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Jeremiah Haas: An inexpensive way to experience the outdoors

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As a parent of two teenagers and a coach at our school, I have seen the changes in kids during this electronics age. We were mean, mean parents when we did not allow our first child to get a cell phone until they were 14. Jetting off to Yellowstone for the weekend might not be in your budget, but there is a lot of nature around us, if you are willing to get out and look.

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Jeremiah Haas: Trusting your gut is often the way to go in hunting

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Fifth season – or, the fifth and final week of the Illinois spring turkey season – can be a fun, but difficult time to hunt turkeys as most of the breeding is over, hens are rarely grouped up, and the heat can make it very uncomfortable in the woods, especially when you can feel the ticks crawling up your arm. 
While the tactics used in first season can still be effective, you need to trust your gut when it is time to change.

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Jeremiah Haas: A turkey hunting surprise to wrap up a season

Featured, Hunting, Illinois, National Hunting /

One of the most exciting things about hunting is the unknown. I say unknown because Mother Nature is unpredictable, whether you are a full-time biologist or a novice hunter. 
The moment you think you understand everything in nature is the moment you begin to fool yourself. In my day job, I tell people that I can predict what the fish are going to do about 90% of the time, the rest of the time we just call that nature. The first turkey season for me was exactly that.

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Jeremiah Haas: Here’s how to age your turkey

Featured, Featured, Features, Home Page News, Hunting, Hunting, Illinois, Iowa, National Hunting /

Turkey season is ongoing and many people are now looking at the birds they harvested, wondering just how old that bird is. For deer hunters, age is talked about all the time, usually to allow animals to mature to larger sizes. 
Turkey hunters rarely talk about a turkey’s age, except for jakes. Separating turkeys by age is usually done with three age classes: 1-year-olds, 2-year-olds, and 3-year-olds or older. For biologists, these three age classes are enough to evaluate population trends, reproduction rates, harvest rates and tag numbers.

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Patience is often the right approach in turkey hunting

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As a new turkey hunter, the minute I heard a gobble in the distance, my first instinct was to get up and head towards the bird, cutting the distance between us. 
The second thing I remember doing often was moving by 7:30 a.m. when I hadn’t heard anything close. In both situations, my youthful inexperience kept me from having the patience needed to be successful. And don’t misunderstand, I still struggle in that area.

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Jeremiah Haas: Tactics for hunting turkeys in the wind

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Spring turkey hunting around the Quad Cities can be anything from 70s and ticks, to 20s and snow. I have been successful in both situations and I am an average turkey hunter at best.  The key is to understand what the bird wants (food, mates or safety) and then adjust accordingly. Hunting in the wind is no different.

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Jeremiah Haas: Is integrating technology into outdoor experiences a good thing?

Featured, Hunting, Illinois, National Fishing, National Hunting, Opinion /

Technology is a normal part of life, otherwise we would still be riding horses and cooking food over an open fire. Innovation typically occurs when there is a necessity or when it increases the efficiency of a process. Fifty or 60 years ago, nobody dreamed we would have tablets, earpiece communicators or smartphones that have more computing power than NASA had when it sent astronauts to the moon. 
Hunting and fishing are not exempt from this trend either.

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Jeremiah Haas: Time to get your boat ready for the open-water season

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As we begin getting some open water around the Quad Cities area, the itch to get out and chase those early-season walleyes is starting to get tougher to ignore.
While we assume everything was done correctly before the boat was put away in the fall, many times that task was done haphazardly and we tend to pay the consequences of those actions the first couple of times out in the spring. So, unless you are seasoned veteran of the waters and know exactly what things to look for, take a few minutes to make sure everything is ready to go.

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Jeremiah Haas: Lose some winter weight with these fun outdoor ‘chores’

Featured, Featured, Features, Hunting, Hunting, Illinois, Iowa /

Most people have a habit of putting on a few extra pounds each winter due to less activity, holiday get-togethers or enjoying too many snacks at your favorite Super Bowl party.

However, there are ways to get back into shape for the summer and the outdoors can provide you with the location, and hopefully the motivation, to do just that. One of the easiest things to do is just get your boots on and start walking in your woods looking for shed antlers.

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