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November 14, 2023

To confront a rutting buck, it still comes down to being at the right place at the right time

Over the past three weeks I’ve done a lot of archery hunting for whitetails, especially the past two weeks, which was that special period of time when love-worn bucks would be seeking females to spread their genetic makeup.  
I hunt with a companion who takes a week’s vacation from his job to pursue male deer during this heightened timeframe of encountering a roaming buck at any daylight hour.

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Power station a source of Mississippi River’s walleye boom in Illinois

When you think about a nuclear power station, your first thought is likely not of a fish hatchery. But Illinois has the only nuclear generation site in the country with an active fish hatchery that is operated privately. 
And that unique hatchery has produced some astonishing walleye numbers. After 40 years of stocking, a rough estimate is that nearly 10 million fingerlings have been produced. That production, along with highly effective regulations, has turned the Mississippi River from Dubuque to the Quad Cities into one of the best walleye fisheries in the country.

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New York programs help vets get out, enjoy the outdoors

Anyone who has spent time in a trout stream knows how meditative that experience can be. The stream swirls around your shins as you read the water. What insects are hatching? Where are currents meeting? Where are the fish hiding? The mind is fully focused on the task at hand. 

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