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March 11, 2024

Behind the scenes at Illinois Natural History Survey: Postdoctoral researcher, Jordan Hartman, active in eastern banded killifish research

Jordan Hartman joined the Illinois Natural History Survey and the Collaborative Conservation Genomics Laboratory on Jan. 1 as a Postdoctoral Researcher with Dr. Mark Davis. She did her undergraduate work at the University of Missouri in Fisheries and Wildlife.

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Single or treble hooks for fishing: Which one are you going with?

Hypothetical situation: You’re stranded, starving, and close to death from lack of food.
You’ve just found some fishing gear and it includes two identical fishing lures, identical except one of them has a single hook, the other is fitted with a treble hook. You know you may only have one chance to catch a fish. Which lure are you going to pick?

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Get a gobbler going this spring with a barred owl call

The barred owl “shock” call is a good choice when trying to strike up a bird or roost a gobbler for the next morning’s hunt. This locator tactic also works well during other times, especially on overcast days.
Maybe you’ve never seen a barred owl nor didn’t know its name even though you’ve heard its distinctive “who cooks for you” call.

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