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It had to happen and whilewere talking about Chicagothere has been 3 incidents thathave been brought to light. Firstone a man came home saw twomen in between his house with agun. He fired twice and theyran. Another guy tried to help acop where a guy took $44,000 iniPhones. One other who acted inthe defense of others andstopped a potential mass mur-der. An UBER driver accordingto the Chicago Tribune waswatching a group of people walkin front of his car on North Mil-waukee Ave. Just before mid-night when 22 year old EverardoCustodio began firing into thecrowd. The Uber driver pulledhis own gun and fired six shotsat him wounding him in the low-er back, shin and the thigh.Cathy has story on page 58.

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I wish I could tell you I shot abig Tom picked 100 pounds ofmushrooms but if I did I wouldbe lying. As I write this lookingout my office window it is 45degrees and the furnace justkicked on. This spring has beena cold dry one. It was warm fora while but when it was warm itwas dry as a bone. There havebeen a few mushrooms foundbut not many. I could have shota Jake bird a couple of times buthave chosen to suffer and try toget a big Tom. The season isstill plugging along and I willgive it the best I got. We willget a few Morels season but notmany I dont think.

I was in St Charles Illinoisyesterday at the 50th DecoyCollectors Association DecoyShow. It was held at PheasantRun Resort and as usual was a

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Spicy Stuffed WildTurkey Breast

While living in Arizona during themid to late 70s, I developed a taste,more like a craving, for Southwesternflavors. I like it spicy, but not so hotthat my eyes water. Some folks canenjoy a habanero pepper or two. Imnot one of them.

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Cathy and I have been doingASO for almost 20 years now. Itsure doesnt seem like that longbut it is. I turn 62 on June 26and have filed for my SocialSecurity. I asked the lady if Ishould wait and she smiled andsaid you are better to take it. Shesaid you would have to live to77 to make it up.

Thats just something I wantedto say because we are all gettingolder and we need to know whatour best options are. That brings

me to a thought that comesalong with ageing and that iswhat I do with all the things Ihave accumulated over theyears. I have a decoy collectionwhich I am selling off alongwith some guns I really dontneed. I have outboard motorsduck calls, duck boats enoughhunting equipment to clothe 30hunters. So much fishing tackleI could open up a store. I reallywould like to keep it all butwhy?

I have guns in the safe I didnteven know I owned. Youresaying I have the same thing butthats the last thing I want to getrid of. Heres why I bring thatup, you can leave a lot of thegear to your kids but in my situ-ation I have 3 boys. One travelsall the time and really doesntfish nor hunt much. Anotherworks all the time and alsodoesnt get in the field much.Then our youngest son does alittle hunting, but is starting hisown business and mostly fishes.Of course my Great Granddads

double barrel Ithaca and familypieces go to the kids there is 30of them. But what do you dowith a K 98 WW2 rifle that hasno sentimental attachment? Ihave come to the conclusionthat it is time to give some fam-ily stuff away and sell the rest.

Next month Bob Murray willdo a story on who gets what andhow do you get rid of the bigcollection of things we all savedover the years. I have been to alot of estate sales and see thingssold for little or nothing. Thingsthat were important to the ownerbut not to the heirs. I remembercleaning out the barn a fewyears ago and my son threwsomething out. I said give thatback I may need it someday. Hesaid ok dad will save it for therack we might get a quarter ifwere lucky. He is right.

By the time you read this Ihope to have a turkey in the bagand to have eaten at least 3messes of mushrooms. It isalways nice to get a few butwith this cool spring and dryweather it will be tough. I donttalk about political stuff you allget enough of that on TV, Radio

and newspaper but I have to saythis. I have lived 62 years andhave never in my life time seenan administration screw up morefor Americans than Obama. Iwont go into it but when he saidwe are no longer a Christiannation and blamed Christians forstarting all the problems in theMideast I threw my hands up.He is not very smart and dontlet his reading of a tele-promptermake you think otherwise.Nothing surprises me anymoreout of that outfit. I just hope theUS citizens dont put Clinton inbut I think Hillary is your nextQueen.

In the meantime, get the kidsoutdoors this month. Many fish-ing tournaments for kids goingon. The Delevan AmericanLegion is having a Kids FishingDerby Sat. May 23rd. CallRussell Stone for more info.309-244-8840. Clyde WestDerby is Sat. May 16th at GlenOak Park Lagoon, Peoria.

Trap & Clay shooting is onand fishing should be great. Sobe sure to keep your powder dryand your worm wet.

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As the charitable partner of the IDNR, the ICF serves more than 6,000 children annually at the Torstenson YouthConservation Education Center (TYCEC) outside of Rockford, where kids are introduced to hunting, camping andnature observation and sustainability on site, often for the first times in their lives.

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This spring, thanks to several donors, the ICF will have a brand new fishing pond at the TYCEC. The IDNR will helpto fully stock this pond so children who visit the property will have a chance to learn about and experience catch-and-release fishing. Education can also be taken off the property anywhere in the state with the TorstensonEducation Station, a mobile classroom equipped with a myriad of hunting and fishing gear available for children toget hands-on experience with.

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From the Desk of:

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ble domestic attack. It might be an attack by thugs, terrorists, or ac-tually both. Last week's news is a case in point. One of the NationalGuardsmen attempting to join ISIS was assigned to the National GuardArmory in Joliet, Illinois. This was not "over there" or "up there" orsome wacky enclave, this was Joliet, Illinois. Think of the soft targetswithin one hundred miles of Joliet. Think of shopping malls. The mallslook like they are all vying to be the national headquarters for the self-absorbed; of course there are "no concealed carry" signs everywhere.

We have some good news and some bad news. The good news is thatthe end of the legislative session is near. The bad news is that this isthe most dangerous time of the session for gun owners. The next fewweeks we will be working on the omnibus bills. These bills will materi-alize in the middle of May.

This is the time of year when political power brokers begin calling infavors. This is the time of year when late night back room deals arecut. This is the time of year when people like Rahm Emanuel begintwisting arms and wealthy gun grabbers like Michael Bloomberg beginthrowing money around to buy anti-gun votes.

Sadly, many of the legislators who were our "friends" during theelection season are not so "friendly" now that they are under pressurefrom the powerful people who hate guns and the citizens that ownthem.

Throughout the year, the ISRA has been fighting tirelessly inSpringfield to protect your right to keep and bear arms. So far, we'vebeen very successful. However, dozens of antigun bills remain in playin the legislature. Any one of those bills could spring to life and besigned into law.

Yes, licensing, registration, gun taxes and ammu-nition bans all remain dangerous possibilities if thesepoliticians are not watched very carefully.

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Today the Peoria Park Districts boundaries en-compass approximately 60 square miles in PeoriaCounty. Our park and open space holdings totalmore than 9,000 acres in the City of Peoria, WestPeoria, Peoria Heights and outlying townships.Much of the land was acquired through matchinggrants from the federal Land-Water-ConservationFund, the Illinois Open Space Lands Acquisition andDevelopment program and many generous gifts anddonations.

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IT WAS ONLY150 YEARS AGO

April 9, 1865 was the beginningof the end of the Civil War and thefolks here in Peoria, Illinois hadspent the last couple of weeks de-vouring the local newspapers. Wehad more than one and believe methey were competitive rascals thoselocal editors. Pity the poor politi-cian or man that made a fool ofhimself here in town, because theblood thirsty editors were allthere to attack. The local bickeringceased for a few days before thehistoric day of April 9, 1845.There was talk of Lee being on therun and that Grant and other UnionGenerals were talking about endingthe war and gaining a peace thatmost folks could only dream about.

The headline in The Peoria DailyTranscript finally made it official:

APRIL 9, 1865GLORIOUS INTELLIGENCE!THE REBELLION CRUSHED!

Lees army again beaten and thereported surrender of the whole ofLees forces. All of this from anOfficial Bulletin:

On April 7, 1865 General Sheri-dan attacked and routed LeesArmy.

A telegram from President Lin-coln that went to the Secretary ofWar was printed for all Peorians toread:

City Point, 8:36 A.M. April 7, 1865

Honorable Secretary of War; at11:15 p.m. Yesterday at BurkesvilleStation, General Grant sends methe following from General Sheri-dan.

Signed A. LincolnAll of the exchanges back and

forth from the President and hisgenerals were then printed for allPeorians to see. All the wonderfulnews and details were read overand over by all the folks here intown and the happy news spreadlike wild fire. On April 10, 1865 lo-cal newspapers continued to printdetails and comments from highranking officers and of course

President Lincoln.The local editorsfell all over them-selves trying to out-do the other editorsin expressing theirpatriotic views. Iwill just give youone example. Thisfrom The DailyTranscript datedApril 9, 1885.

The incubus ofslavery has been re-moved. America canstand up in her fairproportions withouta single stripeerased or a star ob-scured from her flagand take a stand atthe head of theearth as the cham-pion of HUMANITYand FFREEDOM!

It went on for afew hundred morewords, but theywere a bit elegantand long-winded

back in those days. Living here atthe time was the famous oratorRobert G. Ingersoll, and he addedhis glorious voice and praise inseveral rallies and impromptu gath-erings over the next two or threedays. Peorians gathered in RouseHall and other public places to hailthe President of the United Statesand the courageous and heroicUnion soldiers that fought so hardto save the Union.

During the Civil War Peoria gotits famous nick name, The AlcoholCapital of the World, and believeme a lot of our famous whiskeywas consumed during that week ofcelebration and freedom. The localnewspapers made that abundantlyclear in their stories. We also had aparade almost at a moments noticehere in Peoria and on April 10.1865 the streets began to fill withhappy folks shortly after the suncame up.

The festivities brought thousandsof people into Peoria for theplanned parade and merry making.Trains, steamboats, wagons andhorses brought the people here andmany were prepared to stay for atleast two or three days and nights.

It was a mass of humanity comingtogether in a joyous reunion offreedom loving Americans.

The courthouse square quicklyfilled with happy folks. Actually in1865 the locals called it the court-house yard, as folks shook hands,hugged and prepared their crudewagons for the parade. Many ofthe wagons pulled by a single horseor mule were decorated with color-ful ribbons, patriotic signs and longstrings of red, white and bluecrape. There were four beautifulhorses being prepared to pull thelead wagon of the parade alongwith at least eight bands ready tostep off for the happiest day in allPeorias young history. The actualmeeting of the participants washeld outside the city limits as thewagons and horses were lined upfor the big parade.

The lead wagon was occupied byas many people as could possiblyget on board, and all had a tin hornof some type or other prepared tomake as much noise as possible.On the very front was a small gal-lows that hanged President Jeffer-son in effigy. The sign under the


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begin a fund raising drive to erect aCivil War Monument on that veryspot. In 1866 it was dedicated andquickly dubbed The Shaft by Peo-rians. It remained until a newcourthouse was built. The monu-ment in our courthouse squarewhich is still there was dedicated in1899 by President McKinley. TheCivil War was overfinally over.

Editors Note: Norm is a localhistorian and author and a monthlycontributor to ASO. [email protected]

huge bonfire was set which lit upthe night. Some folks stayed untilthe fire was but a bright red ember.The next day plans were made to

150 YEARS AGOContd. from previous pg.

gallows in bold print said, OldAbes Last Joke on Jeff. Re-porters stated in their reports in lo-cal newspapers that the sign andgallows brought great laughter themoment the sign was close enoughto read.

As more and more folks stood inline, some of the wagons pulled upwith colorful signs and decorationswhile others were filled up withhappy people. One reported stated,These folks came from hither andyon and beyond.

Spencers band fell in behind thelead wagon as other smaller bands,eight in all, found room to join theparade. Once the line stretchedout, it continued for just over four

miles. One reporter who decidedto record the time and length of theparade reported that it was overfour miles long and took two hoursto walk the distance from the be-ginning to the end, which was theCourthouse in Peoria, Illinois.

Once they arrived folks aban-doned the wagons and gathered allaround the courthouse to hear thespeakers. Of course there were pa-triotic speeches by a couple of lo-cal politicians, the mayor and localpreachers who asked for prayers ofthanks. The principal speaker wasEbon C. Ingersoll, the brother offamous Robert Ingersoll. Ebonwas the newly elected U.S. Con-gressman who would take office inMay.

It was a happy, uproarious timeand when the sun went down a

The Peoria Historical Society re-enacted the Surrender...General Lee to General Grant. Photo by Jim Bateman.

Chris Oesterreich of Normal, with anice muskie taken from the shore inTwo Cedars Cove, Evergreen Lakeon a Mepps spinner. Estimated at

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C I V I L W A R S U R R E N D E R C O M E S T O L I F EPaparazzi Restaurant on Voss Ave in Peoria Heights, hosted a Civil War 150th Anniversary Fundraising Din-

ner Sunday, April 12th.Thanks to the Wayne Baum Family Center for hosting the cocktail hour with local musician Barry Cloyd - fea-

turing music from the Civil War Era. Local Historian Norm Kelly spoke for a few minutes about Peoria duringthe Civil War years ... most notably how Peoria Distilleries paid for the Civil War on the Union side. Peoria wasthe main source of tax revenue to the Federal Government during that time.

A special presentation by members of the Peoria Historical Society - re-enacted the Surrender - General Leeto General Grant.

General Grant was played by Paul Gordon, and General Lee was portrayed by Bob Grimson. Peoria HistoricalSociety President Mark Johnson played Secretary of War Edward Stanton updating the audience with eventsleading up to the surrender.

A Big Thanks to Lisa Mancuso, and partner Bruce Brown owners of Paparazzi Restaurant who raised$10,490.00 for the day 100% of all funds raised will be split between the Landmark Foundation and the Peo-ria Historical Society.

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revenue paying forthe Union side of

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Thanks to the 9th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry for participating in thisevent. Photo by Ken Hackney.

Thank you to the members of the Peoria Historical Society for comingout to support this Civil War re-enactment. Photo by Ken Hackney.

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purchased your box call, you mustlearn how to play it. I do like thebox call because it is so easy touse. But do not be fooled by thatstatement. It still takes lots ofpractice to master all the soundsthat this call can make.

All too often, turkey hunters failto operate, or play, this instrumentcorrectly. Pressing the paddle ontothe box may help increase volume,but will likely cause you to loosethe desired pitch. Quality custom-built box calls are designed for theweight of the paddle to be suffi-cient pressure to make the boxplay. Most paddles will have asweet spot. Find this spot and youhave found the key to your springsuccess.

Yelps are easily reproduced on abox call by dragging the paddleover one of the box lips. At this

point you are looking for, and lis-tening for, pitch. I will remind youthat if you practice indoors, thepitch will sound profoundly differ-ent outside. Practice outdoors asmuch as possible.

Once you have mastered a singleyelp, line-up several yelps into ashort run of calls. At this point youare working on rhythm. Combin-ing rhythm and pitch will give youa very accurate imitation of a wildturkey.

There are a couple of differentways that you can hold this instru-ment as you play it. My preferredmethod is to hold the box uprightin my left hand and operate thepaddle with my right hand. Thisallows the weight of the paddle todo its job correctly.

Another variation that I haveseen, but do not subscribe to, isholding the box upside down withthe paddle in your left hand, strik-

The author goes to the box call when he needs to put the hammer on spring gobblers. (Photo by Mike Roux)

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ing the paddle with the box, whichis held in the right hand. To me,this method is cumbersome andeliminates the true resonance thatthe call can produce. Either way,learn to play your box call with themethod that is most comfortablefor you.

By laying the paddle on the lipand popping it sharply upward, youcan make an excellent cluck withyour box call. Putts can be made inmuch the same way. By slowlydragging the full width of the pad-dle over the lip, a very seductivepurr can be accomplished.

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produce is cutting. To do this, holdthe box in your left hand, paddle upand laying on the lip. Use your leftthumb as a bumper. Tap the pad-dle with your right hand allowing itto rebound off your left thumb.Practice this until you get the pitch,then work on the rhythm. This callcan really fire-up old tom and vast-ly improve your chances for suc-cess.

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Blackened CatsThe other night I smoked up the

neighborhood with a batch of blackenedred drum that I got from a friend ofmine. I hadnt cooked a batch of any-thing blackened for a long time, and hadforgotten what a true gift Nawlins ChefPaul Prudhomme presented to us backin the seventies.

I havent been salt water fishing in acouple years and that redfish gave methe hankering to get down there andcatch me some flounder, speckled troutand I am sure some skates and rays aswell. I have promised to everyone inearshot that the next ray I get will getcooked.

I dont know a soul that keeps rays forfood and most of them get whackedonce they get in the boat and start flail-ing that barbed tail around and thenthey get tossed overboard. In my way of

thinking, if an unscrupulous fish mon-ger can sell pieces of ray punched outwith a cookie cutter so they can sellthem as scallops tells me that they canbe pretty good eats.

Most of the catch that comes from thebrackish waters that we fish are somevery good eats. This water producesblue crab, white and brown shrimp anda host of fish that end up presenting youwith lip smackin goodness. If your mid-west fish store stocks fresh or frozenitems there are some great things youcan do with them.

Lets take the blackening idea. If youdont have redfish you can substitutesome nice catfish filets instead. If youdecide to do it, make sure you have a

well-ventilated kitchen or do as Idocook it outside. If you dont ownsomething like cast iron skillets or a ves-sel that can get smoking hot dont evenattempt this. Lets assume catfish andnot redfish for your purposes.6 1/2 inch thick catfish filets (8oz. ea. or so)2.5 tsp. salt1 tsp. onion powder1 tsp. garlic powder1 tsp. cayenne pepper3/4 tsp. black pepper3/4 tsp. white pepper1/2 tsp. dried thyme1/2 tsp. dried oregano3 sticks of butter melted (prefer unsalted for this)

Mix all the spices together. Dip eachpiece of fish in the butter and put a gen-erous amount of spices on both sides ofeach piece of fish. You probably want todo this on parchment or waxed paper.Preheat a cast iron griddle or skillet foreight to ten minutes or until it is whiteand ashy looking. Cook each filet till itappears charred (about two min.) turn tothe second side and drizzle more butterover each piece and cook till the fish iscooked thru. Hey! It isnt somethingyou want to eat every day and it is worthfasting the next day if you have to.Continue with the rest of the fish whilekeeping the others hot in a warm oven.Serve with some wild rice and a goodfresh veggie and you have about a fifty

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Morels with CreamAbout 15 fresh morels,rinsed well and cut in halflengthwise1 large shallot, peeledand minced1 clove garlic, peeledand minced2 tbsp. olive oil2 tbsp. unsalted butter1/2 cup chicken stockTruffle salt and freshly ground pepper totaste3/4 cup heavy cream

Heat heavy pan over medium heat.Add olive oil, then shallots and garlicand saute briefly. Add butter and heatuntil melted. Add the morels, stirringand cooking until they begin to brownand release their moisture (about 5 min-utes). Add chicken stock and cook forabout 3 minutes. Stir. Add cream andcontinue heating on low until reducedand thickened slightly.

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live in today, now morethan ever, thank Godwe all still have suchpowerful lovingmemories of specialpeople in our lives, andas I wrote in my tributesong to the great man,surely, "in the wind,he's still alive!"!

Fred was born on a farm inWaynsboro, Pennsylvania onMarch 5, 1902, and was the living

personification of ruggedindividualism and true self-sufficient independence that madethis country great and so muchbetter than any other. They wereglorious days in this brave newworld where men were men andstood strong to take care of their

families and couldn'timagine not earningtheir own way or thatsomehow animalscould possibly haverights in between mealsof flesh.

Farming, timbering,hunting, fishing andtrapping all provided agood quality of life forthe Bear family, andFred was intrigued withthe higher level ofawareness that was

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Every hunt was the perfect chal-lenging sport, prag-matic procurement oflife sustaining meat,hide, bone, tools!and medicine andwhen successful, the ultimate tro-phy of accomplish-ment through gunghostealthy patience anddedication to ourreasoning predatorresponsibilities.

Fred became! soproficient with hisfirearms that he sought a morechallenging, fulfilling method-ology in his hunting! pursuits. Once he witnessed the exploits ofSaxton Pope and! Art Youngcarrying on the bowhuntinglifestyle of Ishi, the last of the YaniIndian tribe of California, thearchery fire was started, and Fredwent on to lead thecharge! promoting bowhunting biggame around the world.

Though he didn't begin tobowhunt! until he was 29 years ofage, his woodscrafting! andengineering genius! opened awindow to new and innovativearchery designs, securing his 1starchery patent in 1950.

It was around that time that mydad, Warren Nugent, was struckhard with the bowhunting bug dueto Fred's easy going, genuine style

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As I reflect on days of long past, Im remember-ing the many fishing poles that we neighborhoodboys cut out of the old willow trees lining the Lit-tle Wabash River. I was the most fortunate sincethe river flowed thru our east pasture, making itonly a few yards from my back door. These fishingpoles were certainly a far cry from the elaboratemodels of today, but we caught a few fish andlearned some good lessons in stealth and bait se-lections. Sometimes my lines were made from apiece of kite string or similar cotton fiber that Icould talk my mother into contributing to thecause. I suspect she made the contribution so

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