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Jeremiah Haas

Jeremiah Haas: 5:07 p.m. – for deer hunters, timing means everything

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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

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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: Yes, we do have ‘River Monsters’ in Illinois

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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

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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

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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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Jeremiah Haas: Much we can learn from elephants

Featured, Fishing, Hunting, Illinois, Opinion /

Recently, I was told the story about elephant populations in Africa, and the role each gender has for a stable population. Back in the 1990s, Kruger National Park in South Africa, was faced with a growing elephant problem in that the population had grown so large that the park couldn’t sustain the levels.
This park was a remarkable success story in the recovery of elephants. While some of the elephants had to be culled, others were transported to other National Parks, to aid in their recovery programs. 

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Jeremiah Haas: With water temps dropping, river fish will be biting

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While this summer has been miserable in regard to heat and humidity, the calendar is telling us that the end is near. The first seasons of fall hunting have begun, and the river temperatures are finally starting to drop.
For many Quad Cities anglers in Iowa and Illinois, now is the time that we get excited for some of the best fishing of the year.

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