Jeremiah Haas: Found a dead head in Illinois outside of hunting season? Here’s how to legally possess it
Each spring deer hunters hit the woods to look for the antlers of animals which eluded them during the hunting season.
Jeremiah Haas: Tools and strategies deer hunters use now can make a difference come fall
While the Chicago Bears did not make it into the February postseason, deer hunters across Illinois should be thinking about their postseason activities.
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Jeremiah Haas: Oddity or normal? Illinois deer with canine teeth
Just recently, a deer hunting friend of mine was boiling up several bucks to make European mounts. That evening, I got a picture of a deer he had harvested near the Mississippi River which appeared to have canine teeth. While I had heard about this before, this was the first time I had ever witnessed it.
Talking with several other experienced hunters who do European mounts, there have been a few around the Quad Cities area over the years.
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Jeremiah Haas: 5:07 p.m. – for deer hunters, timing means everything
Specifically, 5:07 p.m. is a time I will not forget anytime soon. In the life of a deer hunter, timing is everything. For a hunter who pursues specific animals, time can be your greatest enemy.
Here is how we got there. It was Friday of the second firearms season in Illinois, and I had the opportunity to hunt a standing bean field. I was going to have the entire season to harvest one of the two big 8-pointers on the property.
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Jeremiah Haas: A Quad Cities example on the economic impact of fishing tournaments
There is nothing more competitive than fishing against your friends or that buddy who likes to talk too much in the boat.
While many of these competitions are friendly, competitive anglers and tournament fishing have come a long way in the last 50 years. What used to be a group or fishing club get together for a day of fishing and a fish fry, is now a multi-billion-dollar industry.
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Jeremiah Haas: Northern Lights put on a spectacular show; here’s how they occur
It isn’t often that I can be pulled away from my work and spend an entire evening wandering around, staring at the sky.
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Jeremiah Haas: Yes, we do have ‘River Monsters’ in Illinois
We have all watched the shows on television showing the terrors of the deep, the animals that live under the dams, or just the eeriness of the unknown in our waters.
Usually, the host will have to travel to far-off places, deep into the jungle or high into the mountain passes where little human activity has changed the environment. But how much of this is real and how much is fiction?
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Jeremiah Haas: Find quality time for youth hunting
Youth deer season in Illinois can be a difficult season.
Depending on where you are located in the state, the weather can be less than hospitable for deer hunting. However, it’s a balance in that you want nicer weather so the kids can have an enjoyable experience, but you also need the weather to be cooler for the animals to be moving. That is the dilemma of youth season.
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Jeremiah Haas: Recent incident a reminder of the importance of hunting safety plans
Anyone who has read this column over the years knows that I am a big proponent of safety while out hunting. I’ve written several articles on treestand safety, treestand harnesses and other tips for making sure everybody goes home in as good as shape as they came.
One area that I have not talked about and have seen issues firsthand in the last few weeks, is preseason hunting safety.
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