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September 18, 2024

How will pheasant hunters fare in the Midwest? A look at the forecast for 2024

Throughout the Midwest pheasant hunting states, the message from Pheasants Forever and state agency wildlife biologists regarding what hunters can expect this fall is fairly consistent across the region.
The mild winter led to more adult birds surviving what often can be a difficult season for the favorite upland game bird for many hunters. On the downside, heavy late spring rains that ended the prolonged drought was a double-edged sword.

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New Hampshire angler wins big at New York’s Fall Lake Ontario Counties Derby

Dan Blackmore, of Orford, N.H., caught a 31-pound, 5-ounce Chinook salmon on the first day of the Fall Lake Ontario Counties Trout, Salmon and Walleye Derby held Aug. 16 to Sept. 2 and led the contest for all 18 days to win a check for $25,000 plus a daily prize of $500.
Blackmore was fishing with his friends Matt Guay, of Enfield, N.H., and Pat Burt, of Danbury, N.H., and they were trolling out of the Little Salmon River in Oswego County, N.Y.

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