fast-moving water.

While fishing in the turnover, try tofind the most stable water,which is usu-ally in the 1- to 2-foot range. "That lit-

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Joseph Klingbeil300 lb. bow kill

"If you're getting a few strikes onsomething or not a lot, or ifyou're miss-ing some fish, or if the fish aren't real-ly taking thebait, then you need to ex-periment with sound, size or color. Ify-ou've got two guys in the boat, one guy

should be throwingsomethingdifferentthan the other," Brauersays.When the weather

turns nasty, Brauerswitches to a blue orblack3/8-ounce StrikeKing jig and a black

plastic chunk in clearerwater, or ablack-and-chartreuse or black withbright green combinationin murkierwater. He will flip the jig into the heav-iestcover he can find.

His third option is to cast a 3/8-ouncechartreuse or white spinnerbaitwithgold blades and a 4-inch plastic trailer.He'll slow rollthe spinnerbait throughthe shallow cover.

When the turnover ends, don't expecta fishing bonanza. Both proanglersagree that fishing improves graduallyafter the turn. "Idon't think anyone cansay, 'Bang, the turnover's over,'" Brauersays.

Whether the lake is just starting toturn or has already turned over, the twopros believe bass can still be caught."I'm convinced thatfish can be caughtunder any circumstances," Brauer says."There'sno such thing as a fish that can-not be caught. On some of them, youjust run out of time."

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OLD FRIENDSby Daniel by Daniel VVinovichinovich

It was a nasty cold rainy evening.I was getting my boat ready for thelast tournament of the year. It wasgoing to be a shot in the dark be-cause I did not have time to getdown to the lake a couple of daysearly to practice. If I had anychance of placing, it would have tocome from the maps and notes Ihad taken over the last ten years.The boat deck was covered with,rods, baits, maps, and assorted oth-er junk. I just stared at the pile ofstuff wondering how I was going towork eight hours tomorrow, watchmy son quarterback the high schoolteam that evening, and get my boaton the water by 6:00 a.m. the fol-lowing day. I had been going nonstop for the last three months tryingto balance my personal life alongwith my professional life. I justcan't seem to get on top of it. Justwhen I think I might get a chance tosit in the tree stand for a couple ofhours, another crisis seems to hap-pen. I get one taken care of, and itis replaced by two more. Whendoes it ever stop? Is this what life isall about? I have heard the saying,"life is a bitch and then you die,"but I never thought it would applyto me.

I wonder what the water tempera-ture is? Is the lake turned over yet?"Hey, Lisa. Is the game away or athome tomorrow night?" Oh, crap. Iforgot to pick up some new line formy trolling rods. "Lisa, where isthe game at?" Did I remember toget gas in the kicker motor tank?All right. Just start at the begin-ning. Plug in the charger and checkthe oil for the big 225 Merc. Oh,yeah. Don't forget the net. Man,does my life suck? The more I triedto get everything ready, the moretrouble I had focusing on the job athand. Just then, the cell phone

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tle layer ofwater hasn't really changed awhole lot," Brauer says. "My adviceisto get to the bank and beat the shore-line." He concentrates onthe shallowbrush, which usuallyholds more active fish."If theweather condi-tions have been bad,I'm going to get in tightto whatevercover I canfind, whether it's a shal-low boat dock or lay-down tree."

The turbid water caused by theturnover can actually work to thefisher-man's advantage in this situation. Lim-ited visibility preventsbass from detect-ing anglers working closer to the bank.

Brauer avoids fishing weeds duringthe turnover. He says weeds startto diewhen a lake turns, and they will useoxygen. When the dyingweeds depletethe oxygen in the area, the bass willseek other sanctuaries.

Once the pros find the active fish,

they determine which lures andretrieveswill work best. "As a rule, just slowdown," Hibdon advises.Sometimes ittakes 10 to 12 casts to the same brush

p i l ebeforeabassw i l lstrike.H i b -d o ns u g -g e s t s

fishing smaller baits, such as1/8- or 1/4-ounce crankbaits and jigs. He also rec-ommends using tube jigs.

Brauer's lure choices depend on theweather. If the weather is stable,he willthrow a 3/8-ounce chartreuse or whitebuzz baitand retrieve it slowly aroundstumps and lay-downs. In an area tha-treceives heavy fishing pressure, hewill switch to a 3/8-ouncebuzz bait witha clacker because it produces morenoise to agitate the fish.

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rang. "Hello, yeah, I covered themortar before I left. What? Theirkids were playing in the sand pileand used the tarp for a batmancape? Okay, I will run over and getit covered again."

The drive back from the site wasa slow one. The cold rain had cre-ated a blanket of fog over the road-way. By the time I got back home,I had lost my train of thought onthe task at hand. I climbed backinto the boat and wondered howthe @$#$!%& I was going to pullthis thing together. Fatigue had setin. I had been going since 4:00a.m., and it was now 10:00 p.m. Ican't do this anymore. Somethinghas got to give before I SNAP.Oh, good. The trolling motor bat-teries are full charge. Switch thecord to the start battery. Man, am Itired. I think I will just sit back inthe drivers seat and close my eyesjust for about ten minutes. Mymind raced as I tried to relax. Whatam I forgetting? Did I remember to... Oh, yeah, I did. I still need totape that wire under the counsel."Hey, kid, what are you doing?" Icould not make out who it wascoming at me up the driveway. Thevoice sounded familiar even sooth-ing, but I still could not make outwho it was. "You know what yourproblem is boy?"

"You are crapping too close to

you fall asleep in the boat?" "No, I was just resting my eyes." "Well, get in the house. Your din-

ner is in the oven." I leaned for-ward and stretched. I don't knowwhy, but I felt like a million bucks.Everything was so clear. The smellof the rain, the job at hand, eventhe following day seemed like itwas going to go off without anyproblems. I climbed out of the boatand lit up a smoke. Staring into thefoggy dark night, I thought I saw aman climb into his boat and motorout of sight.

Dreams are a good thing. It givesyou a chance to remember thetimes when life was slower, fish-ing was good, and good friendswere there to get you through therough times. I hope the next time Iam stressed and doze off I get achance to shoot a few ducks ormaybe some trap with HarryGarey, another old buddy of mine.

Too often the memories of pastfriends or relatives are forgotten inthe frantic rush of our daily lives.It is a good thing the subconsciousdoes not forget. Now and then, weall need a dream to remember whywe wake up every day and that lifeis worth living, and the things wedo today just might stir up a goodmemory in someone's life longafter we are gone.

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the house." Now I know who it is,but how could this be? It was BobJohnson, a good old fishing buddyof mine from way back, but Bobpassed away several years ago. Itcould not be him. Out of the fogcame the silhouette of a man. Hiscrippled hands adjusted the old capon his head. Now I could see hisweathered and wrinkled facecaused from years in the boat andduck blinds.

It was Bob. "Looks like you gota mess here Danny. You probablyought to grab those baits off thefloor before you step on them andget a free trip to the hospital." Nowthat was a line I have heard fromhim a thousand times.

"What are you doing here," Ireplied. "Just checking in to seehow you are doing."

"Bob, this is kind of freaking meout. I really don't need to be losingmy mind right now."

"Don't worry," he said, "every-thing is going to be all right. Justkeep your powder dry." Then hesmiled, turned, and faded back intothe fog.

"Bob, hey Bob." There was noanswer only, the sound of thewater running through the downspouts.

Shortly after, my wife startledme awake. She had come out to seewhat was taking me so long. "Did

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The Whitlocks have in-vested a great deal in theirproject. They have con-structed a large pen coveredon all sides and over the topwith a coated nylon mesh tocontain the birds and ward off predators. Theunit is large enough the developing birds can flya short distance.

The birds cost about .65 cents a piece for dayold quail chicks and the chukars cost a dollar ortwo each depending on the quantity purchasedand availability. Game birds require a specialtyblended feed. The weekly costs runs from twen-ty-five dollars upward as the birds increase insize. Not unlike other confined creatures a vigi-lant eye is kept on the flock for disease or para-site problems that frequently requires purchas-ing veterinary products to maintain bird health.

A substantial amount of timeis necessary to keep the flockwell fed, the pens clean andgeneral maintenance of thefacilities.

Although the Whitlocks arestate licensed gameskeepersand also maintain a huntingpreserve license, they rearthe birds for their own enjoy-ment and for hunting by ahost of friends.

I was their guest for apheasant hunt a couple yearsago. Not having ever beforeshot pen raised birds my ex-pectations were not veryhigh. I learned very quickly

that healthy pen raised pheasants are no patsy.When they were flushed they were out of therelike a rocket. I embarrassed myself with threemisses in a row not expecting the rapid depar-ture of the birds. I understand the chukars areeven a greater challenge in that they often willrun some distance then take off.

Harley keeps three English setters and really

enjoys watching the dogs work the field. When Iwas up there I was equally thrilled as well watch-ing the excited dogs work through the cover andthen settle into a quivering point.

Harley tells me that the pen raised chukars donot survive very long in the wild. The combina-tion of bad weather and hungry predators takecare of any chukar that escapes the hunt. On theother hand a number of the pen raised quail dosurvive and there are many new coveys that havebecome established from birds that survivedprior years releases.

It is always gratifying to know people like theWhitlocks that are committed to their sport andmake the personal investment as well as sub-stantial time involvement to perpetuate theirpassion. Further more their generosity in shar-ing with others.

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October is a busy month for meas I am qualified to fish the CrappieU.S.A. classic over at Patoka Lakein southern Indiana and then comehome and fish a big local tourneythe very next weekend. Then settleinto a bunch of guide trips untilmid-December then back to ParisLanding about six or eight timesbefore mid March. Then ready my-self for yet another season.

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September can leave you reelingwith the lake turn over period toget through. I have had really gooddays followed by sub par slowdays. Once we get into October thefish become very predictable. Ear-ly on in the month right after theturn over which usually occursonce the water temps get into that61 to 64 degree ranges. The fishwill go shallow and you can throwa jig and slip bobber and this pat-tern is a blast if you haven't tried it.The fish just slam the jig in shal-low water, almost act like a smallmouth they hit so hard.

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Dock Fishing

This is a great time to concentrate ondock fishing. As a rule most lakes in the fallare low or on a drawdown situation andthis leaves docks as one of the primarystructures bass will use. Docks offer shade,cover, and you can find brush aroundmany of them. This is all conducive to at-tracting baitfish, which in turn attractsbass.

There are tons of docks on most lakesfrom shallow, mid-depth, deep that can belocated in flats, along creek channels, alongriver channels, on points, on sides of

points, on bluff banks, in coves, on rip-rapbanks, etc. Docks can be stationary, float-ing; they can have styrofoam or plasticfloats, steel post or wood post. A lot of fish-erman get stuck just fishing docks and asyou can see there are lots of options to lookat.

When I fish a lake dock, I want to set apattern on specific docks to eliminate wast-ed fishing time. Docks offer a lot of pat-terns. Once you hone in on one, you canget well quickly and at times you can havethree or four different patterns working onthe same day. You might be fishing deepdocks on the side of points with a Zoomtrick worm on a Bagley Shakeyhead ormaybe cranking a DB111 along the sides.Or you could be fishing docks on flats intwo three foot of water with a jig or BassPro Shops’ LazerEye spinnerbait, or crank-ing a Bass Pro Shops’ Nitro shallowcrankbait, or skipping a Zoom finesseworm under docks.

When I go to a new lake I usually startout on main lake docks close to creekmouths and work into the creek going allthe way to the back. I am constantly look-ing at my Raymarine unit to look for aspecific depth where I am getting my bites.Once you fish a series of docks you can al-most always look back down the shorelineat the docks you have caught fish on andsee that most of the fish you caught wereon the fartherest dock out or the shallowestdock. It could be the deepest dock; it couldbe the docks in the back of coves, or thedocks on creek channels. Now you have apattern to fish just those docks. Now I canrun in my Tracker Nitro around the lakelooking for more of the same and I’m fish-

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dams whichs t r e t c hacross theriver theiru p s t r e a mmigration isstopped. Be-cause ofthis, thewalleye willgather inlarge con-centrations in these areas.

Now before we go any further, let memake it clear that not every walleye in thepool heads up to the tailwaters of the dam.Many fish will remain down river in otherholding spots through out the year. Also,Keep in mind that when I refer to the tail-water areas, I am referring to the area thatruns from the dam to about 3 miles or sodown river.

What we are going to look for first of allis just how the river current is running.Depending on how the gates of the damare set, the current flow can greatly very. Ilike to look for areas of very distinct andobvious current changes. Many times youwill see that the flow coming through themain part of the dam will cause areas ofback eddies. These are areas where the cur-rent actually reverses itself and runs up-

Autumn takes many anglers' to huntingand they forget about the truly great fish-ing that is available to them at this time ofthe year. Limit catches of fish are the rulerather than the exception for the anglerthat is willing to get out on the rivers herein the Midwest and wet a line.

For the angler looking to catch a truetrophy, fall is without a doubt, one of thebest times to be out on the river. The fishfeed very heavy during this season as theyprepare for the upcoming winter and canbe caught with amazing consistency. Here in the Midwest, the Mississippi Riv-er weaves her path South, pool by pool.

Although each on of these pools are sim-ilar, they are also very different. By this Imean that each pool has it's own uniquefeatures that make it different from theothers. One thing for certain, they all con-tain Walleye and lots of them. From herheadwaters, moving south through themany pools, anglers can enjoy some fantas-tic fishing. Not only does the walleyeabound, but many other species are alsoavailable to the fisherman.

Lets touch now on some of the fine fallwalleye fishing that is going on right now.Every year as the water cools the walleyewill start making an upstream migration asthey feed heavily, preparing for the longupcoming Winter. As these fish get to the

a stinger hook to the minnow. I prefer tostart without a stinger hook until I see howaggressive the fish are. You will find thatthe most effective way to fish this rig is toslowly back-troll it, making sure you keepconstant bottom contact with your drop-per weight. Also, try and keep your line asvertical as possible for best bait control. Todo this, you may have to adjust the weightof your dropper weight.

Another effective method is to verticaljig a plain jig/minnow combination overstructure. You simply slow troll or slipwith the current using a very slow lift andfall presentation, again keeping contactwith the bottom. Watch your line closelyas you let your lure fall back down. Tryand follow it back while keeping as tight aline as possible since you will find that99% of your hits will come on the fall. Somake it a point to control your line at alltimes.

Another tip that works well during thisseason is to bulk-up your jig by addingsome type of plastic trailer. The 3" twistertails that are on the market work well forthis. As far as colors, White, Yellow andchartreuse all seem to work well. An occa-sional Black can be deadly so keep that inmind also.

Now I know that there are many othermethods that will catch lots of fish duringthe fall, but for overall success this time ofthe year, the two rigs we mentioned aboveare hard to beat.

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stream. Walleye tend to use these areas tofeed while being able to rest from thebrunt of the heaviest river currents. Also,the forage that is washed thru the dam cre-ates a natural and consistent source of foodfor the fish to feed on.

If you have some type of fish finder onyour boat, look for any type of structurethat the fish can use to hide from the cur-rent. You will find that areas like this willmost always hold some fish this time of theyear in the tailwaters.

Remember that when you are fishingnear the dams, you are restricted from get-ting any closer than 150 feet from the damon the downstream side. Heed these warn-ings as it can get very dangerous to get toclose to the dam. Also, I know you haveheard it before, but wear your life jacketwhen fishing these areas.

When it comes to tactics we are going touse to fish these areas, I find that there aremany that will work. But for the best over-all success, nothing will beat a nice big,lively minnow. In the fall, I like to uselarger minnows. If you can find them inthe 3 to 4 inch range, don't hesitate to usethem. Also, if you can find true shinerminnows, you will find that they will without a doubt, catch bigger walleye duringthe fall and early winter.

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our first bull elk and Paulput on a solo stalk over thehundred yards to his prize.

Unfortunately, a slighterror calculating elevationand distance put him with-in twenty yards but look-ing in the wrong directionwhen he rose for the shot.The bull left town beforean arrow could be released.

Then came the rain. Forthe next hour and one-halfthe sky simply opened upand poured. Despite ourcontinued efforts to findanother bull it becameobvious that everything on the mountain hadfound cover from the storm and were waitingit out - except for us. We opted for dryclothes, hot coffee and a warm meal.

Over the course of the next two days wehad success in getting the attention of severalbulls through bugling and cow calling butsimply couldn't get a shot. On day four wemoved to a completely new location.

Once again, the Lone Star Duo pushedthemselves well beyond the call of duty.Despite my concerns and warnings to thecontrary, Paul and Steve climbed a very steepand difficult slope in order to hunt a piece ofreal estate higher up the mountain than I hadplanned.

Unfortunately, a grizzly bear had beaten usto the punch. Nothing remained in that patchof timber except fresh tracks and the mal-odorous bouquet of a very large carnivore.

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another close encounter ofthe wapiti kind and Paulclosed to within 25 yards. Iwould love to report thatpersistence and hard workhad won the day - but itsimply didn't work out thatway.

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I met Steve a dozen years ago and had thepleasure of hunting wild hogs with him in hishome state of Texas a few years back. Hecalled me in January to ask if I might guide hisfather, Paul, on an archery elk hunt in myown neighborhood should he be fortunateenough to draw a tag.

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Late Fall/Early Winter Bass

Most anglers have their boatswinterized and stored byNovember. However, there arestill some bass to be caught. In fact,some very nice sized fish can behooked in Midwestern lakes.

The action at this time of theyear is a bit unpredictable. It canbe very good, with fish bunchedinto areas, or very slow, with a fewbig fish scattered.

I use five basic lures - crankbait,spinnerbait, plastic worm, tubeand jig-n-trailer. The colors foreach are: crankbait (shad, fire tigerand crawdad); spinnerbait (whiteand sometimes chartreuse/white);plastic worm and tube (black andpumpkinseed); and jig-n-trailer(black/blue with black/blue trailer,and brown/black or pumpkin with pumpkin-seed or brown trailer).General techniques and lures change asNovember progresses. To provide a basicguideline I have broken the month into threeparts - early, middle and late, which can carryinto early December (depending on how theweather holds).

EARLYAt this time the weather is most likely going

to be the warmest. Crankbaits and spinner-baits are the first choice. The crankbait can be

moved along at a steady retrieveas it is bounced over cover. Riprap, especially where the sun isshining into the shore, is a goodtarget area. Also, look for anystumps, trees and fish attractorslocated near deep water.

Shallow bays, coves and pock-ets can be good producers whenwarmed by the sun. Again, deepwater nearby is a great asset. Inthese areas a spinnerbait or Rat-L-Trap is a good choice.

If a strike is missed work thearea with a plastic worm or tube.On cloudy and colder days, orwhenever the fishing is slower trya jig.

MIDDLEColder days are now coming

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LATEThis time of month is very un-

predictable. It can get coldenough to freeze the lake justenough to stop fishing. In anycase the water is much colder.

The crankbait is still beingused, but the primary lure is thejig. A black/blue jig with black orblack/blue trailer, or abrown/black jig with a browntrailer are the first choices.Another bait, which has not beenmentioned, is the jigging spoon.If the depth finder finds a schoolof fish in deep water (points lead-ing to deep water, sunken islandsand channel swings along steep banks and

bluffs are prime candidates) then Iwill vertically jig a Mann-O-Lurejigging spoon. The strike will of-ten come as the spoon falls, so bealert to any slight twitches orstrange slackness in the line. Ice-in is not far off, so don't passup the opportunity to get intosome "last ditch" bass fishing.Then do a quick winterizing ofthe boat, and get out the iceequipment.

If you have any questions aboutthis, or another fishing subjectdrop me a line through the Dan'sFish 'N' Tales(r) website atwww.dansfishntales.com, whichalso provides a link to theAdventure Sports Outdoors web-site.Until next time, get out on the

water, and enjoy a great day of fishing.

A favorite lure forKeith Lundahl

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A CPO responded to a personal injury boat accidentin East Dubuque on 7/4/08. Investigation revealedthat a 14 year old was operating a wave runner, trying tosplash a boat operator with his wake when he lost con-trol of the wave runner and ran over two juveniles on atube being pulled by the boat he tried to splash. The twojuveniles were lucky and only received minor lacera-tions, a broken arm and a broken thumb. The operatorwas cited for no safety certificate and careless opera-tion.

A CPO observed a boat with a violation on theMississippi River and upon checking found all the occu-pants to be under the age of 21 and consuming alcohol.All subjects were cited appropriately.

A CPO received a TIPS complaint of a subject keepinga whitetail fawn that was found along a roadside, uponchecking the residence he discovered the fawn de-ceased in a machine shed. The subject was cited prop-erly for his actions.

A CPO observed a subject hitting golf balls into theRock River. After confronting the subject, the subjectstated he does this every year on the 4th of July and did-n't see what the big deal was. The subject was cited forpollution.

A man from Morris was arrested for Driving Underthe Influence of alcohol at the Vermilion River andLeonore blacktop. He was issued a warning for failing toregister his canoe. He was advised not to operate hisvehicle in his intoxicated condition. He failed to listento the officer and drove away shortly after. He wasstopped for a defective windshield and speeding. Hethen failed field sobriety tests and his vehicle, alongwith the canoe, were towed from the scene. He had aB.A.C. of .160 and was lodged in the LaSalle County Jail.An ice cold beer was found under the passenger seatduring the inventory of the vehicle.

REGION IIA CPO located a stolen boat during a routine regis-

tration inspection. Apparently the boat was reportedstolen in 1994 in order to keep it out of someone's es-tate settlement. Red Flags were raised when the boatcame back registered to State Farm Insurance. StateFarm was contacted and is in the process of reclaimingthe boat.

CPOs cited a fisherman on a Lake County ForestPreserve lake in possession of a 14 inch LargemouthBass where a 15 inch minimum length applies.

A CPO cited a fisherman on the Fox River for failureto immediately release a 9 inch Largemouth Bass wherea minimum 14 inch length applies.

A CPO cited a fisherman on Lake Catherine for fail-ure to release a 9 inch Largemouth Bass (14 inch mini-mum), a 10 inch Walleye, and an 11 inch Walleye wherea 14 inch minimum length applies.

A CPO cited a fisherman at a Lake County ForestPreserve lake for failure to immediately release a 101/2 inch Largemouth Bass where a minimum 15 inch

length limit applies.A CPO cited a fisherman on the Fox River for failure

to immediately release a 10 inch Largemouth Basswhere a minimum 14 inch length limit applies.

A CPO cited a fisherman at a Lake County ForestPreserve lake for failure to immediately release a 14inch Largemouth Bass where a minimum 15 inch lengthlimit applies and for possessing an over limit ofLargemouth Bass.

CPOs are investigating a boat accident that hap-pened in the Cal Sag River where a pleasure boat ex-ploded right after refueling. A passenger was injured,taken to the hospital, treated and released. The investi-gation is continuing.

District 4 CPOs continue to work the Lake Michiganshore line for illegal perch and bass fisherman and theCook County Forest Preserve lakes for undersize fish.Numerous arrests were made.

CPOs and a District Sergeant responded to a fatalboat accident on Wonder Lake. The CPO arrested theoperator of the impacting vessel for Felony OUI. He sub-mitted to a breathalyzer test revealing a .179% BAC. A22 year old female in the impacted vessel was killed asa result of the accident. The investigation is still ongo-ing.

A CPO cited a fisherman on the Fox River for failureto immediately release a 10 inch Largemouth Basswhere a minimum 14 inch length applies.

REGION IIICPOs responded to an apparent drowning of a swim-

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A CPO met with a TSA agent at Bloomington's re-gional airport regarding a portion of an animal legfound in a passenger's luggage. The item is believed tobe part of a moose leg that the passenger found whileon a fishing trip in Canada. The traveler was attempting

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A CPO investigated the burglary of a Bellflowerman's boat at Dawson Lake. Over $500 in fishingequipment was taken.

A CPO arrested two Atlanta, IL men for possession ofcannabis while fishing in Clinton Lake at Mascoutincampground.

A CPO recovered a stolen canoe in Fairmount. It wastaken the previous weekend from the Middle Fork Riverin Kickapoo State Park. The HIN had been filled withputty and the entire canoe re-painted. A suspect hasbeen identified.A CPO arrested an Athens man in the Kickapoo StatePark campground for possession of cannabis. He was al-so charged with underage possession of alcohol.Citations were also issued for possession of alcohol in aprohibited area. One of the fellow campers was wantedon a Texas warrant, out of geographic limits. Anotherwas on parole for a drug offense.

A CPO, while patrolling the Kickapoo State Parkcampground, observed a Danville youth in a tent rollinga "blunt." A search incident to arrest revealed morecannabis and loaded handguns under each of two pil-lows in the tent. Another Danville youth at the campsitewas also arrested. Both were charged with aggravatedunlawful use of a weapon, no FOID, possession ofcannabis, and possession of a firearm in a state park.$1500 in cash was also seized.

A CPO arrested two Decatur men camping at WolfCreek State Park. One of the men was charged with pos-session of cannabis and drug paraphernalia and the oth-er man, who was extremely intoxicated, was chargedwith consumption of alcohol by a minor.

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July 16, 2008REGION II

A CPO cited a Libertyville man for taking a protectedspecies and retaining it alive. The man was keeping awhite-tailed fawn in a screen tent in his back yard. Theindividual explained the fawn "had been hanging aroundfor a few days" and he thought he was "saving it" frombeing eaten by a coyote. The fawn was released.

CPOs stopped a boat in Spring Lake for childrenunder 13 not wearing PFDs. After the emergency lightswere activated, the operator and a passenger attempt-ed to switch positions in the boat. The operator wasarrested for OUI revealing a .186% BAC.

CPOs cited the operator of a boat on Petite for reck-less operation. The operator was operating his water-craft at idle speed with two passengers on-board whenhe decided to jump out of the boat.

A CPO cited a Waukegan woman on Gages Lake forfailure to immediately release a 13 inch LargemouthBass where a 15 inch minimum length applies.

REGION IIICPOs arrested a 20 year old Shelbyville man on the

Kaskaskia River for gift of alcohol to minors, consump-tion of alcohol by a minor, and obstructing justice. Theman gave a false date of birth. Another minor was alsocited for consumption of alcohol by a minor.

A CPO arrested a Sullivan man at the Okaw River forpossession of drug paraphernalia and cannabis.

A CPO arrested an Atwood man at Lake Shelbyvillefor no fishing license and possession of drug parapher-nalia and cannabis.

A CPO arrested a Decatur fisherman for possessionof cannabis and drug paraphernalia at Clinton Lakespillway.

A CPO arrested a Clinton fisherman for possession ofcannabis and drug paraphernalia at Clinton Lake.

REGION IVA CPO arrested two individuals on 7/11/08 for

unlawful possession of alcohol by a minor in Hazlet

drinkers in the campground. Five of the subjects weregiven notice to appears for underage consumption ofalcohol and two of the subjects were arrested forobstruction of justice for lying about their age/identity.

While working an OUI detail at Clinton Lake a CPOarrested a McLean County subject for possession ofdrug paraphernalia. The illegal pipe was found during asafety inspection of a boat.

REGION IVDistrict 13 Officers worked Flood Details- checking

levees in Madison, Monroe, and Randolph Counties. CPOs issued 8 citations to individuals fishing with-

out a license. They also investigated a theft- vehicleaccident in Frank Holten State Park. Two individuals inFrank Holten had their purses and cell phones stolen.The victims chased the individuals in their car rammingthe suspect vehicle multiple times. Both vehicles werelocated at a local fast food establishment. At this timethe end result of this is one individual charged withtheft and the driver of the victim's car arrested for DUI.

A CPO arrested one individual on the Kaskaskia Riverfor OUI. The individual blew a .09. It seems this indi-vidual was taking people from the bank at New Athensto the local tavern by jon boat since the River was highand it could not be accessed any other way.

REGION VA CPO patrolled Crab Orchard Lake with the refuge

officers and issued 10 citations for various boating vio-lations. No accidents were reported on that body ofwater.

CPOs patrolled Lake of Egypt and provided securityfor the fireworks display. Approximately 12 boatingcitations were issued for various violations. No acci-dents were reported for that body of water.

CPOs patrolled Kinkaid Lake approximately 10 cita-tions were issued for various boating violations. Noaccidents were reported for that body of water.

CPOs and a District Sergeant patrolled the July 4thcelebration party at Kinkaid Lake Marina in conjunctionwith the Jackson Co Sheriffs Department. Over 500people attended the event. No major arrest or incidentsoccurred during the event.

District #14 officers worked boat patrols on RendLake and the Ohio River; concentrating on the fireworksnight on Rend Lake. A male subject on Rend Lake forOUI. The subject was uncooperative and refused the


for operation of watercraft under the influence of alco-hol. The man was observed violating the posted no wakezone at Findlay Marina in a rental pontoon boat. Theman recorded a BAC of .118%.

A CPO investigated a coyote hunting accident inMcLean County. A McLean man sustained a self-inflict-ed .22 graze wound to his head.

CPOs investigated a boat accident on LakeShelbyville where two PWC's collided. Minor damageoccurred. The operators, from Paxton & Burbank, werenot injured. Through the investigation it was learnedthat one of the PWC operators was 17 years old andoperating the PWC by himself and had not completed aBoating Safety Education Course. The father of theoperator was cited for allowing a youthful operator tooperate a motorboat alone without the required safetycourse.

CPOs arrested a Charleston man on Lake Shelbyvillefor OUI. The man recorded a BAC of .094%. Additionally,two passengers on the boat were also charged for pos-session of cannabis and drug paraphernalia.

CPOs while working a boat patrol in the KaskaskiaRiver south of Lake Shelbyville encountered a group oftubers floating downstream. The young looking tuberswere consuming beer as they floated down the river. Aninspection of their questionable age revealed that twowere under age 21. Additionally, one person repeatedlyprovided a false date of birth to the officers that result-ed in his arrest and incarceration for obstructing jus-tice along with gift of liquor to minors.

A CPO inspected a group of Kaskaskia River tuberssouth of Shelbyville. He found a Shelbyville man in pos-session of cannabis and paraphernalia and another per-son from Taylorville was wanted on a warrant for burgla-ry out of Christian County.

CPOs responded to a domestic disturbance in WolfCreek State Park. The female victim had been batteredduring the incident. Upon the officer's arrival, the malehalf of the domestic fled into the woods. After cellphone calls to the man were made by a CPO he came out

of the woods and was arrested for domestic battery andtransported to the Shelby County Jail.

Two OUI details were conducted over the course ofthe weekend at Clinton Lake. These details were held onFriday night and Saturday night. These details were 4hours in length each day.

While working an OUI detail at Clinton Lake a CPOarrested a Champaign County subject for OUI. CPOsdiscovered the intoxicated operator during a safetyinspection while working out of the patrol boat onClinton Lake.

A CPO arrested a Champaign County subject forunlawful possession of cannabis during an OUI detail atClinton Lake. The drugs were found while conducting asafety inspection on the boat.

While working an OUI detail at Clinton Lake a CPOarrested a McLean County subject for possession ofdrug paraphernalia. The illegal pipe was found during asafety inspection of a boat.

A CPO arrested a Macon County subject for OUI atLake Decatur.

A CPO arrested a Macon County subject for unlawfulpossession of cannabis (2.5-10 grams) during an OUIdetail at Clinton Lake. The subject attempted to get ridof the cannabis by throwing it into the lake. The CPOwas able to retrieve the cannabis by using the subjectsfishing pole to bring the cannabis back in.

While on foot patrol CPOs arrested a subject for pos-session of cannabis in the Mascoutin State Recreationarea campground.

A CPO handled a personal injury boat accident thatinvolved a 52 year old woman from McLean County. Thevictim was skiing when she fractured her femur as shetried entering the wake. District 19 officers assistedEMS personnel removing the injured woman from theboat to the ambulance.

Over the course of the weekend CPOs also issuednumerous boating, fishing and vehicle code violations.

While working on foot patrol in Mascoutin StateRecreation Area CPOs arrested a group of underage

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A District 1 Officer working the night shift wascalled to Bureau County to investigate a fish kill. Hetook the initial report on a small one acre lake with whatappears to be a total fish kill. No suspects or explana-tion of the kill have been determined. This matter hasbeen turned over to Investigations.

While on boat patrol on the Illinois River in BureauCounty, a District 6 Officer came in contact with sev-eral juveniles in a boat. After investigation, the officerarrested two of the subjects for Consumption of Alcoholby a Minor.

A District 7 Officer working the night shift, receiveda call from Chillicothe PD of a boat that had apparentlyjust been stolen from a city dock. The officer launchedhis boat and began to search for the vessel. A shorttime later, the officer recovered the unoccupied vesselthat was heavily damaged. Chillicothe PD and Conser-vation Police are working this case together. Two sus-pects have been identified.

REGION IICPOs arrested a camper at the Chain O' Lakes State

Park for possession of less than 2.5 grams of cannabisand drug paraphernalia. Another individual at thecampsite was arrested on an active warrant and trans-ported to the Lake County Jail.

CPOs encountered the owner of a rentalboat business on Lake Zurich renting boatswithout a rental boat license and rentingunnumbered watercraft. The ownerclaimed he has been in business since 1968and never obtained a license. Appropriatecitations were issued.

A CPO arrested a man for DUI while onhis way home from a boat patrol. The sub-ject blew over the .08 legal limit.

District 4 Officers are making numerousarrests on the lake shore and in the Chicagoharbors for individuals in possession of yel-low perch. The perch season is closed onLake Michigan for the entire month of Julyand we have made it an enforcement priori-ty. One individual was arrested for having29 perch in his possession. Asked if heknew the season was closed in July; he an-swered yes he did.

REGION IIIWhile working a mid-week patrol boat

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While working patrol boat on Lake Shel-byville, CPOs encountered a boat with sev-eral people from the Nokomis area. The 19

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While working patrol boat on Lake Shelbyville, CPOsarrested a Pekin man for OUI. After showing a high BACon a preliminary breath test, the man refused to submitto intoxilyzer testing.

A CPO arrested a group of four underage campers atWolf Creek State Park for minor possession/consump-tion of liquor.

A District Sergeant put together a case on aCharleston man who had thrown trash items into thewaters of Charleston Side Channel Lake and had addi-tionally deposited other trash items along the shorelineof the lake. The man was directed to remove the trashfrom the lake and was charged with polluting.

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Weekly activity for one CPO included one arrest forunlawful possession of cannabis, five fishing license vi-olations, and one illegal transportation of open alcoholin Horseshoe Lake State Park. He also issued one cita-tion for operating a boat without the proper number ofpersonal flotation devices aboard on Coffeen Lake inMontgomery County.

Another CPO issued fourteen citations for traffic vi-olations and six citations for fishing license offenses inHorseshoe Lake State Park. He also issued one individ-ual a citation for dumping trash in Horseshoe LakeState Park. On 7/14/08 he arrested two individuals onthe backside of Horseshoe Lake for indecent exposure.The female subject said she was a prostitute and wasjust trying to make a living.

On 07/10/08 a CPO investigated a complaint ofsomeone cooking meth in Horseshoe Lake State Park.No arrests have been made at this time.

On 07/15/2008 a CPO responded to a call from aboater on the Kaskaskia River that his boat was takingon water. The CPO was able to get help for the man.

REGION VA CPO arrested a Union County man for shooting deer

out of season and for using a high powered rifle. A CPO is investigating a fraudulent HIN on a regis-

tered boat in Williamson County. A CPO assisted Jackson County Sheriff's Office on a

possible marijuana growing operation in a Region VState Park. The flight was cancelled due to storms inthe area.

CPOs conducted 2 OUI details this weekend at

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July 23, 2008 REGION I

A District 1 CPO was on boat patrol on the Mississip-pi River when he observed a boat heading toward thechannel marker and observed it make a quick turnaround it and proceed to the other side of the channeltoward the opposite channel marker and turned aroundit, seeming to be doing a slalom course. Upon attempt-ing to stop the boat for a compliance check, the opera-tor seemed to be unaware of the officer's presence andcontinued on. Finally the operator's wife got the sub-ject's attention and he stopped the boat. Upon inspec-tion, the operator was found to be under the influenceof alcohol and blew a .137 on the RBT IV. A subsequentOUI arrest was made and citations issued.

A District 1 CPO was contacted by Rock Falls Policeconcerning several subjects fishing near the dam on theRock River without fishing licenses. One of the subjectshad just been cited by the officer and he stated theywere continuing to fish. After brief surveillance, thesubjects were again observed fishing and approached,they quickly put down their poles and attempted to walkaway. The subjects were found to not have fishing li-censes and a check of their coolers, that they attempt-ed to hide, revealed a short smallmouth bass. Appro-priate citations were issued.

A District 1 CPO was checking fishermen atLawrence Park on the Rock River and found a subject tobe in possession of a short smallmouth bass. The basswas still alive and was released back to the water afterbeing photographed. The subject was cited appropri-ately.

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transportation of alcohol. A CPO cited a gentleman for dressed fish on a

length limit lake. The subject claimed it came from aprivate pond, however the CPO searched for andfound the bass carcass in the weeds nearby.

A CPO arrested three subjects at Newton Lake inrelation to having short bass, insuf ficient PFDs, nofishing license and other multiple boating violations.

A CPO closed a case from last deer season involv-ing a subject who killed four bucks and failed to re-port all of them. The subject took four convictions,paid $500.00 in fines, $1000.00 civil penalty,$125.00 to Jake Wolf, forfeiture of his Polaris ATVand all deer parts.

A CPO reported the disposition on a drug arrest,involving the same subject who took over the limit ofdeer, which occurred a few months after the deerarrest. Unfortunately the drug and alcohol chargeswere pleaded away in the former case but the pas-senger paid $500.00 for his cannabis charges.

A CPO investigated a criminal damage complaintto Crawford County Conservation Area.

A CPO closed out a case for unlawful take of deerby three subjects resulting in $225.00 in fines andforfeiture of the rifle.

A CPO closed out a case involving possession of afirearm by a subject with a revoked FOID. The sub-ject was given one year probation, paid $315.00 andforfeited the shotgun.

A CPO arrested a subject for OUI on Rend Lake.A CPO also arrested another subject for OUI on

the Ohio River.CPOs arrested two subjects on warrants while on

boat patrol on Rend Lake.District #14 CPOs conducted boat patrols on

Rend Lake, Ohio River, and West Frankfort Lake.

July 30, 2008 REGION I

A District 1 Of ficer was checking fishermen alongthe Rock River when he discovered three subjectsfishing without a license. While observing the sub-jects, he discovered that one of them was in posses-

fines and costs along with the forfeiture of a .243 ri-fle.

A CPO started an investigation of domestic vio-lence threats against a park concessionaire.

A CPO closed a case on unlawful use of a deer per-mit resulting in the forfeiture of a ten pointer.

A CPO arrested a subject at Ramsey State Lakefor possession of 13 grams of Cannabis.

A CPO arrested a subject at Ramsey State Parkfor 6 grams of cocaine, cannabis, paraphernalia andother yet unidentified drugs.

A CPO arrested another subject at Ramsey StatePark for less than 2.5 grams of cannabis, parapher-nalia and no fishing license.

A CPO arrested two subjects at Vandalia Lake forpossession of less than 2.5 grams cannabis andparaphernalia.

A CPO arrested a subject at Ramsey State Parkfor DUI with a BAC of .222, and illegal transporta-tion of alcohol. The passenger was cited for lessthan 2.5 grams cannabis, paraphernalia and illegal

sion of cannabis. He issued all three subjects cita-tions for fishing without a valid Illinois F ishing Li-cense and also arrested one subject for possessionof >2.5-10 grams cannabis.

A District 1 Of ficer was patrolling the HennepinCanal State Park in Rock Island County when he ob-served two subjects run in the opposite directionwhen they saw him. The of ficer located the subjectshiding near a pump house. One of the subjects was inpossession of <2.5-10 grams cannabis. The subjectwas arrested.

A District 1 Of ficer, previously working on Freelandowner Permit Investigations, made an additionalfour cases this past week. These investigations haveinvolved a number of interviews and follow-up inves-tigations revealing the misuse of obtaining FreeLandowner Permits fraudulently.

REGION IVA CPO picked up an individual fishing without a li-

cense who was wanted on a Macoupin County war-rant. The warrant was for FTA on a traf fic charge.Bond was $8500 - 10% applied.

A CPO issued one individual a citation for fishingwithout a license on Glen Shoals Lake in MontgomeryCounty.

REGION VA CPO arrested a subject for illegally musseling on

the Ohio River without a commercial license. Morecases are sure to follow.

District 15 concentrated on department lands,fishing and recreational boating with dwindling at-tendance at parks and lakes. Only three citationsand one warning were issued for fishing violations.Only two citations and five warnings were issued forboating violations.

A CPO finished a lifetime license residency inves-tigation and has cited an Indiana man for three ofthe multiple falsification charges. The subject hasreceived deer permits, turkey permits and licensesfor the last two years while falsely claiming Illinoisresidency.

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REGION IVA CPO arrested two individuals on 07/19 for

snagging at the Carlyle Lake Spillway.A CPO issued 11 fishing license tickets, 5 park re-

lated citations, and 2 IVC citations. He did 5 boatinspections and arrested 3 subjects on outstandingwarrants. The warrants were all traf fic related.

REGION VSince the July 4th weekend District 15 has issued

6 lands tickets, 1 traf fic ticket, 21 fishing tickets,19 boating tickets, 4 drug arrests and 63 warnings.

A CPO conducted a falconry inspection.Of particular interest in the last few weeks:

A CPO closed out a case on a hunting deer fromthe roadway case and out of season. The subject tooktwo convictions for transporting an uncased firearmand hunting from a road resulting in $730.00 in

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angry, my wrath fell upon thisgreedy "tree rat" and in one shot,his pecan hoarding days were over.I thought it was going to be "backto grabbing some shuteye," but"Sassy" had a twin brother who be-gan continuing the same antics. Inanother shot, I now had 2 squirrelsfor stew over polenta (an Italiancorn meal dish) and some home-made red wine.

"No rest for the weary andwicked," I suppose. Just as myeyes closed for the third time, agray squirrel jumped on the tree 35yards behind me and it was "herewe go again." Once again my shotwas true and another nut lover wasinvited home for dinner. However,this time something different hap-pened. This bushytail fell intosome dense weeds and while look-ing for it I flushed a covey of atleast 25 quail. After retrieving thesquirrel, I spend a long time locat-ing the downed quail and searchingfor the other birds, which werenowhere to be found.

Finally, I gave up trying to relo-cate the covey and went back to theblind to get some much needed"rest." In the middle of a dream inwhich a beautiful princess was kid-napping me because she had a"special male duty" for me to per-form in the bedroom at her castlefrom where there would never bean escape, a noise on the blind'sroof broke the spell. I awoke anddiscovered a squirrel above me eat-ing some pecans. I scared himaway and 35 yards later put an endto his nut gathering career.

By 4:30 p.m. I harvested a limitof squirrels, one quail, a 6-ouncesandwich bag of shelled pecansand four ducks who eventually

showed up during the last 45 min-utes of legal shooting hours. Look-ing at my bag I realized more quailcould have graced my dinner tableif my Brittany Spaniel would havebeen with me instead of in the ken-nel at home. Therefore, I resolvedto bring my bird dog along with mewhenever possible while duck orgoose hunting where there's goodhabitat for upland game.

It didn't take long for my idea topay off. Two weeks later, my dadand I killed a limit of 20 bobwhiteswhile hunting ducks in the samebottomland where I had jumped acovey looking for the downed graysquirrel. That quail hunt and thefact my "bird dog" on the same dayfound a nice mallard drake Idropped into weeds in shallow wa-ter convinced me "Brownie" would

When thepheasants havevanished and thewaterfowl aren'tflying, I'vefound that set-tling for differ-ent game canprovide great sport. Every seasonmany unusual hunting experiencesgo unnoticed because a lot ofhunters for one reason or anotheroverlook hunting interesting quar-ry, in addition to the usual, populargame species.

All this occurred to me one Mis-souri morning in 1962 while hunt-ing ducks at a slough in the GrandRiver bottoms near the FountainGrove Conservation Area. It wasabout 10:30 a.m. and with the ex-ception of a small flock of woodducks at sunrise, I had not seen anyother ducks. Since my day beganat 3:30a.m. I decided to take a napbefore "picking up" and driving 70miles to my home in Moberly.However, there was one smallproblem: just as I started to sleep,an obnoxious squirrel in the pecantrees behind me was chatteringnonstop. Then, after sticking myhead out of the blind to see whatwas happening, he proceeded tobark at me.

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If it had notbeen for "Brown-ie," I would nothave discovered those snipe. Norwould I have been able to retrievethem. In fact, yours truly couldhave shot more times at more birdsbut quit because I did not know thedaily bag limit for snipe. When Ireviewed the wildlife code, to mydismay it read eight Wilson Snipewere allowed. Hence another les-son was learned, get two regula-

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good table fare.After researchingCy Littlebee's wildgame cookbook hewrote for the Stateof Missouri, I triedhis "soul food"snipe recipe andfound snipe are agourmet delight.

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By MARK DAVISThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionChad Leonard went looking for

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The record did not come easy.Leonard fought the fish for an hour,shot it twice, then drove aroundwith the creature for hours beforeweighing it. When he did, theNashville resident discovered he'sthe new Georgia title holder forcatching a Lepisosteus osseus.

The state Department of NaturalResources last week proclaimed the30-pound, 4-ounce fish a staterecord. It beats by two pounds theprevious record fish, yanked fromthe Flint River 13 years ago.

"He was ugly as hell," saidLeonard, 29. "He was all teeth."

He was all Leonard could see inthe water on Sept. 5, 2008 when heand buddy Chad Troupe used night

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It gave one up about 4 p.m.,when Leonard's line got snagged -or so he thought.

"Next thing I know, there was abig ol' fish head coming out of thewater," Leonard said.

Leonard held a fishing rod outfit-ted with 15-pound line, which thegar could easily have snapped ifthe angler rushed things. SoLeonard fought the fish for aboutan hour, letting it dive, reeling it in,then letting the fish run some more.

Finally, he dragged the fish toshore. "I was whooped," saidLeonard. "My arms were sore."

But not too sore to pick up a .380handgun. Bang! Bang! The gar laystill.

Leonard dragged the fish up thehill, leaving it near some traintracks. He went back to fishing un-til the night crawlers were gone.

He returned to the gar and tossedit in the bed of Troupe's F-250pickup. The guys stared at the 56-inch fish, then decided that some-one surely would buy somethingthat big. They could use the profitsto buy more night crawlers.

They drove around Willa-coochee, asking: Anyone want tobuy a really big fish? Folks lookedat it and said no.

Then, at a gasstation, a guypulled Leonardaside and sug-gested heweigh thatthing. Thepickup truckheaded to anearby gamew a r d e n ' shouse. There,the game war-den did a dou-ble-take. "Youboys better getit weighed," the warden said.

Suddenly, the fish wasn't quite sougly.

Leonard hustled the fish homeand put it in a 55-gallon drum. Thenext day, he took it to a store witha state-accredited scale and learnedthat he had a record on his hands.

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lost. The greatest evidence that adeer may have had this disease is theabnormal regrowth of their hooves.This looks much like a human fingerappears after a nail is lost and re-grows. Humans do not get hemor-rhagic disease so handling and con-sumption of the meat from those deerthat have recovered poses no threat.Any animal in poor health or a dis-eased condition may be unfit for con-sumption.

Lyme Disease is spread by the deertick. The intestines of the tick carry abacteria that is the cause of Lyme dis-ease. Deer can become infected withLyme but they do not carry much ofthe bacteria. The disease is notpassed from one deer to another orfrom deer to humans. There has nev-er been a documented case of Lymefrom the handling or consumption ofvenison (as of June 2008.) Deer mayhave large numbers of ticks and somecaution should be taken in the han-dling of deer to avoid exposure fromthe tick that are abandoning the deercarcass: 1) Hang the deer fora day of two to let many of ticks dropoff. (Refrigeration discourages theticks from dropping)

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Tape Worms or Abdominal Wormsare usually found when dressing adeer. In some areas of the Midwest upto 75% of deer herd is infected withworms. The infection starts whendeer consume plants that are contami-nated with the worm eggs. The eggshatch and burrow through the gut walland enter the blood vessels to the liv-er. They move to the surface of theliver and can enter the body cavity.Humans cannot become infected fromeating deer meat. Eating contaminat-ed meat can infect dogs and coyotes.The presence of these worms does notaffect the quality of the venison.Freezing and or cooking the meat killsthe eggs and stops the risk of trans-mission. (Tape worms can appear aswhite oval on the surface of the liver)

Traumatic injuries are frequently

encountered in deer from poor placedbroadheads or even from traffic acci-dents. Most of these injuries healwithout complication but some causeinfection and loss of tissue. Removeinfected tissue and blood until there isat least ? inch of normal appearingmeat surrounding. If the infectionlooks to have spread through the deer,then the deer could be unfit for con-sumption.

Keep it clean and cold - Take careof your harvest as soon as possibleduring warm weather. When the airtemperatures over 400 F, harmful bac-teria capable of causing foodborne ill-ness grow quickly. To make sure yourvenison stays safe to eat:

• Field dress the carcass immediate-ly after harvest.

• Wash the body cavity with cold,clean water if possible. Carry a cleantowel to wipe your hands and preventcross contamination.

• Place the heart and liver in a food-grade plastic bag or bucket to storemeat if you wish to keep them. Do notuse black or dark colored garbagebags as these contain a toxin that cancontaminate the meat.

• Spread the rib cage to cool the car-cass more quickly. If the air tempera-ture is over 40 degrees F, considerpacking the carcass with clean ice.

• Refrigerate the carcass, if possi-ble.

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Dear Bummed, I hunt with "scent challenged" humans

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the repetition, but my human remembersbetter if I repeat things for him. He is agreat guy but he is a little slow.

So what does "SLAM" stand for? Itmeans "Stop, Look, And Mark." Stopwhen you hear the shot or when you shoot.Look at the game that has been shot andthen Mark where you saw the game last.This works especially well when you arehunting in a party of two or more. Putdown a cap or highly visible object beforeyou move. You should be carrying a red ororange bandanna anyway as part of yourfirst aid kit in case a dog should get injured.Only the person who shot should move.The person(s) who Looked and Markedwhere the game fell should tell the shooterwhen to stop moving. By lining up the lo-cation of the fallen game with a point onthe horizon, the location should be accu-rate within feet. This method works be-cause of "triangulation" and the fact thathuman depth perception beyond a few feetis not very accurate. A single huntershould use SLAM but will not have thepinpoint accuracy gained by using anotherperson's viewpoint.

By the way, "triangulation" has othermeanings too. But the one I am thinkingabout is like hunting with your Mom andusing her help to find the game. Do youever "triangulate" that is, ask your Mom oryour Dad for their viewpoint? If you're oldenough to have passed hunter safety andare handling a firearm by yourself; thenyour Mom and Dad are letting you makeimportant decisions. Try asking them fortheir viewpoint on something you're tryingto decide on. One caution, asking for yourMom and Dad's view point can cause stress

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Back to hunting! Most beginninghunters "gun and run." That is, they shootand then go right to where they last saw thegame. If the game is still able to run, goingright to the last spot the game was seenwon't help because even a wounded pheas-ant or quail is much faster than a human onfoot. After your hunting partners have di-rected you to the location where the gamewas last seen, look for blood or feathers in aradius of a few feet.

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My hometown, along with the manysmall villages in proximity, was an avidsports town, especially concerning baseball.Chicago was but a 2 hour drive from home,and closer to those communities east of us,so either the Cubs or White Sox had a largefollowing in our area. Being a fan back inthose days was much different than it is to-day. Scores of games and players stats oftenrequired a concentrated effort to come by. Ilived across the street from the city park, andas my friends and I grew older, we left thefriendly confines of our respective neighbor-hoods on summer nights and congregatedat the park for a card game or perhaps agame of wiffle ball.

A typical conversation as we gatheredwent something like this: "What'd the Cubsdo today?" "Dunno, ask Billy, he said hewas going to listen to the game." Billy,didya hear the Cubs game?" "Naw, I had togo help bale hay this afternoon". "Hey, any-body hear the Cubs score?" "Yeah, they lost6 to 2. Ernie (Banks) hit one though." "Soxplay tonight, don't they?" "Yeah, they playthe Yankees". "Who's pitching?" "Dunno,my old man wrapped the garbage in thesports section before I got to read it". "Iheard it was Pierce (Billy) against WhiteyFord". "Wow, that ought to be a good one- not much scoring though". " Hey Ray,why don't you run home and get your sis-ter's transistor radio and we'll listen to it".

I guess a great part of being a fan backthen was it was a shared experience. You de-pended on your friends as sources of infor-mation. I recall how we would gather at ourbackyard patio before heading to the schoolyard or park for a "pickup game" to follow

the all star balloting by reading my dad'shome delivered Chicago Tribune. It wasabout the only place you could find the vot-ing results on a day-to-day basis. You rev-eled with your buddies after a win and com-miserated after a loss, and of course razzedthe followers of the day's losers, as long as itwasn't your team that lost. Oftentimesscores could not be had until the next day.It was this camaraderie that heightened thejoy of being a sports fan. Having been driv-en out of the house by the hot nights to acommon meeting place made it all possible.

And then along came air conditioningand ESPN. My how times have changed.Nowadays a slow drive down the streets ofyour village in late afternoon or evening willreveal patios whose umbrellas shade onlyempty chairs, and front porch rocking chairsidling away the evening with nary a soul en-joying their comfort. The streets are quiet,devoid of the kid's games of yesteryear, andparks lie unused all day, save for the "organ-ized" activities that take place during theevening. Folks have escaped to the air- con-ditioned comfort of their home, and arecontent to be amused by their television setsor computer monitors, in spite of the socialisolation that ensues. A family can live in thesame neighborhood for years and never havemore than a nodding acquaintanceship withthe people next door.

Following your favorite team or player'sprogress has now become a cinch, what withESPN's up-to-date, 24 hour-a-day sportsnews shows and the bottom line that givesbreaking news, scores, and stats by theminute. You no longer need to canvass your

buddies to get the latest scores and stats, andif you missed your favorite player's dramat-ic, game winning grand slam because yourwife wanted to watch the movie on Life-time, fear not, as you can catch the replay onSports Center. Those bull sessions that youenjoyed with your pals at the park have beenreplaced by countless sports talk showswhere talking heads in ivy- league suits aremore than happy to share their opinionswith you on any hot topic in the sportsworld. You can even rebut with opinions ofyour own via the handy e-mail.

Gone are those days when an eveningstroll would feature a welcome interruptionfrom behind a screened door or window asa neighbor hailed you to stop for a chat, orinvited you onto the front porch for a glassof iced tea or lemonade. You could alwayscount on listening to a few innings of a ballgame of interest, as the radios on neighbors'front porches would be reporting itsprogress. If the guy next door was listeningto the Cubs or Cardinals, you could justmosey on down the block and catch theSox. Whoever was being broadcast, it was acertainty that conversation and perhaps ashared libation would be a part of the visit.In this day and age, you can get the score ofyour favorite game; the vital stats on anyplayer of interest, the aforementioned all starballoting, and the weather forecast for aweek in a matter of seconds. Yet, it mighttake you two years to get to know yourneighbor. Heck, little league baseball haseven made it to ESPN. And we call all ofthis progress!!!!!

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Years ago, during my youth, back in "thegood old days" homes with air conditioningwere a rarity, as were many businesses.Summer evenings would find folks sittingout in their yards or on front porches tryingto escape the heat that had built up indoorsduring the day. It was standard practice towalk next door, or further down the blockto visit with neighbors that you knew wouldbe enjoying the cool of evening as you were.You actually got to KNOW most, if not allthe folks in the neighborhood. Kids wouldnot be sequestered indoors in front of aT.V. or computer, but rather would be outin the street playing a variety of made upgames together, begging to stay out 'til afternightfall.

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In fact, the boundary between theU.S. and Canada is in the hugelake. In "long" miles, Zippel isabout 750 miles from Route 80 incentral Illinois. In "short" miles, itis about 20 miles north ofBaudette, Minnesota. Limits aresuch that it is wise to stay in U.S.water. To aid the abundance ofwalleyes, a slot limit of approxi-mately 19" to 28" is in place forthis body of water. All fish in thatsize range produces many eggs andoffspring that are likely to survive.Thus they are released. Fish over28 inches have a chance of beingover 10lbs. and are checkedaccordingly.

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of the depth of the ball.Approximately 15' of line isattached to the line holder. Thosefamiliar with downrigger fishingrecognize a rod that bounces freeupon a strike by a hungry, feedingfish. As the #5 and #7 Shad Rapsare trolled through the 30' depths,it is only a matter of time and lim-its of walleye are thrown in thecooler. There is no finer tastingfish than Lake of the Woods wall-eye caught in the southwesternarea of the Lake.

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I am predicting that September willbe another good month for pond fish-ing. The weather looked like it wouldbe good for the month and up to thepoint of my typing this article, thefishing has been fantastic. My realquestion is, can the pond fishing lastinto October?

For northern Illinois, my bet wouldbe that it will continue. Everyone hasbeen saying that the fishing seasoncame two or three weeks later thisyear. That could mean that it will al-so last an extra two or three weeks.

I'll definitely hit the ponds a fewtimes and I'll bring along a rod andreel with a spinnerbait tied on the line.If that doesn't work, I may switch overto a Senko type worm and fish itwhacky worm style on the outsideedges of those weed along the shore.

I like to work the water where draintiles lead to the water's edge. When

I can't believe it. I've been writingoutdoor articles for over twenty fiveyears now. And one of the pleasuresthat I get from it all is the letters andphotos that readers send to me on oc-casion. It's great to hear how you aredoing and I really appreciate the com-ments when you catch some fish us-ing the suggestions that I bring to youeach month here in the AdventureSports Outdoors magazine.

Usually, during the summer, I'll getan occasional photo and letter fromsomeone who caught a nice sizedbass, catfish, crappie, or bluegill froma retention pond or park district bytheir home. But the letters typicallystop coming by mid-June when thewater of small ponds really warm upand become choked with weeds.

But this year for some reason hasbeen different. I've received mail onlocal ponds from my readers in April,May, June, July and August. Peoplehave been fishing the ponds duringthese months and maybe more so be-cause of the gasoline crunch. Afterall, I've always said that great fishingis not that far away.

water is flowing out of them from rainstorms, the gushing water will wearaway some of the pond's bottom,making it just a bit different from oth-er areas. I really believe that bass re-late to things like that because mostponds when they're constructed arenothing more than shallow bowls.There normally is no structure withinthese ponds. Structure comes fromweeds, minor depressions or some-thing else that may have ended up inthe water making it different andsomething for the fish to relate to.

Fishing close to the weeds is also agood idea. In small ponds, the weedsare their home. There just may not bea deep water sanctuary for the bass ifit's a small pond so the fish may havegrown to be nomadic. This meansthey're constantly moving aroundlooking for food. When somethingmakes them uneasy like a bright sun,they will tuck themselves into theweeds for shelter and for an ambushpoint for passing prey. When a stormpasses through the area, the fish willhide within the weeds for cover. Justthink of every weed patch that yousee is a potential holding area for abig heavy bass.As the waters cool down, crappieswill get more active. October andNovember will be a great time towork a pond for the silvery black pan-fish. Go with live bait. Minnows be-low a slip bobber will catch somecrappies for you but again, stay closeto structure, i.e. weeds.

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I realize that so many anglers haveput their boats away and hung up theirrods and reels in exchange for theshotguns and bows. It's a mistake.I'm all for getting out into the field tohunt. The first week of October Ihave a week long deer hunting tripscheduled. But I'll be in my stand inthe mornings and evenings. Duringthe middle part of the day, I'll be onthe water fishing from a boat or on theshore of some pond. Why? BecauseI know that the fishing will be good.

Fish the ponds near your home.Make sure that they're open to fishingand that you're not trespassing. Leavenothing behind on the banks and en-joys some great fishing. You will bepleasantly surprised to see you canstill catch a few nice fish and thatgreat fishing is not that far away.

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shop 50 # of very clean lean venisonmeat to grind up and a week later Igot back stinky freezer burnt deerburger that looked like it was a yearold. It obviously wasn't my deermeat, and when I talked with theowner, he gave me another 50#'s ofthe same old stinky meat. I have apretty quick learning curve and Istarted butchering my own from thatday forward.

A comforting aspect of processingyour own game stems from the unfor-tunate beef recall that happened thispast summer. Nebraska Beef recalledclose to 6 million pounds of ham-burger. That's a shame. I feel for thecattle that died for nothing, what awaste. Minnesota had a recall on its"feed the hungry" venison when leadwas found in the meat due to sloppybutchering. You know, nobody looksout for a person's well being likethemselves. That's why many folks Iknow butcher their own.

Butchering deer is kind of fun, andthere is really no wrong way to do it.Get the hide off, de-bone the meatthen remove all the sinu, talo and fatwithout cutting yourself. In thegroup I run with, we freeze all the de-boned meat for "grind" until we canget together after the hunting season.The tricks we have learned process-ing have really elevated the quality ofthe finish product and made it veryeconomical to do our own. We havehandled as much as 1500 # in one

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Some things worth talking aboutare separating our deer from the otherhunters (huntress) deer. It's nearlyimpossible for a butcher shop to dis-tinguish your clean kill in the grind-ing process from your neighborsgelatinous bloody shoulder hit deer.It all goes into the same hoppertogether. That's one thing that both-ered me even when I took de-boneddeer in to be ground up.

Maybe other hunters have humor-ous stories like mine. About adecade ago, I gave the local butcher

afraid to get a big enough grindersince it is the workhorse of deer pro-cessing.

Twice Grinding- the secret to greatvenison, whether its burger, sausage,brats or salami; it needs to be groundtwice. We grind with the course platefirst, then the fine plate second. Withthe seasoned products, we completethe second grind after it has been sea-soned and this helps marry all of theflavors together.

Fat mix- Given the quantity wehandle, we purchase 73% lean porkshoulders (picnics) in a 60 # box fromRabers. Call ahead to your favoritebutcher shop to check on availabilityand if they will sell it to you. Some

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shops are real wankers when theyfind out you're doing your own andwon't work with you. Rabers has alarge enough following so they arenot threatened by the do-it-your-selfers. Truth be known, the butch-ers at Rabers are probably thankfulfor one less deer to deal with! Thebulk pork needs to be chunked andany unwanted glands cut out of it be-fore the grinding begins. Picking uppork at the grocery store is an optionand kidney beef soot makes greatflavored burger.

Seasoning- Central Illinois is for-tunate to have Excalibur Seasoningin Pekin with their fantastic line ofpre-measured packages. There is ashowroom that sells individual pack-ets, or if you're doing large volume,give them a call first to place an or-der. Some of our favorites from Ex-calibur are Blue Ribbon Bratwurst,Country Sausage, Italian Sausage,and Salami. Butcher shops andsome retailers also carry a line ofseasoning, a frugal option if you'restarting out with smaller quantities.

Casings- For Brats and Salami, wepurchase ours casings at Rabers. Weuse actual hog hank (intestine) andthey also have unmarked 3lb. salamicasings that sell over the counter.The casings are salted, so soakingthem in warm water for half an hourbefore use makes them easier towork with. Synthetic casings are al-so an option.

Sausage Press- Some grindershave a sausage horn that will work,but not as fast as a press. Just like

the big grinder, several of us went intogether and purchased a press thatholds 25#'s of product in the hopper.That saves time reloading and is al-most how much product one hoghank will hold. Like Grinders,check out your favorite outdoorstore, they will have a cool selec-tion. A tip that is quickly realizedusing the press; it is like a caulk gun.Even after you stop cranking, prod-uct will continue to come out thehorn; the handle needs to be crankedbackwards to relieve the pressure.The press is a two person coordinat-ed operation, one turning the crankand the other feeding the finishedstuffed product. Add plenty of waterto the grind and it will stuff mucheasier.

Mixing- We course grind every-thing first and keep it separate,hog/deer. Then we mix it 50/50 in25# batches and add the seasonpackets. A tip for good respiration iskeeping the seasoning close to theproduct. It is very fine and will goairborne easily. Don't sprinkle from6" above like salt on a tomato. Wewear rubber gloves and mix theproduct by hand. We combine the25# mixes into larger tubs that holdlike 125#s of Country Sausage or175#s of Brats, and then secondgrind the entire lot.

Logistics/Sanitation- Mix andtwice grind the Brats first. Pressingthe meat into the casings is timeconsuming and doing that first gets acrew started on the press, while oth-ers can mix/grind/package the bulk

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To some extentducks are a pre-dictable species.While they are highlymobile, which pres-ents a challenge in it-self; they do haverather small brains.Small, when com-pared to the largermammals that havethe passion to pursuethem. However, we doknow ducks are goingto migrate and we even have a goodidea when they will start. How farthey go, when they start the migra-tion, can be determined by factors,such as the moon, temperatures,available habitat and even foodsupply.

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mals (duck hunters)myself, it alwaysamazes me what canchange from one sea-son to the next, pro-viding different chal-lenges in the pursuit.Earlier reports indi-cate bird numbers forseveral species aredown some this sea-son, but hunters in thelower part of the Mis-sissippi Flyway have

other issues to be concerned about.Issues that have changed dramati-cally since the last season, issuesthat may change even more beforethe season opens in the southernpart of the flyway.

Yes, the ducks will migrate andyes they will do it about the same

time as always. How far they willgo and how long they will stay is amuch harder call to make, but thosearen't the changes I'm talkingabout. Instead, I'm talking aboutthe changes in habitat and condi-tions!

Many of the southern states inthe MS Flyway experienced amuch wetter spring than normal.Rivers overflowed, with record wa-ter levels reported. Lakes andreservoirs were full to capacity,some of which had all the flood-gates on their dams open for thefirst time ever. The high waterskept many farm operations fromplanting the crops of choice andsome operations didn't even get toplant all their fields, because of thefloods and field damage from therushing waters.

To add to the nightmare farm op-erations faced this past spring,many of the same farmers have re-portedly lost large portions of theircrops ... as a result of the recentvisit from hurricane Gustav. I'vebeen told that some farmers inLouisiana had finished their riceharvest and others were well underway before the torrential rains andhigh winds hit, but that's only inthe southern part of the state.Along with Louisiana, portions ofMississippi and Arkansas got anunusual amount of rain, as a resultof the hurricane.

Reports from southeasternArkansas indicate as much as 12inches of rain fell in some areas.

That's a lot of rain, on crops thatwere ready to harvest and the rainand wind took its toll on some ofthe farm operations in those areas.A news report I saw yesterday saidthat as much as 30% to 40% of therice crop, in the hardest hit countiesin Arkansas, may have beenknocked down. I've also heard tellof one large farm operation, in theGrand Prairie Region of Arkansas,that had both their rice and corncrop beat to the ground by the driv-ing rains.

Anyway you look at it, this is notgood situation. Hopefully the farm-ers will salvage part of the downedcrops, allowing them to recoupsome of the thousands, upon thou-sands of dollars they had investedin it, but there's a chance some willloose more than they will harvest.From a duck hunter's standpoint,the downed grain may not be of anybenefit either. With another monthor so of warm weather predicted,the water soaked grain will morethan likely sprout, eliminatingmuch of its food value for ducks.

With hurricane Ike predicted tomake landfall within a few days ofthis writing, it looks as though wemay not be through with the weath-er yet. Forecasts are calling for rainagain this weekend and into nextweek. Hopefully conditions won'tbe as severe as the problems Gus-tav caused, since Ike appears to beheading for Texas, but Ike's weath-er is still going to be a factor in therest of the south.

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By Wade BourneA duck call is a

bona fide musicalinstrument -specifically, awoodwind. Blow-ing air across avibrating reedcreates sound. Askilled duck call"player" can pro-duce notes of dif-fering length,pitch and volumeto simulate callsmade by thebirds. Truly, agood caller is a talented musicianby any measure.

But to make quality sounds, a

duck call must be properly tuned. Itmust be set to the caller's air pres-sure and style of blowing so it willeffortlessly produce a full range ofhigh to low notes. In contrast, animproperly tuned call will presentan ongoing struggle to make theright sounds. The following tuningtips from two experts in the gamecall business, Bubba McPhearsonof Primos Hunting Calls and RodHaydel of Haydel's Game Calls,will help keep your duck calls intop working order.

Single-Reed Calls"There are really just two things

to do to tune a single-reed call,"McPhearson begins. "First, you canshorten the reed. Most duck callreeds are made of Mylar, and you

can trim them toproduce a higherpitch. Take thecall apart, removethe reed and cutoff a sliver with apair of fine scis-sors.

"But youdon't want to cutoff too much,"M c P h e a r s o nwarns. "You wantto take off onlyfour to five thou-sandths of an inch

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cork," McPhearson advises. He saysmost manufacturers offer replacementwedges and reeds through their cus-tomer service departments.

Double-Reed CallsTuning a double-reed call is more

involved, according to Rod Haydel."There are more movable parts: tworeeds, the wedge (usually hard plastic ina double-reed call) and the tone board,"he says. "Moving any combination ofthese parts will alter the tune of thecall."

Haydel says before tuning a double-reed call, a hunter should note howthese parts are positioned relative to oneanother. This is the starting point formaking adjustments. "You should take afine-point Sharpie and mark how all theparts line up with one another," he says."This gives you something to measureadjustments against."

Haydel says most changes in a dou-ble-reed call are made by moving thewedge backward or forward on the toneboard. "Leave the reeds where they are,and slide the wedge back (away fromthe reeds' tips) to lower the pitch; slideit forward to raise the pitch," heinstructs.

Haydel says if a double-reed call ishard to blow, the reeds can be trimmedvery slightly or simply pushed backtoward the end of the call. "This adjust-ment may also raise the pitch and createan unbalanced call that won't produce afull range of notes," he adds. "To com-pensate, you may need to push thewedge back slightly to lower the pitchto a comfortable, balanced level."

To add rasp to a double-reed call,Haydel says you should offset the reedsso the tip of the top reed is pushed back1/16 to 1/32 inch from the tip of the bot-tom reed. "When tuning any call,always make very slight changes andthen reassemble the call and test it,"Haydel advises. "It doesn't take much ofa change to make a big difference in acall's sound."Thanks to Duck

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reassemble the call and blow it to see ifyou like the sound. If you want the calleven higher pitched, cut off a little moreand try it again." McPhearson saysshortening the reed actually makes acall easier to blow, but removing toomuch reed also reduces volume.

The other tuning adjustment hunterscan make on a single-reed call is sand-ing the tone board, which is the stopperpiece the reed rests on. "Sanding addstexture to the tone board's surface, andthis makes the call raspy," McPhearsoncontinues. "You don't want to get tooaggressive with the sanding. Use 220-grade paper or finer, and sand the toneboard lightly. You don't want to removeany material, just rough it up a little."

In a single-reed call, a cork wedgeholds the reed in place, and after longuse, the wedge may harden and fail tohold the reed tightly. "If the reed startsslipping, you may need to replace the

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who would rather be in a duckblind on a bright November morn-ing than anywhere else, you don'twant to jump off a perfectly goodbridge anyway. In your world,bungee cords are meant to holdduck boats in pickup beds. So whenthe editors of Ducks Unlimitedasked me which items I might in-clude on a duck hunter's "life list,"I compiled the following summaryof 10 defining tasks and uniquedestinations for waterfowlers. Per-haps my suggestions, presentedhere in no particular order, will in-spire you to create and pursue a listof your own.

1. Hunt the Canadian Prairie inEarly Fall

Whether you choose Manitoba,Saskatchewan or Alberta, an early-season trip to Canada will changeyour perspective on ducks and duckhunting forever. Hunting seeminglyendless prairie dotted with sapphirepotholes is truly magical. And thisisn't like duck hunting at home; youcan't just put out your decoys andwait. In Canada, you must go to thebirds. That means driving the coun-tryside to find them and then mak-ing plans to be under them beforethey return the next morning.You can hunt ducks on big water orsmall potholes, but what definesprairie waterfowling is dry-landhunting in immense agriculturalfields. Once you have been underthe milling vortex of hundreds oreven thousands of mallards pouringinto a pea field or have seen thegolden sun set across a sweeping

sisted of sitting in the farm pondblind with Uncle Clarence, jump inthe truck and drive east or west.Stop when you smell the ocean. (Oryou can head for the Great Lakes;they are crazy about layout boatsup there too.)

There is nothing quite like slip-ping over the side of a big, warmtender boat into a little almond-shaped sliver of fiberglass. Oncethe tender pulls away, it's just youand the decoys on a rolling greensea. By virtue of the boat's low pro-file, and the fact that you are lyinginside it, you'll get a diving duck'sview of the world. With any luck,you'll have high-speed ducks work-ing just off the bill of your cap andskidding into your decoys at point-blank range. Usually, layout opera-tors put only one boat in the waterat a time, so when it's your turn "inthe box," the show is all for you.

4. Teach a Kid to CallIf you are a parent, you know the

joys of teaching a skill to a young-ster. There is no feeling in theworld like seeing recognition of askill completed on a small, smiling

face, whether it is catching a ball orsolving multiplication problems.But if duck hunting runs hot inyour family, fan the flames in youryoungster by teaching him or her toblow a duck call.

We are all familiar with the "takea kid hunting" theme, and whetherit is your child or a neighbor's, tak-ing the next generation hunting isessential to keeping our traditionalive and thriving. Teaching younghunters to call ducks or geese is avital piece of the participation puz-zle, and it may be the key ingredi-ent in turning them from bystandersat the end of the blind into true par-ticipants.

The day they call a wary mallardto the spread all by themselves willbe worth all those hours spentsqueaking and squawking in thecellar. Okay, maybe it won't beworth it to other members of thefamily, but a duck call is still betterthan the cymbals.

5. Hunt the Arkansas TimberThere is flooded green timber in

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horizon of cut barley, then you cansay you've experienced the prairiein the fall, the place where the mi-gration begins.

2. Train Your Own Duck DogTraining a retriever is an impor-

tant step toward becoming a com-plete duck hunter. At some point ina waterfowler's career, he or shehas to decide that having a gooddog is a priority, which then makeswaterfowling a year-round endeav-or. This, of course, is the beauty ofdog training. Not only does it pro-vide you with a new best friend,but also it puts you in a huntingframe of mind every day.Training a puppy until he is a con-servation asset in the duck blind isa daunting and sometimes frustrat-ing task requiring the patience of akindergarten teacher and the per-sistence of an encyclopedia sales-man. But there are many books andvideos on the market to guide you,as will hunting friends who havesolid water dogs of their own. Allthose hours of training will proveworthwhile when on openingmorning your young student issteady to the shot and brings backthat first bird of the year. Yourpup's tail will wag furiously, andyou'll be so proud of him that ifyou had a tail, you'd wag it prettyhard too.

3. Hunt Diving Ducks from a Lay-out Boat

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This is where wetland and water-fowl conservation begins, andmany hunters find that a visit toDU headquarters helps inspirethem to consider the difference be-tween just duck hunting and reallygiving something back.

During your visit, you can talk tosomeone at DU about all the differ-ent ways to help the ducks, fromvolunteering to assist with a localDU event to donating a conserva-tion easement on your property orplanning a legacy gift. There are somany ways to get involved, and allare rewarding.

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9. Learn to Hunt with a CameraThere was a time when bringing

the family Instamatic on a duckhunt was a dicey proposition atbest. Even if you kept it dry enoughto take some photos, you still hadto take the film to the developers.With any luck, you got a scrapbookphoto or two. But times have

most and the best. You really can-not understand the special attrac-tion of hunting "the woods" untilyou have seen it firsthand. Little inwaterfowling provides the up-close-and-personal spectacle thatflooded timber hunting showcases,and most first-timers ask the samequestion of their hosts: "You reallythink a duck is going to land inhere?"

Standing thigh deep in water andhugging a tree trunk in a dark graysea of limbs does not sound, on thesurface, like a very special experi-ence. But then you glimpse a groupof mallards over the treetops, and awell-timed comeback call bringsthem back around. If all goes ac-cording to Hoyle, soon they arefluttering down among the trees,breaking off sticks and leaves asthey descend, and in the silence ofthat one moment, it will all makebreathtakingly good sense. Mean-while, no state welcomes the duckhunter like Arkansas, and each No-vember every motel, steakhouseand roadside joint hoists a sign that


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These days, the Canada goose isking, and guides in this region arefastidious about decoys, blinds andhunting techniques. They common-ly hunt geese over decoy spreadsthat would fill a hay wagon, andsome use rigs composed entirely of"stuffers" that taxidermists havemounted in realistic poses.The Eastern Shore is rife withquaint hotels that happily accom-modate muddy boots, and hunting-friendly proprietors always seem towink and look the other way if awell-behaved dog sneaks towardhis owner's room.

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7. Hunt Staging Snow GeeseFirst the good news: There are a

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10. Read the MacQuarrie TrilogyFar from a homework assign-

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MacQuarrie was a masterful sto-ryteller, and probably could havebrought a smile to your face or atear to your eye if he had writtenabout paneling his basement. For-tunately, hunting waterfowl wasone of MacQuarrie's true passions,and he wrote about ducks and thepeople who pursue them in a waynot done before or since.

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Few things seem to stir theheart of a waterfowler like the fi-nal approach of a dozen eagermallards droppin' into the decoys.I never cease to be amazed at howsuch a small critter could takesuch a toll on a man's body; caus-ing his heart to beat fast and hisbreath to draw short. Yes, that fi-nal approach is often the climaxof the hunt - the shooting is sim-ply icing on the cake. However,many hunters would readily ad-mit that things can come ungluedin a hurry as ducks make their fi-nal pass before pitching in to thedecoys. How you handle the mo-

ment oftruth canmean thed i f f e r -ence in asucce s s -ful water-fowl ex-perience and moments of frustra-tion in the duck blind. There aretwo elements you can employthat will help ensure that yourcall is the last call some duckswill ever hear.

Flock TalkIf you have ever watched and

and emotion to your calling rou-tine this season and you'll see abig change in the number ofducks that commit to check outyour decoys. With a variety spe-cialty calls on the market, oneman can make the sounds of mal-lard hens, drakes, feeding sounds,whistle ducks, and more.

Tell the StoryRegardless of what animal you

choose to pursue, when it comesto deception through decoys andcalling, your job is to paint a pic-ture in that animals mind - to tella story. The things you saythrough your calling routine willcommunicate that your setup isthe place to stop for food, rest, ro-mance, safety, or other attractiveelements migrating ducks lookfor. A duck's response to yourcalls or decoy presentation willmake it clear whether they findyour set enticing. Say the rightthing and you will see wings setand watch as birds glide into thedecoys. The wrong message ordecoy presentation will causeworking ducks to flare and leaveyour set in a quick fashion.While large decoy spreads are ahassle to manage, ducks seem tobe confident that there is safety innumbers. Thus the caller shouldalso present suitable sounds to ac-company such a spread. Thereshould be a variety of soundsrather than just one continuous

listened to a congregation ofducks on the water, you knowthese birds create quite a stir. Itseems that somewhere in themidst of the flock are severaloverly-vocal hens that like to"talk quack." As you listen tothese sounds you'll notice thatthere are a variety of calls thatmake up what we know as flocktalk. You'll hear chattering andgurgling as ducks feed, drakesand hens talking back and forth,and whistles and peeps of the va-riety of ducks that make up theflock. You'll hear deep-throated,nasty quacks of an old hen, aswell as clear, high-pitched soundsfrom young ducks in the flock.The point is there are a variety ofvoices that make up what weknow as flock talk. Yet seasonafter season, there will be duckblinds all across the country withone guy doing all the calling -making the same sound over andover. Keep in mind that duckshave heard the same sounds alldown the fly-way. They growweary of "quack-quack, decoy-decoy, boom-boom." If theymake it to your neck of the woodsyou can bet they have seen theirfair share of exploding brush-piles and will be leery of any-thing that comes across as unnat-ural. Hunters typically place a lotof emphasis on decoy placementand very little on their callingpresentation. Add a little realism

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comeback call. Add feedingsounds, young hens, maternalhens, drakes, a few whistles andpeeps, and you'll be setting your-self apart from other hunters.They just might be the last callsducks will ever hear!

The fall migration is on theway. Take the time to paint a pic-ture that passing ducks simplycan't resist. Get creative in yourcalling techniques and tell a storythat will ensure your decoyspread is the last stop for warywaterfowl this season. Brodie Swisher is a world

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The Bulldogs OfRhode Island Sound

By: Dan Gapen, Sr.Fog, ocean swells and the rat-

tling roar of twin diesels beganour hour-long run to Block Islandsouth of Rhode Island Sound.'Bobber' Anne and this Ol' Manwere off on another fishingadventure, this time in search ofOcean Striper and toothyBluefish. The TV show we'd pro-duce would air in February 2009.The adventure we experiencedoccurred in late June 2008.

Besides Anne and myself,Captain Duane Sousa Jr. and FirstMate Mike Comerford along withDave Curti, manufacturers repre-sentative for The Gapen Co.,were all aboard.

Our target for the day wasBlock Island 25 miles south ofthe Port Of Galilee, our port ofdeparture. The huge striped basswere running off Block and wewere after them.

Everywhere I fish in the world,local techniques vary dramatical-ly. Here off Rhode Island Soundwas no different. We would trolltwo rods loaded with 100 yards ofwire line to attain the depth ourprey was working. No downrig-gers need apply! On each of themetal lines an umbrella rig wasattached. On each rig's top wirewere four lesser eels withouthooks, while hanging off thelower wire ribs were four largereels with hooks. These were larg-er in length and size. Suspendedfrom its middle was a line with asilver spoon attached to it. Tocomplete the rig a two-ounce leadegg sinker was threaded throughthe snap, which attached to thelure line. This setup was thentrolled at a rapid rate of speed,(four knots) and was supposed torepresent a school of sand eels,favorite food of the Stripers.

Once a fish struck and washooked it became A "He-Man"job to reel in 100 yards of wire, athree-foot wide umbrella rig andits numerous imitation lures as

well as whatever fish you'dhooked. Added to this problem,the charter boat doesn't slowdown for fear the other rig mightsnag bottom or tangle into thefish you're fighting.

Adding to the heavy exercise.you experience by working yourquarry to boat the happening ismade even harder when you hookmore than one fish on the umbrel-la rig. Remember there are fivelures trolled behind it.

'Bobber' Anne was first up herturn coming only minutes afterwe began our troll. With the rodreacting to a heavy-hard thrash-ing she finally brought the fish tothe boat. Instead of a silver andwhite Striped Bass, Mike, ourmate, jerked a ten-pound Bluefishaboard. Pound for pound, thelocals claim the Bluefish is thehardest fighting fish in the ocean.It was obvious by the battle thisrelatively small ocean species putforth that the rumor was true!

Some call the Bluefish "thebulldog of the sea." It's a bulldogwith razor-sharp teeth, rimmingits jaw line. These teeth enablethe Bluefish to rip in half any fishthey may attack in its search forfood. A number of anglersunaware of the Blue's vicious bitehave lost fingers in an attempt toremove a hook embedded in therock-hard jaws of this fish.

Dave Curti and I took the nexttwo fish, both of them Blues.

Then it was Anne's turn onceagain. This time we all thoughtshe was into a large striper; itturned out to be a pair of 11 to 13pound Bluefish. The fight lastednearly 15 minutes. Anne had beencomplaining about losing muscletone due to a lack of exercise. Itwas obvious by her breathing andthe flexing of her tired arms thatthis pair, if repeated many times,would replenish any muscle toneshe had lost!

Two turns later I took a pair ofthose bulldogs at one time. It wasno picnic!

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The Ol' Man with a saltwaterStriper that he landed at the

end of day one.

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In all we caught and released 21Bluefish, which weighed from 7to 18 pounds. Anne and I landedtwo doubles each. My last onewas a pair of bruisers thatweighed in at 14 1/2 and 16pounds respectively. When fin-ished with the battle I felt like I'dtaken on Moby Dick.

Finally, with arms weary I man-aged to take a 16-pound Striper.I'd become so tired I had Anne,my fishing buddy, crank it in thelast 50 feet. The wire line reel hadbecome just too difficult to work.Or, maybe the bulldogs of RhodeIsland Sound had worn this Ol'Man out!

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Day two saw the five of us onthe water at 6 a.m. once againchallenging the bulldogs ofRhode Island Sound. This timewe changed our tactics andworked Flicker Plus' Lures andNepag weight forward spinnerstipped with strips of squid. Likewe tip leeches, minnows andcrawlers in the Midwest forgamefish, squid strips are usedfor a smell attractor in saltwaterin Rhode Island Sound. Eight andten pound spinning gear was therod and reel of choice. Our targetswere the prized Fluke found inthese waters. Fluke fishing off thecoast of Rhode Island is a multi-million dollar business.Commercially, its meat is sold torestaurants for $11 to $12 apound.

Yes, our target fish were Flukebut what we encountered mostwas a surprise. Sand Sharks bythe hundreds inhabit the shallowflats off Block Island. Before theday was done we boated twodozen or more of them along with

fourteen Fluke. The largest Flukemeasured 24 1/2 inches and thelargest Sand Shark, the nativescall them "doggers," about 17pounds.

This particular shark has anasty spine at the rear of his topfin that can inflict real damage ifyou aren't careful how you handlethem. It's a protective deviceworth respect.

With our TV Show for TheSportsman Channel completedwe ended our adventure onRhode Island Sound and headedsouth to the waters off theGeorgia banks.

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'Bobber' Anne with the pair ofBluefish she caught at once onan umbrella rig waiting whileTom the First Mate attempts

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Olympian and 2008 Olympic silvermedalist in skeet, Kim Rhode (ElMonte, Calif.), finished second with aqualification of 238 targets, a final of23 and a total of 261. Seventeen-year-old Jaiden Grinnell (Port Angeles,Wash.) made her first world champi-onship team in the open category bytaking third place. Grinnell hit 234targets in the match, 24 in the finaland ended with 258 targets.

Grinnell also hit 24 targets in thejunior final and ended with 258 over-all in the junior category to claim firstplace. Amber English (ColoradoSprings, Colo.) took second with amatch score of 230, a final of 24 and atotal of 254. English also finished infourth place in the open category aftershooting a final of 24 targets. CaitlinConnor (Winnfield, La.) capturedthird place after a shoot-off with AliChiang (Redwood Shores, Calif.).Connor had a match score of 225, aperfect final score of 25 targets and anoverall score of 250.

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son (Alliance, Neb.) who finished inthird place with a qualification scoreof 238, a final of 24 and a total of 262targets.

BJ Blanchard (Vidor, Texas)claimed the top spot for the juniormen finishing with a match score of236, a final of 24 for a total of 260 tar-gets. Right behind Blanchard was2008 National Champion Jon MichaelMcGrath (Tulsa, Okla.), who alsoshot 236 targets in the qualification,but shot 23 targets to Blanchard's 24in the final. McGrath hit 24 targets inthe open final, claiming fourth place.Chris Haver (Clinton, Mich.) cap-tured third place in the men's juniorcategory with a match score of 227, afinal of 24 and a total of 251 targets.

Haley Dunn (Eddyville, Iowa), whois coming off a bronze medal win atthe 2008 Beijing World Cup and agold from World Cup USA took thetop spot in women's skeet with amatch score of 239, a final of 24 anda total of 263 targets. Four-time

Dulohery, Dunn ClaimSkeet Titles at Shotgun Fall Selection Match

The skeet finals were held at Ft.Carson's International Shooting Parkin Colorado Springs at the 2008 USAShooting Fall Selection Match onTuesday Sept. 16th with taking hometitles.

The top three finishers in each cat-egory (open and junior) at the 2008Fall Selection match will representthe U.S. at the 2009 World ShotgunChampionships, which will be heldAugust 7-16 in Maribor, Slovenia.

Leading the way in the men's opencategory, U.S. Army MarksmanshipUnit (USAMU) member and 2004Olympian Shawn Dulohery (Lee'sSummit, MO) finished in first placewith a match score of 244 out of 250targets, a final of 23 for a total scoreof 267 out of 275 targets. Dulohery'sUSAMU teammate Vincent Hancock(Eatonton, Ga.), the 2008 Olympicgold medalist in skeet, finished in sec-ond place with an overall score of 265targets. Hancock, a world championand world record holder, started outwith 92 out of 100 targets on the firstday of the match, then missed onlytwo targets the rest of the competition.He hit a perfect 100 on the secondday, followed by 49 out of 50 on thefinal day of the match, then 24 out of25 in the final. Earning a spot on hisfirst world championship team in themen's open category is Frank Thomp-

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I can't lie, it is an absoluteprivilege to travel across the na-tion and experience some of ourCountry's greatest lakes. Butwhen fall fishing is at its best, Ilike to be at home in SouthernIllinois.

This time of year as the daysstart to shorten and the nights be-come cooler the shad are every-where in the lakes across theMidwest. The bass are comingout of their summer haunts andmoving into their fall patterns.When this happens, I really startto get excited about fishingaround home because I knowthere is something very unique

bit of a fatter crank bait, is ab-solutely phenomenal workedaround wood targets, lay downs,and stumps. In my opinion, thetype of cover doesn't seem tomatter because this bait will lit-erally chew through it like a jig.The bait is easy to fish, has atremendous erratic action, and anunbelievable vibration. TheWally Jr. runs at a depth of 2 to3-foot, and I like to work the baitvery quickly making repeatedcasts to structure. I purposefullycause the bait to bounce andglance off of any structure that itcomes in contact with. The bitewill be a reaction strike, so thefish will need to be pulled fromthe heavy cover when the bitecomes, so a fairly heavy actionrod with heavy line is required.

The second balsa bait made byWally "G" Baits that I dependupon in the fall is called Mouse.

It runs in the 2 to 3-foot depth range aswell, but it is a littlebit different from theWally Jr. The Mouseis flat sided squarebilled crank bait.Again, try the newsexy shad color, or theregular shad foil sidedcolor. The Mouse hasa tremendous amountof vibration and tracksvery well at highspeeds. I use this baitto locate active areasby covering a lot ofwater. Unlike theWally Jr., I prefer touse the Mouse in openwater.

The Wally Jr. and theMouse are both fish catchingmachines right out of the pack-age. When using, I've had to dovery little tuning or modifica-tions to make them perform orcatch fish any better than they dopre packaged.

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about to happen. The bass arefattening up for the winter, andthe fall feeding frenzy is on!

Tour season continues to getlonger and busier, and in the lastseveral years there has been verylittle "off season" to my job be-fore another tour season rollsaround. Unfortunately with sucha hectic schedule I'm only able tomake it to my home lake of CrabOrchard a few times during thefall. This year I was not disap-pointed. Fall fishing at Crab Or-chard is the best I've seen it inyears. Crab Orchard is relative-ly small, shallow, and receives alot of pressure. So it's not oftenyou can pull a 5-fish stringerover the 20-pound mark out ofthe lake on a consistent basis.My ego would like to allow meto believe that it is because I'm aprofessional anger, but that's notthe case. The fish in SouthernIllinois are just flat biting.

There are a few key baits thatI'm 100 percent certain con-tributed to my success and abili-ty to catch a few "kicker" bitesduring the feeding frenzy. Wally"G" Baits offers several squarebilled balsa crank baits that havebeen a longtime favorite of mineto use in the fall. Owner GaryNesty now offers the new sexyshad color, which in my opinionelevates the baits to a whole newlevel.

The Wally Jr., which is a little

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of moisture and delayed evaporation may allowunderlying metals to become stained by etchingor pitted by corrosion.

More severe examples will be created when athorough soaking or dunking is not promptlyremedied, so if you require a temporary boatpaddle, remember that it just might retain waterand need more than draining and spraying withWD-40. If you have an emergency, by all means,do what is necessary, but do avoid unnecessarydelay. Realize that it is the sooner, the better,for removing river bottom gunk from the firearminternal recesses.

One unfortunate example had been used as animpromptu prop rod to keep the off-balancehunter from enjoying a cold swim. He did turn itupside down to drain the water, but a syntheticstock with a snug recoil pad (working like a cork)kept the residual water from quickly draining orevaporating. The owner said a week elapsed pri-or to bringing the unfortunate specimen around,and once inside, it really showed.

The rusty stock nut protested coming loose,the inside of the stock was tinted orange fromthe rust vapors, and the action spring tube inte-rior was heavily pitted. Those first few exampleswere the worst of the situation, but the actionspring tube roughness was beyond polishing torejuvenate. A cavity might be filled, but a rottedtooth- you might not even be able to cap.

A similar situation is well documented in thefirst picture that has a rusty recoil pad screwwhich could easily adhere to wood fibers anddamage the hole during removal. The buttstockscrew is less likely to have a similar effect wherethe washer and wood contact the screw if thewasher hasn't gotten stuck to the screw. If thethreads of the screw rust into the frame, the sit-uation may be more serious if no easy access isavailable to the threads by removal of the triggerassembly, for example.

Some assemblies require stockremoval to continue disassemblyof the frame and mechanism (likethe Ithaca 37), so if rust bustingfluids cannot easily access thethread area, the stock bolt re-moval may fail and/or requirestock cutting or drilling of accessholes for spray nozzle tube con-tact. Extreme deterioration of thebolt head or screw slot may inter-fere with proper tool contact re-tention, so a non-normal socketsize or especially strong and fit-ted blade may be needed to im-prove chances of bolt or screw re-moval. Picture 2 is a prime exam-ple of such a difficultsituation. The slot de-formity happens to beon the "tightening"clock-wise direction,so some slippage oc-curred during a previ-ous assembly.

When the first lookinside a frame is similar to picture 3, there is nodoubt that the gun's owner was a lubaholic-wanting to grease and oil the insides and makeweed chaff have an opportunity to stick around.Such heavy applications are also noticed in pic-ture 4: the action spring and follower gleamingwith crudded lube and the magazine followerhaving a sufficient coverage of field debris.

Picture 5 is special and has been made into acomposite positive/negative to show the ex-panse of retained muck that didn't push out dur-ing follower removal. The crud was removed bysolvent and brush, but a film of rust coated thetube interior that was not budging from powerapplication of stiff scrubbing metal, so abrasiveswere applied to polish off the oxidation. Moistureretained and failed to evaporate promptly, possi-

Most shooters that have had exposure to mili-tary surplus rifles and related calibers knowabout corrosive ammunition that was usuallyavailable at bargain prices. The trade-off was thenecessity to thoroughly cleanse the bore, sinceremoval of the primer salts residue prevents bar-rel bore corrosion that can adversely affect ac-curacy. Black powder use had much the samecondition: bore washing was- the sooner, thebetter.

Modern non-corrosive ammunition doesn'tleave salts in the bore, so there may be sometime between shooting and cleaning without boredamage being a consequence. However, just be-cause the primers don't leave corrosive residuedoesn't ensure that the bullet copper jacketsmears, lead, and other base metals can't cor-rode or rust. Corrosion of one metal or contact of2 dissimilar metals in the presence of oxygen andmoisture can cause a galvanic reaction (currentgeneration between different metals, like insidea battery) etching or sympatheticcorrosion/rust.

Internal parts can be affected by condensa-tion, rain/snow, and dunking. Accumulated crud(powder residue, lubricant, fielddebris/chaff/dust, feathers, blood, gun casestuffing and lint, for examples) may not havemuch corrosive potential (apart from the blood,that is) by itself, but the wicking and absorption

bly due to leaving the shotgun inside a case di-rectly after a hunt.

That is exactly the situation that happened tothe shotgun forearm shown in picture 6. Thehunter kept replacing the gun inside a soft caseand leaving overnight every day for a week. Theplastic forearm was beginning to adhere to themag. tube and barrel cylinder, so more delay,more havoc. The ends of the multi-slot sectionshow considerable orange rust stain evidencethat could have been lessened by more carefulstorage.

Consider these examples and carefully planyour cleaning. Unnecessary delay may haveunique consequences, so make the choice tokeep your possessions reliable.

See past stories at ASOMagazine.com.

Gunsmithingwith Kirby Schupp

The Shotgun Shop, PO Box 212 Arnold, MO 63010

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late in the day, but other than that, you'd bet-ter move off the structure and make longcasts."

As we moved around the lake, Chad no-ticed other features -- some visible to his eyesand others to his Lowranceelectronics.

"The lake is full of a lot ofdropoffs and ledges, and it'sgot some shallow points andsome flats. In the morning in thesummertime and the fall, try tobe up on top of the flats in theshallow water in the two- to six-foot range. A couple of reallygood baits would be the Spook orthe Pop-R to target those fish ear-ly and late in the day. As the dayprogresses, you'll want to fish theedges of the ledge, where it dropsoff into deep water -- the topedge and the bottom edge. Youcan do this with a series of differ-ent baits. You can throw acrankbait or use a Carolina rig, or a Texas-rigworm is going to work great.

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Had the day been brighter and the waterclearer, he would have taken a different ap-proach, Chad said.

"In that case, you can't get up on top ofthese fish and on top of the structure you'retargeting. You have to lay off and lighten yourline and make longer casts. I would alreadystart targeting the flats and the dropoffs if thewater was clear, because the fish have a ten-dency not to want to get in that real shallowwater except to spawn and the first thing inthe morning in low-light conditions. You cantarget them if it's cloudy or rainy, or early or

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with some light line and a drop-shot or ashaky-head worm and you're going to catch alot of fish. Pay special attention to where thelittle drains and the flats come out and make apoint or an irregular feature. That's going tobe your contact point where most of the fishare going to congregate."

Chad said the lake may never get as clear asmany other Southern Illinois strip-pits do.

"It has a lot of flat natural features that causea lot of run-in which keeps thewater stained, especially after arain," he said. "It will be inter-esting to see whether the lakehas the ability to get a milfoil

start in it. If it does, that willclean the water, but it will alsomake the fish population just gocrazy. Milfoil provides a reallygood environment for the fish tospawn and feed. It gives the fry agood place to hide, which causesthem to have a really good hatch.It just helps the ecosystem all theway around whenever you havemilfoil in a system that you'refishing."

By mid-August, when the Am-ateur Trapshooting Association

holds its Grand American, the fishing couldbe tougher, Chad said.

"All you'll have to do is adjust your strategyto keep yourself and your bait around the ma-jority of the fish," he said. "At that time ofyear, most of them are going to be out aroundthose drops and on the ends of the pointsmost of the time."

Night fishing could be very productive atthat time, Chad added.

"You don't have to fight the crowd. Thosefish actually will start to go on a heavy feed inthe summertime at night, especially aroundthe full moon, so it's an excellent time to be onthe lake. It gives you a little break from theheat, as well."

Chad noted that the water in East Lake is80 feet deep in places.

"I don't believe I'd fish that deep, but I no-ticed the thermocline was starting to formaround the eight- to 10-foot range," he said.

"It will be anywhere from five to 30 feet deep.You want to stay from there and above. Veryseldom will very many fish get below that, dueto the low oxygen content in the water."

As we headed back to the boat dock, Chadsaid he was optimistic about the future of EastLake.

"Hopefully, it's going to be one of those lit-tle hideaway secrets. It's going to be able to doreally well. We saw obvious signs of that today.Some of the fish had already spawned and wesaw good fry hatches swimming around. Thatmeans there will be a good population tocome, and this lake is going to be good forquite a while."

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Where Did theWhere Did theSummer Go?Summer Go?By Donna [email protected]

Dear Friends,I hope all of you had as much

fun as Jeff and I did this summer.It all seemed to whoosh by soquickly. Seems like I no moregot the garden all planted andnext thing I know I've got zucchi-nis as big as dolphins' and tomatopatch so dense I could have useda machete to find my way out ofit! Whew - 56 plants of them -what was I thinking! Theylooked so small and harmlesswhen I stuck them in the ground!

When our oldest daughter Car-rie and her husband asked us togo on vacation with them to DoorCounty Wisconsin first week inAugust in February it soundedgreat. When it got close to leav-ing we were up to our eye-balls inproduce. We worked like crazyto freeze, can, and give awaywhat we couldn't use. What wasleft over - we took with us. I'mnot kiddin'! We took corn - beans- eggplant - tomatoes - peppers -

cucumbers - potatoes - a head ofcabbage and broccoli, oh and ofcourse zucchini. Wherever therewas an empty space in the trunkor backseat, I'd stick a zucchinior cucumber in it when Jeff was-n't looking. He was sure sur-prised to see an eggplant stuffedin each of his hiking boots whenhe unpacked - I had to do it -mine already had cukes inthem!!."

We stayed at the Newport Inn atEgg Harbor. It had a beautifulkitchen. I used practically all theveggies we took for our meals.Carrie and her family enjoyed thefresh food and my Jeff had to eat"a little crow" because he hadsaid - "We'll never eat all thisfood you've brought!! But wedid. "Told you So," I said.

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This time we left after the sunwas well up, not at 5 a.m.

We actually stopped at a coffeehouse for a break and not at aRest Stop off the interstate. Weslept in a bedroom and not a tentwith a door opening like a holefor a squirrel to crawl in and outof.

Our bed was wonderfully com-fortable and we didn't have toworry about sticks or rocks pok-ing us or our feet freezing.

There was a little bathroom inour room so if you woke up at 2a.m. and had to go, you just gotup and went. Didn't lay there try-ing to convince yourself youcould - "hold it" till morning!

There was a big set of dresserdrawers in our room and we did-n't have to go digging in our duf-fle like a dog looking for a bone.

I had a beautiful kitchen to cookin and of all things A DISH-WASHER. I don't even have oneat home! But on a back packingtrip we used a little itty-bitty panand ate out of one dish, our Sier-ra cups and cooked on a one-burner Peak I stove.

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Carrie, her husband Jeff andOlivia our granddaughter hadbeen coming to Door County for

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His account of is lifeand experiences whileserving during W.W.IIwere unique. Thanks alot to Charles M. Stewartand all the crew membersof the USS Cobia. Whata privilege it was to hearand meet him. Please seepicture included with thisarticle.

I got to see a lot of sailboats docked up at theEgg Harbor Marina. ButI gotta tell ya their namesdidn't even come close tothe humor or clevernessof the Detweiler Marinas.Of course you knowSwedes and Finns are noted fortheir lack of this characteristic (orso I'm told). But then I've heardsome pretty funny Lena and Olejokes like this one -

At one time Ole ran a dairyfarm and did pretty well. Headopted a slogan which he hungon the wall, "All dat I am ... I oweto Udders." I even bought someLena & Ole joke books at Grand-ma's Sweet Roll Shack, after we'dall eaten cinnamon rolls - the sizeof a go-Kart wheel!! Food upthere was big and good - but ex-pensive. Pie was $5.00 a sliceand hot dogs $3.95 a piece, but itwas vacation and we had a greattime!! And as they say - It waspriceless (for Jeff and I becauseour son-in-law paid for it all)!!Good fun, Good memories -thanks to our kids for sharingtheir summer with us. May we allstay forever young!!

It's getting close to deer season

and Jeff and I decided for the firsttime in our lives to get our gunssighted in early. Usually it'sabout a week before opening dayand we're hustling around tryingto get this done. Not this year.Boy - and were we glad we did it!Let me tell you what we foundout: My 50 Cal. Inline was shoot-ing great. But the Jeff noticed theeyepiece on the scope wouldn'tstay tight, so we had to send thatback to Burris. Never had thathappen before - said they'd fix itfree of charge - Great Company!!Then we got my Junior 20 ga.870 Express that has a Hastingsrifled barrel with cantileveredmount and a 1 X - 4 X LeuopoldScope.

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Jeff spent over an hour soakingand scrubbing the barrel with acleaning agent suitable for cuttingplastic not lead or copper fouling.He also used a Dewey ball-bear-ing handled cleaning rod that fol-lows the rifling. WHEW thanks alot Jeff - I looked down the barreland it was CLEAN. Thanks a lotalso to the guy at Hornadys forthe info provided. Hope thisworks.

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minutes," Jeffrey McCoy said. "She didthe whole thing by herself. I lipped it; be-cause there was no way she could have lift-ed it out of the water. It would havesnapped the line. She adjusted the dragand everything and got it to shore."

The biggest fish Hannah McCoy hadcaught to that point was a 1.5-poundcrappie. She was stunned when she liftedthe bass, which measured 22 inches.

"I was like, 'Wow. I really caught that,'"Hannah McCoy said. "I never thought Iwould really catch a fish that big."

After weighing the catch on a smallportable hanging fish scale and posing forpictures, Hannah McCoy decided to re-

lease the fish back into the pond. "I didn't want to kill it," she said. "I

thought it would be cool to have someother kid catch that and experience what Iexperienced."

Jeffrey McCoy applauded his daughter'sconservationist bent.

"I told her, 'If you want to mount it,we'll mount it, but you have to kill it,'" hesaid. "She did not want to do that, so welet it go. She wanted that one to fightagain another day."

Contact reporter Rod Kloeckner at [email protected] or 239-2663. Thanksto the Belleville News-Democrat's websitefor this great story. www.bnd.com

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Little Hannah McCoy is well on herway to becoming a pretty good fisherman-- and a responsible conservationist toboot.

The 12-year-old from Belleville wasfishing with her father and a friend at Illi-ni Pond in Eldon Hazlet State Park inCarlyle on a recent camping trip when shehooked what her father deemed "the fishof a lifetime."

McCoy landed a monster 7-pound, 5-ounce largemouth bass from the 4-acrepond while fishing from the bank.

"When it got the hook, it was really, re-ally heavy and I was like, 'Oh, my God,'"said McCoy, a seventh-grader at CentralJunior High in Belleville. "It came up outof the water a little bit and I saw it. I waslike, 'Oh, my God' again."

It's hard to quantify whether McCoy'scatch is the biggest bass pulled from asouthwestern Illinois waterway this year,but there's little doubt it will probablyrank among the top five.

"It was just amazing," said her father,Jeffrey McCoy. "It was a once-in-a-life-

time fish. You can ask a lot of fishermenwho go out there and bass-fish exclusively.A lot of them will never catch one that big.

"It's just a big fish and quite an accom-plishment for a little girl."

Here's a little perspective on HannahMcCoy's catch. At this year's 2008 Bass-masters Classic -- which is considered theSuper Bowl of the professional bass-fish-ing circuit -- the biggest bass caughtweighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces. That'samong 530 bass caught by 50 professionalanglers fishing over three days at LakeHartwell in Greenville, S.C.

And, remember, Hannah McCoy is 12."I was ecstatic," said Jeffrey McCoy,

who used to be an avid tournament anglerin the 1980s and early 1990s. "I caught an8-pounder about 20 years ago and threw itback thinking I would catch another one.Well, I never came close to catching onelike that again."

Jeffrey McCoy got his two daughtershooked on fishing at an early age. TheMcCoys camp often, and fishing is one ofthe highlights of their excursions.

"I like it a lot because it's something meand my dad do together," Hannah McCoysaid. The McCoys ventured to CarlyleLake to camp for the July 4 holiday. Han-nah, her father and a friend, Hannah Elbe,of Belleville, walked to Illini Pond to fishon the afternoon of July 3.

Using a Shimano rod with 10-poundtest and a buzz bait for a lure, Jeffrey Mc-Coy would cast the line and let one of theHannahs reel it in.

When the big one bit, Hannah McCoyhad the rod in her hands.

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Now that Iam over thehill and Idon't mean 30, the other hill, Ithink deep and realistic thoughtsdaily. I believe that the bestthings in life are given by others.It not only blesses the receiver,however, the giver is at the win-ning table as well. When some-one gives something to someoneit is usually because they love andadored it so much they want topass it down to another whom

I remember back in May of thisyear, I made the comment to oneof my friends that if I wereblessed with a hunting show ofmy own, it would be called "PassIt On Outdoors", mainly becauseI love the Outdoors so much andhave three beautiful sons, to fin-ish my work.They may not think learning any-thing from Mom is cool, but itwould be more of a testament ofmy Faith in the Lord mixed withsome good times in the woods.

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may share the same passion for it.I could not imagine giving awayany gun, knife, or anything hunt-ing to someone else, and that isso wrong of me. I wish I couldsay I would get a warm and fussyfrom it, but I believe I wouldhave to ask for it back if I everdid. At least that was the way Ithought earlier this year. Youshould never say never, hence,the life-changing events that be-gan to take place.

Back in the early 1940's, myFather-in Law's parents wereblessed with a child to raise astheir own since he had 15 otherBrother and Sisters. He was tostay for a short time period andwhen the folks helping the otherfamily out came back to get him,he refused to go. It was just a

place that he felt was right forhim and he was growing a love inhis heart for this family as well asbuilding memories for a lifetime.My Father-in-law was in his lateTwenties, I believe, and he tookClarence under his wing andshowed him how to raise cattle,work cattle, and how to grow andwork a market garden. None ofthis work was easy, but Clarenceembraced the work with pride.Not long ago he joked that he didnot have much spare time to swimin the river due to his chores.

Time passed by and Clarenceenlisted in the service to make alife of his own. He later told usthat he would not be the man he istoday without the unconditionallove and friendship from his ex-tended family. I had heardClarence's name mentioned fromtime to time, but never under-stood the story. The older I amgetting I want to know how thingscame to be and the history behindit. I admit, most of the time it ishunting related or a good deerstory that I want to hear over andover. My Father-in-law had his80th Birthday 2 years ago andClarence attended the party. (Iwas sick and was not able to meethim) of all the gifts and cards thatday, one special gift was receivedand it is what I call a "pass it on"gift. It was a picture of Clarenceand My Father-in-law CecilWhorley taken a few years priorthis this party and it was in frontof the "old home place" and itsays something like this: "Ahouse will fall down one day buta friendship is a lasting memory."It brings tears to my eyes justthinking about what that meansnow to me.

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He stood up and said he hadsomething for us and cleared histhroat and began to say how hehad a great life and receivedmany blessings and he said hehad something he was to "passon" to us. As he reached over towhat appeared to be a rifle in azipped carrying bag, my eyesfilled up with water, because Irealized at that exact moment thathe is relinquishing a valued pos-session of his to me. Heexplained to me that he knew howpassionate I was about huntingand the outdoors from what Mr.Whorley had told him, that hebegan to unzip the bag and hand-

ed me a 30-30 with an amazingscope and told me to enjoy it andhe knew it would be put to gooduse. What do you say to someone whoyou have never met and just gaveyou a gun, with a box of ammothat you could not lift because itwas so heavy. I was so touchedthat I was honestly speechless.My heart hurt because I knewhow special this was to me. Andit was FREE. I have to admit the"pass it on" phrase hit home tome. He began to hand Barry apistol that was a replica of thevery same one he carried in theservice. He had picked two of hisfavorite guns and gave to us.Barry had a box of ammo thatagain was almost too heavy tocarry.Besides thanking and hugginghim, it was a life changing expe-rience.

Now, I can't wait to do the sameone-day to my children or per-haps someone I do not know. Itforever changed me and I hopeyou received a blessing as well.God passes his love to us dailyand it is FREE as well. "Pass it on outdoors" yes, it is adream, but it just makes the namemore special to me now. The"IT" is anything you want it to be,in my case it is hunting wrappedin love and I can't think of anyother words that could top that.Clarence, we sincerely thank youfrom the bottom of our hearts.Lynette and Barry Whorley

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This columnabout this topicwas prompted bythe commentsthat Harry Can-terbury made inhis editorial inthe July issue ofthis fine publica-tion. I quotehim, "I turned 55 on June 26th."He made reference to the old say-ing, "We have more sunrises behindus than we do in front of us." Hethen said, "My point to all of you isgo & enjoy what life has to offer."No truer words could have beenspoken.

In 2001 my world got turned up-side down. Within a period of just95 days, from Labor Day to Dec.7th, of that year I had 2 heart at-tacks, a stint procedure and openheart surgery. Since that day mylife has never been the same. Myfirst heart attack was at the age of45 in 1985. I found out later that Iwas predestined to be a casualty ofheart disease. Why? Because Ifound out I had a family history of

it. I am now on disability and havebeen since 2003 & am very physi-cally limited. All of that trauma tomy body resulted in my having theEpstein-Barr-Virus which causesthe Chronic Fatigue Syndromewhich I have & which is more de-bilitating than the heart disease.

Heart disease is a silent killer be-cause it can creep up on you with-out you even being aware of it.This is exactly what happened tome. No chest pains ever, no short-ness of breath, no tingling in thearms or legs. The only way I dis-covered I had a problem was whenin April of 1985 I went to get aphysical & got a stress/treadmilltest which showed that I had severeblockage of the arteries resulting inthe open heart surgery.

The purpose of this column is toeducate you and warn you that ifyou are a male over 45 years of ageyou may be in trouble & may notknow it because you may haveplaque building up in your arteriesthat could result in a massive heartattack or a stroke that could resultin death. If you haven't had a phys-ical recently get one and if youhave a history of heart disease def-initely get it done. If you don'tknow if there is a history of heartdisease start doing some research& start asking questions of yourparents, if living, or other relatives.

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I can guarantee you that some ofyou that are reading this columnare in trouble but you don't know ityet!! How I wish I had known thatI had a history of heart disease inmy family. I could have beenwatching my diet closely, gettingphysicals on a regular basis, keep-ing tabs on my cholesterol & get-ting regular exercise. How was I toknow that the eldest son, usually, ina family with heart disease historywould be the one most apt to havethe disease. I now am unable to dothe things I wanted to do & I haveno life. Don't end up like me. Idon't want or need sympathy. I justwant to educate people & hope thatI might be able to get the word outso that someone doesn't have to gothru what I experienced in 2001.

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Think of all of these things aspieces to a puzzle. When they areall put together you will have a fair-ly clear picture of where to huntyour buck and when to hunt a par-ticular area. There are no shortcutsyou must know the area you arehunting.

Where to set up your stand?Placing your tree stand or ground

blind will determine your odds ofencountering that buck of yourdreams. The only exception to thisis the luck factor and by that I meanthat when a buck is chasing does hemay appear most anywhere. If youare there when he is you have beenblessed with the luck factor. How-ever don't count on the luck factor ifyou want to score on a big buck. Stay out of his bedding area. Neverhunt or intrude in his bedding area.

If there is anything more excitingand challenging than hunting white-tail deer I sure don't know what itwould be. The coveted whitetail isone of North America's wariest ani-mals and a trophy for any hunterclosing the deal in bagging one. Iwill share with you four steps totaking that buck you are after andrealizing your whitetail dreamscome true.

Know your hunting area.You must know the area in which

you are hunting unless you are uti-lizing the services of a guide whowill know the area. Where are thebucks bedding? What are their trav-el corridors? Where are their feed-ing areas? Are there any funnels inyour hunting area? What are thetravel routes that the does are us-ing? Where is the water source?

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This is a good way to drive thebuck out of your hunting area all to-gether. For early morning set ups agood place is along a trail leadingto the bedding area but not tooclose to it. You may catch old bigrack as he is on his way to beddown. During the rut he may havebeen chasing does half the nightand returning during shooting hoursto his bedding area. During evening hours I like to beover a feeding spot. The does willcome here to feed and where thedoes are the boys won't be far be-hind especially during the rut. Thisis a good pre-rut, during rut andpost-rut place to hook up on a wallhanger.

Funnels or places where there is atravel corridor between one areaand another are great places to en-counter whitetails. I have killedsome very big deer in funnels.These areas are also ideal for usinga decoy during bow season.

Be Prepared.As an old boy scout I have always

held to the motto to be prepared.This means that everything youneed for your hunt should be organ-ized and ready when you are. I always carry a small pack with mewith such necessities as water,knives for field dressing the deer,aspirin, little packages of crackersand cheese to keep my body fueled.Toilet paper for those times whennature will not wait. A spare pair ofgloves just in case, latex gloves forfield dressing chores, a knife sharp-ener, and a Surefire flashlight andspare batteries.

Bathe before the hunt in somesort of scent free wash or bakingsoda bath and make sure yourclothes are not exposed to scent be-fore the hunt. That means not

gassing up the truck the morning ofthe hunt. Don't go out to breakfastwhere there will be food odors orcigarette smoke to get on your hunt-ing clothes that you are wearing.

Make sure you wear a rubber-soled boot to keep scent retention ata minimum and spray the bottomswith a commercial scent removerbefore you enter the hunting area.Remember to stay scent free ineverything you do.

Expect the Unexpected.Many an old buck has lived to be

a ripe old age because the huntergot a good case of buck fever whenthe buck appeared in front of thehunter. It can be an adrenalineshock to see a big buck standingwithin bow or gun range when youwere not expecting it.

To avoid this I try to mentallyimagine bucks at various distancesand areas where I am hunting sothat my mind is conditioned to ex-pect the unexpected buck when heappears.

Once you have seen him and de-cide to take him get your eyes off ofhis rack. This has caused grownmen to come unglued by staring atthe horns too long and it is very badfor shooting accuracy. Forget thehorns and pick a spot on the deerwhere you want to take your shotand stick with it.

I believe if you follow these foursteps in your deer hunting adven-ture you will be more successful inyour hunting. Don't forget to havefun and enjoy the hunt after all thatis what it is all about.

Finally I always say a prayer ofthanks to God for allowing me thehealth to hunt and ask him to blessmy hunt as well. Be persistent soon-er or later you are going to haveyour big buck down!

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This story is about three, senior an-glers. Let's call these fishermenBruce, Bobbie and Glen. Thesethree fishin' buddies meet-up eachwinter in South Texas. The warmtemperatures keep them comfort-able, but fishing in the Gulf of

Mexico keeps them happy. The Texas Gulf is a fisherman's

dream come true. Many species ofgame fish patrol these waters. Ourtrio, however, focus most of theirenergy and efforts on the RedSnapper. This is their preference

because of the combination of agreat fight followed by a great tast-ing meal. When the Gulf gets toorough to get out on, they default tocatching Speckled Trout in the bay.But Snappers are their primaryprey.

Bruce is the key player for thisthreesome. That is because heowns the boat. The guy in a groupwith the boat is like the only kid inthe neighborhood with a baseball.He is very popular.

Bruce is very gracious and in-vites Glen and Bobbie out on his24-foot Grady White as often aspossible. Powered by a 200-horse-power outboard engine, this vesselgets these guys out the 19-miles totheir favorite spot in no time at all.That is exactly how far they haveto go out of Port Mansfield to their"ridge".

This ridge is nothing more than ahump on the bottom. The bottomof this part of the Gulf of Mexico istotally flat. Therefore, if you canfind any variation in that topogra-phy it usually means fish. The av-erage depth is right at 100-feet.The ridge comes up to about 80-feet. This is just the kind of changethat holds Red Snappers, alongwith many other species.

The bait our anglers use is eithersquid or mullet. They buy theirbait whole and cut it up to the rightsize on the boat. Their presenta-tion of this bait is very basic, butextremely effective. They simply

drop their first line to determine theexact depth. All subsequent dropsstop about 10-feet short of the bot-tom.

This method accomplished twovery important things; first, itkeeps the bait off the bottom wherea myriad of ocean critters has ac-cess to it. Secondly, it puts the baitright in the feeding zone for theSnapper. These are both goodplans.

On this particular day the condi-tions on the Gulf were near perfect.Our guys got to the hump, usingGPS, and were in the Snapperquickly. A legal Red Snapper inthese waters must be at least 16-inches long. The average size thatour group catches and keeps isabout 24-inches. A 24-inch Snap-per will weigh about 8 to 10-pounds. The daily limit of thesefish, per angler, is four.

Bruce caught his four fish firstand became the "deck hand of theday". This is sort of like the hunterin deer camp that kills the firstdeer. He becomes camp cook forthe rest of the group.

Glen and Bobbie caught a re-leased a few shorts. Then Bobbiefinally caught his fourth keeper.That left one fish needed, by Glen,to finish-out their limit.

Glen joked as he said, "I justwanted to save the big one for last."As his buddies laughed, Glendropped his chunk of mullet towardthe magic depth. The bait no soon-

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PUBLIC LAND AUCTIONPUBLIC LAND AUCTION156 ACRES • MARSHALL CO.156 ACRES • MARSHALL CO.

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Located apprLocated approx 3.5 mi. west & ox 3.5 mi. west & 1.5 mi. south of Sparland, IL. 1.5 mi. south of Sparland, IL.

• T• Tract I (Wract I (West side) apprest side) approx. 50 ac. M/L with 27 ac.ox. 50 ac. M/L with 27 ac.tillable. Apprtillable. Approx. 23 ac. of timberox. 23 ac. of timber. W. Would make exould make ex--cellent rcellent recrecreational land with income.eational land with income.• T• Tract II (East side) apprract II (East side) approx 106 ac. M/L with ox 106 ac. M/L with apprapprox. 83 ac. tillable. Approx. 83 ac. tillable. Approx 24 ac. of timberox 24 ac. of timber..TTop bidder will have choice of which tract they want. They mayop bidder will have choice of which tract they want. They maychoose Tchoose Tract I, Tract I, Tract II or both Tract II or both Tract I & II. If the first bidder takesract I & II. If the first bidder takesonly one tract, the ronly one tract, the remaining tract will be sold next. Seller to premaining tract will be sold next. Seller to provideovidea sura surveyvey. This is not an absolute sale. Seller r. This is not an absolute sale. Seller resereserves the right to rves the right to ree--ject all bids. All announcements made the day of sale supersede allject all bids. All announcements made the day of sale supersede allprprevious adverevious advertisements. For additional infortisements. For additional information and full termation and full terms ofms ofsale, see undersigned Brsale, see undersigned Brokeroker. . Owner: Kenneth Poignant • AttorOwner: Kenneth Poignant • Attorney: Patrick Murphy (309) 246-6775ney: Patrick Murphy (309) 246-6775

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larger-than-aver-age fish. Therewas some earlyspeculation aboutwhat the fish mightbe.

Shark, grouperand mackerel wereall considered.The odd thing was,because of the ob-vious size of thefish, that nobodythought it to be aRed Snapper.They were all veryexcited when thebiggest fish of thetrip DID turn out tobe a Snapper. A re-ally good Snapper.Glen's last fish ofthe day and the fi-nal fish of the tripwas a huge, 15-pound Red Snap-per.

So the day endedwith 11 good Snap-per and one mon-ster. Bruce Rad-sick and BobbieGalloway spent thewhole boat rideback bragging onand congratulatingtheir friend on hisbig catch. That an-gler is my Dad,Glen Roux.

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268 ACRES MOLIL Hwy. 9 West of Canton to County Hwy. 19;

Go North 1.5 miles to Randolph Rd. Property lies South of Randolph Rd. and East and West of Co. Hwy. 19. Watch for signs!!

Parcel A: 82 Acres MOL w/81 Tillable Parcel B: 83 Acres MOL w/83 Tillable

Parcel C: 3.85 Acres Homestead (House, Metal Building, 4 Grain Bins) Parcel D: 45 Acres MOL w/25 Tillable

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Missouri fisherman Glen Roux showed his Texas fishing buddies how it was done with the largest Red Snapper of the day.

“Here’s a picture of mywife, Jwana with her firstdeer. This heavy antleredbuck which field dressedat over 200 lb. was taken

the first day of the ‘07firearms season about

3pm on our family farm.She took this deer with

her 50cal. black diamondmuzzleloader.”

Thanks to Jwana’s proudhubby, Roger Kretzinger!

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A baby moose was in distress in a creek. A man got him out of thecreek; tried to find the mother and send him on his way. But

eventually the moose stumbled back into the creek and had to be rescued again. The baby moose followed the man home. The man

has only a small cabin so he took the moose to another neighbor, whotook these photos. The next day they took the moose to a woman wholooks after wild animals and she put it in a pen with a rescued fawn.

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Few of us have meta man like TomSchroeder. He was astrong individualist.His niece, DianeWeinburg, with whomhe lived the last tenyears of his life, de-scribed him as "aprideful man'. He wouldn't have anything to dowith Social Security because he did not want tobe known as a number." He never had a socialSecurity Number. Some folks considered him afeisty self-styled perfectionist and others agreat teacher and friend. According to Michigancollector Ron Swanson: When he died in 1976 atthe age of 91 at Hutzel Hospital in Detroit, "thebelligerent ole cuss" still had his cane by hisbedside to fend off the nurses.

During his lifetime Tom Schroeder was a suc-cessful and respected man. His pointed sense ofhumor and natural artist abilities landed him aposition as the sports cartoonist for the DetroitFree Press from 1905 to 1920. These traits al-so helped him to build a lucrative career in ad-vertising. Russell Dancey co-founder of the NewEra Potato Chip Company developed a longstand-ing relationship with Schroeder. Schroeder de-signed the company's logo, a black silhouette ofa thin woman, her arm arched to her head seem-

Schroeder had a naturalartistic ability. Accord-ing to family, he wasstealing his mother'sbars of Fels laundrysoap to carve as soonas he was tall enough toreach them.

He began to huntducks by the time hewas 12 and started tocarve his own decoyssoon afterwards. Hisearliest known decoyswere carved circa1910-1920 and made inthe tradition of the ear-ly St. Clair Flats decoycarvers with bodies

were hollowed out to an eggshell thickness witha narrow bottom board. Schroeder made his own

minor innovations to the classic St Clair Flatsdesign. His decoys were oversized and widerthan the Classic St. Clair Flats decoys and hisrenditions of waterfowl more realistic.

Early known canvasback decoys have thicknecks and an almost puffy appearance of a con-tented 'bull-neck' drake. Heads were turnedslightly giving the decoys an even more naturalattitude. The heads fit snugly into one's handmaking them feel like a handle for casting thedecoy into the water. To cut the sun's glare offthe white diver bodies Schroeder added sand tohis paint. His paint patterns at this stage of hiscarving career were stylized like the St.ClairFlats decoys of the day. On other hunting decoyshe used rasping marks to roughen the surface ofhis decoys to reduce the sun glare even more.

During the late 1930's Schroeder's decoytook on a more realistic appearance than hisearlier stylized decoys. He spent more time

ingly reaching forchips. Her thinnessseemed to imply thatchips were not fatten-ing. The company rec-ognized Tom's talentand ability to take asmall account andbuild it into financialfortune with his adver-tising ideas. The com-pany did everything itcould to keep Schroed-er happy. When thefees he was being paidseemed too modest, hewas given stock in thecompany. The companyeven built a penthousestudio for him.

Dancey told a story of how one evening inApril of 1947 he and the company's potato buy-er, John Heintz joined Schroeder in his pent-house studio for a repast of "Kansas mountaintrout'. After their catfish dinner, the eveningconversation turned to hunting and fishing. Inpassing Tom mentioned that he hunted over arig of duck decoys that he had carved himself.Heintz scoffed at his skill and bet Schroeder hecould complete a rig of 15 decoys by the follow-ing hunting season that opened in October. Notonly had Heintz lost the bet, Dancey lost his ad-vertising man. "From that time on we had a hellof a time getting ads out of him", said Dancey.Schroeder's interest in advertising was re-placed by a renewed interest in carving huntingdecoys.Schroeder's interest in carving has been tracedback to his childhood. Born in 1885 on the Eastside of Detroit to parents of German descent

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adding feather detailing and even varnished thebill to attain a natural gloss. It was about thistime that Schroeder began to develop what hecalled "hydrodynamics'. Hydrodynamics designmade the decoys ride like live ducks in the wa-ter.

His earliest hydrodynamic design was a shal-low galvanized tin box, open at both ends, thatwas added to the bottom of the decoy. Waterwould flow through the box increasing its weightand reducing tipping and rocking of the decoy.Schroeder designed two-rung ladder-shapedlead anchor weight thatfit neatly into the galva-nized box with its linewrapped around it forstorage. This anchor de-sign not only eliminatedtangled decoy lines, butalso allowed the weightto slip out and the line tounravel freely when thedecoy was being set out.

As Schroeder startedto be involved in the decoy carving competitionshis decoys began to take on a more polished ap-pearance. He had heard about the National De-coy Makers Contest and Exhibition held at theGrand Central Palace in New York City fromKendrick Kimball, the outdoors editor for theDetroit News. When he heard that during a visitto Detroit, Joel Barber, author of Wild Fowl De-coys, had boasted that no one ever made a bet-ter hunting decoy than Charles 'Shang' Wheel-er, Schroeder was so furious that he immediate-ly went to work to prove him wrong.

In 1948 Schroeder shipped four entries tothe National Decoy Makers Contest and Exhibi-

tion held at National Sportsmen's Show in NewYork City. Unfortunately all arrived damagedwith broken bills or necks, and couldn't be en-tered in the competition. Undaunted Schroederwent to work on his entries for the next year'scontest.

At this time the decoy contests encourageddecoy makers to improve the design of the decoyto make it more serviceable not just more at-tractive. Decoys that were entered in the earlycarving contest were strictly working decoysand were judged as such. To avoid disqualifica-

tion an entry had tomeet very restrictingcriteria. The decoy hadto be functional first andforemost: ballasted toself-right in the waterand no fragile parts (i.e.no delicate bills, thintails or raised wing tipsthat would break duringnormal use).

Within these parame-ters, Schroeder excelled. An ardent water-fowler, Schroeder hunted ducks from Lake Erieto Saginaw Bay and from Mitchell Bay to his fa-vorite canvasback spots near Fair Haven. Hunt-ing marshes and big water, he was adept atshooting waterfowl under diverse condition andover various styles of hunting decoys. As ayoung man, Schroeder hunted with JohnSchweikart (1870-1954). Other Michigan de-coy greats like John Kelson (1888-1968) andRalph Reghi (1914-?) were numbered among hisfriends and hunting companions.

Drawing on his own hunting experiences andunique creative genius and artist abilities, he

built decoys that were highly functional andbeautifully realistic. Advancing his 'hydrody-namic' design to another level, the galvanizedtin box was eliminated. First, because it couldscratch the surface of the decoy's rig mateswhen they were stored and it looked unattrac-tive on the bottom of the decoy. Schroeder nowleft an inch or so lip inside the bottom of aneggshell hollow body. A deep weighted keel re-placed the narrow St. Clair Flats style bottomboard that gave a hunter a handle on his decoyand more importantly left an exposed cavityacted like a suction cup stabilized the decoy toride the waves more like a live duck.

Schroeder also paid more attention to detail-ing. He carved feather detailing into the backand tail areas. Schroeder also abandoned rasp-ing marks and switched to comb painting to givehis decoys a more natural feathering. For hissecond year's entries, Schroeder built specialcrates to ship 21 birds safely to the 1949 Na-tional Decoy Makers competition and won 19ribbons, including 4 first place ribbons and BestAmateur decoy.

Probably the most innovative and unusual de-coy style that Schroeder developed, his 'skirt'bottom design won him the Best of Show awardat the 1951 National Decoy Makers' Contest.This design refined his hydrodynamics theoryfound in the first galvanized box decoys into abeautiful polished working decoy. Again the cav-

ity of the body was hollowed to an eggshell thinwall. Along the narrow lip left on the inside edgeof the decoy's bottom a conclave 'skirt' bottomwas added with an opening that allowed water toenter and create the suction cup effect thatstabilized his decoy. The skirt feature offered aconvenient 'spool' to wrap the decoy line aroundand a place to store the anchor inside the decoy.

Besides being a highly functional decoy, thedecoys Schroeder carved at this stage of his ca-reer were beautiful renditions of a realistic birdcarving. The heads were finely carved with de-tailed bills that were varnished to look more re-alistic. The feather carving was more refined. Henow painted decoys with fine vermiculation andsoft feathering. The skirt bottoms were usuallypainted to blend into the water.

Schroeder continued to compete in the NewYork Decoy Makers Contest until 1956. Yet heremained active in the decoy world by attendingthe shows and often judging at the carving com-petitions. In his later years, he concentrated ondecorative carvings. He began to carve minia-ture decoys and elaborate full size wildlifesculptures. He created scenic pieces capturing,for example a widgeon drake stealing wild celeryroots from a bull canvasback drake as his headbreaks the water's surface; a canvasbackalighting with outstretched wings; or a sand hillcrane strutting through a field picking grain.Schroeder carving various other species includ-

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ing, carving and visiting friends.During his carving career, Schroeder's influ-

ence was wide spread among Michigan's decoycarvers. He was very active involve with thecarving contest and always free with carvingpointers. Benj Schmidt considered Schroeder aclose friend and once said he "stopped almostnightly during the forties and fifties to give himpointers". Schroeder carved 'two-faced'decoys to use as decoy studies; like the half red-head, half canvasback shown. Like competingcarvers today, Schroeder's contemporaries likeFerdinand Bach, Benj Schmidt, Jim Kelson andRalph Reghi were influenced by his hydrodynam-ic designs. Schroeder was extremely proud ofhis decoys, some may say to the point of arro-gance, but no one can deny his decoys are out-standing and were totally innovative.

Raymond Camp, outdoors writer for the NewYork Times the following about Schroeder'sentries in the 1951 International Decoy MakersContest:

"When it came to turning out a Judas duckTom Schroeder of Detroit made the easternAmateur decoy makers look like a group of rainyday whittlers for his entry not only took firstplace in the amateur class but also judges Bestof Show. As more than 650 decoys were enterSchroeder had a lot of competition. His winningentry, e canvasback, was one of the mostunusual ever seen. Any wildfowler who attends

the show should make aninspection of Schroeder'sdesign. A 'must' for hestumbles on somethingnew in a craft that is a cou-ple of thousand years old."

It is interesting to notethat Schroeder and JoelBarber became goodfriends and corresponded regularly afterBarber's comments 'incited' Schroeder to begincarving competitively. In 1957 Barber wrote toSchroeder: "I am back in my workshop, but stillexcited about the decoy duck show.... And themost pleasant angles was the time spent withyou: your canvasback, your ideas, and deepinterest- you do a guy like me good and I'vestarted work again refreshed and encouraged...Your decoys- the three of them make a veryimportant addition to my collection. I am veryproud of them and appreciate the gift more thanI can say. Some day you will see them in a book."

ing a wild turkey, Heron, flamingo, owl, eagle,spruce hen, woodcock, quail, a pied-billed wood-pecker and even a cobra snake.

Probably his most impressive carving was alife-sized white-tailed deer with a magnificentrack commissioned by "Square Deal" Miller,local jeweler. The deer carving was strategicallyplace in the clearing on the opening day ofMichigan's deer season. Of course, the unsus-pecting hunter would shoot the buck. When thehunter went to check his 'trophy', a box poppedout of the deer's rear end that held three cigarsand a cardboard message that read: "You getthree cigars, courtesy of " Square Deal' Miller!"A perfect example of Schroeder's humorousand, sometimes, sarcastic outlook on life thatmade him love a good practical joke.

Another of his favorite practical jokesinvolved the check he received when New EraPotato Chips was sold to Frito Lay in 1951.Schroeder deposited a $175,000 check for hiscompany shares and moved out of the companypenthouse. But not before he wore the checkdog-eared by repeating slapping it down on a barto pay a bewildered bartender for his drinks.This went on for over a month before Danceycould convince him to cash the check.Schroeder took up residency in an apartment atthe Vernier Hotel, Fair Haven on Anchor Bay,Lake St Clair where he could be close to themarsh. The rest of his life was devoted to hunt-

[These contest winningdecoys had won first, or bestof show in three differentNew York competitions. Theyare now part of theShelburne Museum's collec-tion and pictured in Decoysat Shelburne Museum(pages 50, 59, 61).]

Schroeder only carved for his own use andpleasure. Most of the hunting blocks that are incollections today were lost at some time or givenaway. Schroeder kept most of his competitiondecoys except for those that he gave to specialfriends and family. This is why even thoughSchroeder's carving career spanned most of hislife, almost 80 years, there a relatively fewSchroeder decoys in private collections, proba-bly less than 500. This and the craftsmanship,innovation designs and artistic beauty ofSchroeder's decoys make them some of the mostcollectible and desirable decoys from Michigan.

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voice” to staff or customers if hefelt a need. I enjoyed him.

Roy’s turkey dinners were great ata great price! For an extravagantninety cents we were served turkeyand gravy, mashed potatoes, dress-ing, vegetable, homemadedumpling soup, and hot homemaderolls. Sometimes Mom would ordera quart or more of the soup as take-out, and we would enjoy it days lat-er. As a side, Roy’s had wonderfuldesserts and malts. For many yearsthe trips to Roy’s Café were antici-pated and enjoyed. Roy and thecafé passed into history, and anoth-er piece of our tradition was lost.

I must insert a Roy’s sidelinehere. When I took two of myfriends there for the turkey dinner(no longer ninety cents), I promisedthem a great meal. With DarhlBrown and Murray Brian I was setfor the traditional feast. Now early

in my experience I learned that if Ideclined the dressing (which I did-n’t like), then I would be given more(much more) turkey. So when or-dering I said, “No dressing.” Darhlasked innocently enough, “Whydon’t you want the dressing? Goahead. Take the dressing. I’ll eatyour dressing. Bring him his dress-ing.” I just sat there, obviouslymiffed, looking down at the table.Darhl saw my mood and againasked, “Why didn’t you want thedressing?” At that moment – youknow how a noisy place suddenlybecomes silent – when coincidencestrikes everyone in the room to stoptalking? – at one of those moments Iresponded with a clearly audible,“Because you get more turkey, Ass-hole!” The “quiet time” continuedfor a moment as heads turned andeyebrows raised. Murray and Darhlalmost choked on suppressed laugh-

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During our first year (one week)in 1953, we didn’t stray far from thefriendly confines of the Hugo Lar-son Resort. We were there to fish.When one week became two and wehad more leisure time, we began toenjoy a few of the tourist attractionsand to see more of our environs. Wevisited and swam in giant LakeMille Lacs (the walleye capital) atGarrison and discovered how shal-low it was when we waded to longdistances.

And giant leeches! We saw thedeep iron mines of theCrosby/Cuyuna Range. Now theyare deep water-filled wonders, andwe have fished them. We fed thefish at Tame-Fish Lake, near famousRuttgers and Bay Lake. We walkedon a ramp into the lake and fedbreadcrumbs to sunfish and frogs(for a dime!) to bass. Beautiful gar-dens there, later

AK-SAR-BEN Gardens, but thatplace eventually “slipped away.”The most memorable of our excur-sions were to Roy’s Café in Deer-wood (10 miles), Nisswa, and theworld famous Paul Bunyan Centerin Brainerd/Baxter.

We drove to Roy’s Café (and busstop) in Deerwood on Erma’s rec-ommendation. The turkey dinneron Sunday was well worth the trip,and Roy was worth the price of ad-mission. One of those unforgettablecharacters, Roy was an icon of thearea. Older (in my young eyes), hewas balding, slightly paunchy,walked with a shuffle, flyswatter inhand, and invariably wore a whiteT-shirt and dress slacks supportedby red suspenders. His fat old bea-gle, Susie, waddled from booth totable or rested wherever she chose.Roy ruled his café with an iron handand was not averse to “raising his

MINNESOTA MEMOIRSBy Dave Evans

More Childhood Memories

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Two years ago the owners of thecenter decided to close due to eco-nomic factors. They said they hadto charge too much for admission tokeep the attraction going, or perhapsthey realized that they were sittingof some valuable real estate.(Kohl’s is the new property there.)Anyway, Paul and his buddy Babe,the blue ox, were to be sold, andmuch of Minnesota wanted Paul.He had to survive! Would anothertradition for countless families dis-appear? Nope! The Rademakerfamily, owners of “This Ol’ Farm”properties and museum on Highway18 only a few miles from Nokaybought the whole place. Paul, Babe,and all the attractions were locatedwithin a few minutes from us andwe pass by Paul and all the rest eachtime we go to town. Brainerd with-out the Paul Bunyan Center wouldhave been unthinkable. So the tra-dition does continue, even if in anew location, and children continueto be greeted by ol’ Paul. Mostrecently we heard Paul say, “Hello,Robyn and Aaron from Illinois,” toour grandchildren. What a treat! Apiece of America and the BrainerdLakes Area not lost to “progress.”

Another aside about Paul. WhenMark was working for RJR andattending to the NHRA circuit forWinston Cup races, he passed by theold Center with several other RJR

folks and recounted Paul’s greetingswhen we were kids. They were ontheir way to Brainerd InternationalRaceway for the big drag-race eventof the summer and he had to share aspecial memory of childhood. Laterwhen I met some of the WinstonCup folks in their VIP suite over-looking the racetrack, they askedabout Dinger’s Paul story. I con-firmed his account and wished thateveryone could have “been there.”Of course Paul is not as magical forme now, but he was for my grand-kids, and still evokes wonderfulmemories of, “Hello, Dave andMark!”

I have other clear visions ofMinnesota childhood past, includ-ing late-evening frog hunts, north-ern fishing with Erma, and watchingher clean a turtle, bullheading withmosquito swarms, the DNR’s sein-ing of Heron Lake, beaching boatsduring a storm, and popcorn on acool, rainy night. Some of theseand other images deserve moreextensive development, while someare simply moments in an innumer-able caravan of moments movingthrough my occasionally foggymind. Some events are indeliblyetched, while others are blurry.What is most indelible is the imageof Mom and Dad taking us throughit all. Again, thanks Mom and Dad!

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ter while I suffered the moment inembarrassed silence. We still recalland share the “more turkey”moment.

I’m not sure when we heard of,discovered, and first went toNisswa, a small town north ofBrainerd and most closely associat-ed with the huge Gull Lake resortand summer community. In theearly days Nisswa was home to afew souvenir and moccasin shops,various restaurants, and a furniturestore, which hosted famous TurtleRaces for kids. In those daysNisswa was the Totem Pole andZaiser’s (both still operating),Akre’s Dutch Oven, and the races.A sporting goods (fishing) shop,hardware store, and a few othersmall town fixtures were present,but it was not yet a tourist Mecca.Today Nisswa boasts a “veritableplethora” of tourist magnets and up-scale shoppes and eateries. A mini-mall of gift shops, antiques, icecream parlors, and other specialtyplaces has been added. Now park-ing is at a premium, and during peakweeks, pedestrian traffic is heavy. Iliked the old Nisswa better, and itafforded Mom a chance to shop.We still visit occasionally, but most-ly for the hot mini-donuts. Nisswacontinues to grow, and change, asdoes most of the Brainerd/Baxterarea.

The Place for kids when we werekids was the Paul Bunyan Center onthe edge of Brainerd/Baxter. (I’ll

bet many readers have been there askids and parents.) Home of theWorld’s Largest Talking AnimatedMan, the center opened just beforewe began going Up North andremained at its original locationuntil just recently. Giant PaulBunyan, seated in a rustic enclosure,was the main attraction. Whenentering the center parents wouldsecretly tell the cashier (who accept-ed 10-25 cents for admission) thenames of their children, and theinformation would be relayed to ahidden “voice of Paul Bunyan.”When Mark and I first walked intothe main arena of Paul’s place, weheard a booming voice greet uswith, “Well, hello! There are Daveand Mark from Pekin, Illinois. Howare you boys today, coming to seeold Paul?” We were amazed, dumb-founded, embarrassed, pleased.Paul knew us! I never tired ofPaul’s greeting, even though I“knew better.”

The rest of the center included afire truck ride (10 cents), souvenirshops, a reconstructed lumberjackcabin, several Bunyan-sized arti-facts, a magnetic mine shack, andvarious animal attractions whichrequired a dime to see the chicken,duck, or rabbit perform. Several“kiddy rides” were part of the pleas-ure. Paul’s property would grow toinclude fancier rides and a miniaturegolf course over the years, butunchanged was the magical greetingfrom Paul. GOBBLERS KNOBGOBBLERS KNOB

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IS THAT YOUR FINAL ANSWER? with Capt. Herman Kunz


Hey!!! Here we are in October al-ready! We've got more good ques-tions and hopefully some better an-swers.

Have you got a question that youwould like answered? Remember,the only bad question is the one thatisn't asked. In this column all thereaders benefit from your own in-quiry. This month's first questioncomes seemingly from a little outof my area and is on salt-water.Fortunately I've "been there anddone that" so to speak, But this per-tains more to the equipment than itdoes the fishing itself.

Q. I have been invited later thisyear to go blue fishing off of thecoast of North Carolina. I am goingto be in the market for a good spin-ning rod and reel for surf- casting. Iknow that surf casting takes longnine and ten foot plus surf rods butI am concerned about getting agood long casting saltwater spin-ning reel. I have shopped in cata-logs until I am confused. Just howmany ball bearings does it take tomake good extra long casts for thistype of surf -fishing? Finances stopme from buying the best I can find,but I still don't want to go out andbuy junk?? John P. Metropolis IL

A. John, this is not only a salt-water question. It will benefiteveryone who reads this, whatever

type of fishing they do. First, letme start out by being very blunt. Ifit is ball bearings you seek forlonger casts with a spinning reel,it's just not going to happen. Bear-ings have nothing whatsoever to dowith casting on a spinning reels,bait-casting reels yes, but not spin-ning reels. Spinning reels are de-signed to "free spool" your line offof the reel. That is, that the linecomes off of your reel freely withno other mechanics from the reelassisting it, or as in this case hin-dering it. The line flows freely anddistance is more determined byyour arm strength or your tech-nique plus the weight of the lure orbait used. What bearings do inspinning reels, and bait-castingreels for that matter, are make re-trieves much smoother and makeless the chance of the reel wearingout prematurely. In bait-cast reelsthis is also true in the actual cast.The better the reel the smoother thecast. What you need to do is pick out aquality reel that will give you goodservice for your other types of fish-ing after your venture into the"salt!" Although you must considerthat the size of the reel that youwant for blue fishing in the surfmight be a little large for fresh wa-ter applications.

Q. I use quite a bit of Spider Wire

fishing line. My problem is that af-ter a few weeks the sun bleachesout the line and turns it white. Itseems to me that the fish are moreapt to see it and hesitate to bite asfrequently. This line is way to ex-pensive to change every month orso. Any answers?? Ron M. WestFrankfort IL

A. YES!!! I have had the sameexperience. Here is how I havesolved the problem. First, hook upyour line to a fixed object, thenstretch tight about 25 or 30 feet ofthe line and re-color it using a per-manent ink marker. I use black, butI guess depending on the color wa-ter that you are fishing, green orblue would work well also. Evenwith this method, the line willeventually bleach again in a periodof time, because of the make-up ofthe line itself, but it works well,and the ink markers are a heck of alot cheaper than that line.

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could pick up the phone and talk to "realpeople" I also received some responses inregarding the Daiichi #6 or #8 BleedingBait Bass hooks I was using. If you re-readthe article closely, I stated that when I start-ed fishing for the smaller fish I switched toa smaller walleye or crappie styled hook.

Nobody that I know of makes a smallerbass hook than about 1/0 not evenDaiichi... yet. I have had talks with Daiichirepresentative TJ... we'll see. What I amusing are Daiichi Bleeding bait, #6 or #8bait holder hooks and walleye snells. I alsouse Owner UltraHead "shouldered" Jigs.They are the letter "F" in Bass Pro's 2008Master Fishing Catalog on page 304. Theycome in sizes from 1/16th ounce to 1/4thounce. Use these if you want to stay weedless, otherwise regular jigs can be used also.Finally, if you can't buy it, try and make it.In the attached photo are some #6 goldwire crappie hooks that I have "re- formed"into bass hooks for Texas rigging using ared permanent marker to color them. (I dobelieve in red hooks.) A few of them breakin the bending process but a few will takeon the form using a very small-nosed pairof pliers. In the photo is the actual "Texasrigged drop shot worm" I use. God helpme if a 10lb bass comes by and snaps one

In the July issue of ADVENTURESPORTS OUTDOORS I wrote an articletitled "FISH FOR SMALL BASS ANDCATCH BIG BLUEGILLS". Evidentlythere are many more "big" bluegill fisher-men out there than I realized. I receivedmany responses... and questions about thatarticle, so consider this article "BIGBLUEGILLS" part two!

Many of the questions were about prod-ucts, such as hooks, line and even theBerkley "Drop Shot Worm" that I men-tioned in the article. As far as the drop shotworm, one reader said he couldn't findthem anywhere. What you all should con-sider is the fact that not all stores or web-sites for that matter will carry all of theproducts from a particular manufacturer, inthis case Berkley. Usually the products arestocked as to popularity of the productlocally. In this case those particular wormswere bought in southern Illinois.

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of those bends. It would sure ruin my day!!Last but not least I was asked about thetype of line. I use 6 six or eight poundBerkley Trilene Sensethin. I like the small-er diameter per pound test compared tosome other lines, but I'm sure your ownfavorite fishing line will work also. I alsoreceived some questions about the depththat I was fishing, the color of the bait,scented vs. unscented, and the size of theweight I am using. These final questions areall variables that can and will change with aparticular lake or location on a lake orstream. The bottom line for all fishermen isto be flexible and change if something isnot working for you... that and patiencewill go a long way to help you to be morereadily adaptable when the occasion arises.One final question was; "will this bass rigwork on red ear?" I can't see why not. Butthe one thing that you have to rememberabove all, is you do have to be in a body of

water that is capable of producing thoseten, eleven and even twelve-inch fish. Theyare not everywhere so pick your lake withthose particular fish in mind. And remem-ber... "The fish don't bite until you getthere!" HK.

FISH ILBIG BLUE GILLS...AGAIN!!!By Capt. Herman Kunz

Above are some variations I useto catch those Giant bluegills. Tothe left of the hooks is the exact

rig I am using presently.

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crashing down the hill behind me. Heslowed down and disappeared from sightas he passed through a stand of fir trees.Moments later he reemerged severalyards from where I had last seen him andsilently ambled into the bait site. After afew minutes of cramming meat, donuts,oats and miscellaneous other goodies in-to his mouth he became agitated andstarted looking around the bait site.Slowly but surely his gaze fell upon me.This was a bit unsettling, but not nearlyas so as when he decided to climb up thetree to get a closer look. Fortunately, Ihad been paying attention the night be-fore and knew what to do in this situa-tion. Shaking a few branches convincedthe critter to get down but he did notfeel compelled to vacate the area. Rather,he took cover behind some tall grass afew yards away, laid down like a dog andstared at me. I swear he was daring me tocome down out of that tree. Once it be-came obvious I had no intention of join-ing him for donuts, the bear stood upand walked slowly into the woods disap-pearing without a sound.

Colonel Bill K. who was hunting withhis bow, also had a close encounter witha bear on day one. During his 28 years inthe Marine Corps, Colonel K. held sev-eral billets that involved doing the typesof things most of us only read about inaction novels and see in movies. Duringone training exercise that involved anighttime HALO jump from 18,000feet, Colonel K. broke his back and oneof his legs despite advice to the contrary. Within minutes, he spotted a large bear.Armed only with his bow he stalked to

within 25 yards. The bear began walkingtoward him unaware of his presence.Colonel K. stepped from behind the treethat was providing him cover to draw hisbow. As he did so, the bear spooked anddisappeared into the woods without of-fering a clear shot. Incensed at the bear'slack of courage and willingness to en-gage, Colonel K. vowed he would notstop until he had killed that bear. Obvi-ously shocked by Colonel K's unconven-tional hunting tactics and sensing a realdanger, the bear stayed away from thatbait site during daylight hours for sever-al days.

Colonel K's son, John, saw a half-a-dozen bears on day one as well. He wait-ed until Tuesday however to bring thefirst trophy back to camp. It was a goodsized black bear weighing 300 to 350 lbs.with a thick coat. He had set the barpretty high for the rest of us.

Just before dark on Wednesday night Ishot my bear. It wheeled around andcrashed into the woods. It was too darkto find the bear by the time the guide re-turned to my stand but I didn't mind.After a huge surge of adrenaline ran itscourse through my body I started to getthe feeling that the bear I shot was notgoing to land me in the B&C recordbook. Truth be told, I was actually con-cerned that there might be a farmer miss-ing his black lab and my "trophy" wouldhave a collar on it. I was relieved the nextmorning when we found my bear only afew yards into the woods and the guidepronounced it to be, "a hell of a bear!" Itweighed close to 400 lbs. and had apumpkin for a head. I had raised the bar.

guides gave us pointers on bear huntinglike how to accurately judge the size of abear and the best shot placement underevery circumstance imaginable. Soon wewere all beginning to feel confident thatwe were ready to hunt bear. Then theconversation turned to things like snap-ping jaws, false and not so false charges,and related bear behavior. This was fol-lowed up with advice on what to do inthe event a bear tries to join you in yourtree stand. Finally, we were told that un-der no circumstances should you leaveyour tree stand until a guide returned foryou. We all went to bed a bit less confi-dent.

The following day we were each takento a bait site and deposited in a treestand. It was about this time that I beganto question the wisdom of what I wasdoing. I was alone in the woods sittingon an 18" platform 15 feet above theground. Less than 50 yards away was abarrel full of food sure to attract numer-ous bears fresh out of hibernation andhungry. My wife's parting admonition,"Don't get eaten by a bear," suddenlydidn't seem so cute. I checked again tomake sure my magazine was full and Ihad one in the chamber.

It was not long before a bear came

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Spring bear hunts may be one ofNorth America's most exciting hunts.This spring, I had my first chance tohunt black bear in Alberta, Canada, withone of Outdoor Connection's premieroutfitters. It was a trip I will not soonforget.

I was joined in camp by Bill K. a re-tired US Marine Corps Colonel, and histwo Marine sons, Andy and John. Alsoin camp was Michael S. a physician fromFlorida with an impressive hunting re-sume that included big game in Africa,New Zealand and South America, but nobear. In fact, the five of us combined hadas much bear hunting experience as yourlocal PETA chapter.

The first night in camp was surprising-ly cold. Sitting around the fire our

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as it came by his stand ina full run. Not your typ-ical shot, but MarineCorp snipers are notyour typical shooterseven after they retire.

By the end of the week,everyone in camp hadtaken at least one beau-tiful bear, we had nu-

merous wolf sightings and John K. hadlogged more time observing bears thanmany wildlife biologists will in their life-time. I think he was considering writinga book. Not bad for a bunch of guys whohad never hunted bear before.

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Michael, the most ex-perienced hunter amongus, was the first to bringin a beautiful chocolatecolor phase bear withhair so thick and soft itwould make the BreckGirl envious. ColonelK.'s other son, Andy,brought in a bear with anequally beautiful black coat.

Meanwhile, John K. kept seeing bearsin large numbers everyday. They wouldcome to his bait sites and hang out forhours on end. His father on the otherhand had not been so lucky. Toward theend of the week the Colonel hadswitched to hunting with his rifle andwas ready to hang his son over a bait bar-rel to benefit from John's strange abilityto attract bears. Fortunately, this wasnot necessary. On Friday, the Colonelsaw a bear running toward his bait site.In an amazing display of marksmanship,Colonel K. made a head shot on the bear

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Note from Auctioneer: This property is no doubt some of the best in IL. For deer, turkey, and fur bearing. The property lays out perfect for hunters and trappers due to the rolling broken terrain andwater sources. Multiple areas available for food plots and CRP. Income potential is high . Appr. 66acres of tillable land compliment the property. The southeastern portion of the property contains 25-30 acres that is currently in pasture and a modern well kept home and outbuildings with furtherdevelopment potential. The property truly contains everything desirable for a hunter or group ofhunters. The tillable land, mature timber and pasture provide a generous amount of income producingproperty. The diversity of this property makes it very unique and desirable. Don’t miss out on thischance. For a private inspection of the property contact Mike Crabtree at 217-473-2507 or AdaminaCostello at 217-854-8388.

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Deer Hunting-I Love It All!

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I hunkered down deep into the cold, wetcattails, and the seat of my heavy wool hunt-ing pants soaked to the bone. I kicked afoothold in the wet skiff of snow and stretchedto peer through the swaying, thick vegetationconcealing me in this near frozen fen. The trioof does stood out clearly on the snow whitehillside on the banks of the railroad tracksabout a hundred yards out, and they were onred alert as they made their escape from thehunters moving in from the woods to thesouth.

I carefully bent a few reeds to open a shoot-ing lane to the deertrail before me, and yankedthe old Navy Arms .44 caliber black powderrevolver from its shoulder holster and gotready. As the deer did that beautiful whitetailflagging, hip swaying ballet towards me, Ithumbed the hammer back on the antiquehandgun and tried to calm down. When thesmoke cleared, I had two stunning whitetailsdead in the snow under the jamble ofHawthorn and autumn olive scrub on theedge of my swamp, and I was one very de-lighted pistol packing deerhunter. Everythingcame together. It was a wonderful hunt.

The next morning, it was even colder, abrutal, driving, face shredding north windscreaming at me as I trudged through muckhell to my deerwoods. I held on for dear life inthe crotch of the ancient old white oak tree,

and once again questioned my sanity. I had toliterally stifle an audible chuckle because I wasso thoroughly enjoying the outrageousness ofit all. I love this deerhunting so much; there istruly nothing on earth that could possiblykeep me from celebrating it every day of theglorious season.

About the time I figured frostbite was apending reality, there was a small deer direct-ly under my perch, ears up, nose probing anddeer hair rippling in the ferocious winter snowblow. Without hesitation, I drew back my ar-row and killed the young doe in an instant.She ran in a circle and died on the other sideof my tree from where I shot her. The cere-monious drag out was wonderful and joyousand I will never forget it as long as I live. Iclearly get more of a thrill bowkilling a youngdoe than many of the emotionless hunters Isee on TV bagging monster whoppers. I’mglad I am who I am.

That afternoon, the wind subsided, but thetemperature remained frigid. I decided toclimb into my Shadow Hunter box blind tocut the windchill and bring along a nicepropane heater to help sit comfortably for thewhole afternoon. I was 12 feet up overlookinga five-acre winter foodplot, but I would in-crease my chances by pouring out two jugs ofC’Mere Deer bait just inside the narrow stripof standing corn stalks twenty yards out. I had

both my bow and my scoped 12 gaugeBrowning sniper shotgun with me for thatbeautiful “Fred Bear” two season hunterthing. It was so warm and toasty in my blindthat I actually took off my hat, poured asteaming cup of Nuge Java from my camothermos, and chewed on some homemadevenison jerky. I’m telling you, this is the life!Protection from the elements, a hot beverage,a heater, a foodplot, standing corn, bait andmy choice of weapons. You can’t do this inFrance. Perfect.

I’d like to report that I whacked ‘em andstacked ‘em this perfect evening of deerhunt-ing, but fourhours later,all I had wasa cool hunt-ing story onmy laptopfor futurepublishing,because eventhough itappeared Ihad the deckstacked inmy favor,more thanfifty years ofdeerhunting has proven one truism for cer-tain; deerhunting is always deerhunting, andwe never know what is going to happen. Per-fect again. I wouldn’t trade this stimulatingsnowy white peaceful deer-less day in mydeerblind for anything on earth. It was awe-some.

The next morning made up for the previ-ous no-deer evening, when from the sameblind, this day toting my Excalibur crossbow

and a quiver full of broadhead tipped bolts,two does and two fawns put on quite the showfor me as a coyote kept their attention at thefar end of the foodplot. Eventually the biggestdoe made her way towards my realistic fawnbleats and made the terminal mistake of nib-bling on the C’Mere Deer. I drilled herthrough both lungs for a memorable crossbowbackstrap moment. It was beautiful. I almostgot a crack at a second doe, but just wasn’t ableto close the deal. Tracking the old matriarch inthe deep snow was deerhunting magic at itsfinest. I smiled all the way home.

After taking care of my latest she-deer prize,I loaded mym u z z l e -loader, cross-bow, .44magnum re-volver, shot-gun, bowsand arrows,my killerB r o w n i n g.243 BAR,along withsacks ofS c e n t L o kcamo cloth-ing, scent

free clothing bags, scentless detergent andsoaps, calls, rattling antlers, 3D targets and de-coys, state of the art flashlites, optics andrangefinders, scents, lures, commercial feedsand attractants, a bale of hay, a bag of apples,scent eliminators, knives, gamebags, deer-drags, bloodtrailing lights, pop-up blinds,more sporting goods and hunting gadgetsthan one can imagine, all into big truck andheaded north to my buddy Claude Polling-

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ton’s Northern Michigan deercamp for somemore spine tingling deerhunting excitement.On that five day safari on Claude’s incredibleBuckPole DeerCamp grounds, as well as inthe wide open wilds of my Manistee NationalForest public hunting grounds, I was able tokill deer with nearly every weapon I hadpacked. Most of the elaborate gear I packednever got used, but I sure tried to use it all,because I indeed love it all.

You see, I really do love it all. It is all won-derful deerhunting. I love the spot and stalkthrills of the wide open wilderness. I love theamazing challenge of trying to outsmart anold, mature buck on perfectly managed highfence operations or on public lands and privatefarms. I love ambushing those less than alertbucks in IL, SD, NE, and South Texas. I lovegetting fooled by those ultra alert beasts else-where. I love finding that perfect tree fromwhich to ambush deer with my longbows,recurves, compounds and crossbows. I trulyenjoy the adrenalin pumping anticipationwhen I am a driver or a sitter on traditionaldeerdrives, never knowing when, if, where orwhat may or may not show up.

I get all giddy when I simply plant a food-plot in the spring with visions of deer meltinginto them come fall. I can’t wait to set up aDouble Bull blind in just that perfect spot onthe edge of a cornfield that I plant, or the hay-field that I plant, or in the apple tree grove onthe ridge or in the white oak forest when thebig juicy acorns start falling. Or just like thosevarious hunting techniques of hunting overnatural and man made food sources, I also liketo use water as bait when I deerhunt. In fact, afew years ago when my favorite waterholedried up, I hauled enough water to create a siz-able puddle, and killed a nice buck over that

bait. For surely everyone knows that, likefoodplots, agriculture crops, white acorns,mock scrapes, and doe pee, that a water sourceis bait. Right? Of course we do.

I assure you that there is no deerhuntingthrill compromised whatsoever for this olddeerhunter when I augment standing cornwith a bag full of shellcorn strategically dis-persed in a killer ambush location where myyear round scouting optimizes my hope to killa deer. And every glorious, cherished momentin my sacred deerwoods, like every reward ofsacred backstraps, are always ultimately sacredregardless of whether I have a bow, rifle, hand-gun, crossbow, muzzleloader, shotgun oratlatyl in my hands. I love deerhunting.Stillhunting, spot and stalk, treestands,groundblinds, hunting with hounds, early sea-son, late season, hot, cold, wet, cushy orroughing it, I love all deerhunting, and every-body I know loves it all like I do. Every legalmethodology that exists on the books isabsolute fairchase hunting. Well, as fair asdeerhunting can be since God gave the deer allthe advantages in the game.

My buddies set up all kinds of trail cameras,plant all kinds of foodplots, hire farmers toplant crops and cut timber and brush in sucha way as to hopefully guide deer within bowand gun range of their stands. I haven’t gonequite that far yet, but I sure as hell supporttheir choices. In fact I applaud their choicesand can’t wait to put them all to use in mynonstop fall and winter hunting enjoymentASAP.

I like my iron sighted firearms and myscoped firearms. I like my instinctive bowsand my fiber optic sighted bows with a peepsight. I like tracking big tracks in a fresh snowand I like glassing from a ridgeback or

towerblind. I like setting up on hot trails lead-ing into an alfalfa field or to a scattered bale ofalfalfa. No difference to the deer, and surelyno difference to me.

So happy hunting to all my hunting bud-dies out there. I don’t know about you, buteverywhere I hunt, the deer herds are in des-perate need of thinning. Too many regions ofthe country have (mis)managed wildlife by

erring on the side of caution. I am going to domy very best to put that venison surplus toproper use, while reducing the carnage andwaste on the hiways. I’m having arrows andammo drop shipped to my hunting camps,because I am doing it all again this year, onlymoreso, and celebrating every thrilling gutpileand backstrap glowing moment of it. Goodhunting to everyone.

TED, WWHHIITTEE AND BLUEBY TED NUGENT

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