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The buck stops here ‌In early October of 1945 then President Harry S. Truman received a desk plaque as a gift from a friend from Missouri. The small placard read “The Buck Stops Here,” a phrase which would go on to symbolize Truman’s time in the nation’s highest office. The phrase “The Buck Stops Here” stems from the alternative to the old saying of “passing the buck”, or pushing the responsibility off onto another person. It’s said the term “pass the buck” was derived from frontier saloons where a knife with a buck antler handle was often used as a marker of who was to deal next. If a poker player didn’t want to deal he could pass the move, or pass the “buck”, on to the next player. Not that anything about the card game story or President Truman’s desk ornaments has anything to do with deer hunting, except that the phrase came to mind when I started thinking about deer season ... and I think the “buck stops here” plaque story is an interesting bit of our history. Now to the real topic I wanted to discuss. Deer season for bow hunters is already getting into full swing. Firearms deer hunters have only a couple months until they get their chance. Recently I was driving down the road on a cool, drizzly day and there was a misty fog settled in the hollers. I rolled the window down on the truck and sniffed the air, and it smelled exactly like deer season. I immediately called one of my hunting buddies to see if he was planning to join us

was about multiple generations gathering for one weekend a year to hunt and live together on one piece of property. In recent years careers and kids’ and grandkids’ activities have meant fewer family members make it consistently, but still those of us who do have a great time. Most years we also kill a few deer. Of course, who kills the biggest deer, and who kills the first deer opening morning are also bragging points for that weekend and several years to follow. Then, all too soon, the weekend comes to a close and we head back home and spend the next few days processing venison and getting it packed away in the freezer for some fine meals over the next several months. Regardless of whether a group deer camp is part of your annual hunt, or perhaps you hunt solo and hike in and camp in solitude in a tent, or maybe you wake up each morning in your own bed and drive to your hunting spot, or simply walk out the back door and straight to your stand, the common denominator is that it you deer hunt you’ll likely agree that this is your favorite time of the year. We hope the stories, pictures, tips and at deer camp this year. The conversation quickly turned to what deer sign I had seen in tricks shared in this fall hunting guide are recent weeks, what we might fix for meals at helpful, inspiring and entertaining. Our staff deer camp, and how much we’d each be able has sure enjoyed putting this guide together for you, and we hope it informs and inspires to hunt after opening weekend. you. If you deer hunt, or know someone who does, you’ve likely already been part of simiHappy hunting! lar conversations in recent weeks. Doug Smith For many years deer season for my family

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nvest in land. After all, they’re not making anymore!” That’s sound advice, especially amidst today’s volatile financial world ... and even more so if you hunt. Holding deed to your own hunting ground provides huge benefits. If you own or lease as little as five acres in Missouri, or 40 acres in Illinois, you can apply for and receive resident “landowner” tags to harvest deer and turkey. In Missouri, if you own 75 acres or more you will qualify for additional tags. But far more important than free tags, having your own hunting ground offers the ability and enjoyment of putting in food plots and mineral licks (providing not prohibited by law) and ponds, building permanent blinds or stands, creating cover and improving travelways between feeding and bedding areas, and limiting hunting pressure by deciding who hunts the property. The problem is that purchasing or keeping your own hunting acreage is not always an option. Sometimes a career keeps you moving every few years, or raising a family requires putting those available dollars other places. And even if you are at the point in life where you have some disposable income to invest in your own hunting property, finding affordable land that is suitable for hunting—or that can be made reasonably suitable—is becoming more difficult. The days of buying unimproved rural land in the Midwest for $50 to $100 an acre has been a thing of the past for many decades now. Nowadays, even the least desirable hunting land can run $800 to $1,000 an acre. And land with year-round water, easy access, no easements or deed restrictions is going to be exponentially higher based on topography, if the land has any usable buildings (improvements) already in place, proximity to

utilities, or other available uses (such as farmland or property adjacent to slated development). Acreage on the low end of the spectrum, which may at first seem like a real bargain, is often hard to access due to terrain or being landlocked by other properties without a dedicated access easement, or it has been too aggressively logged or farmed in recent years. It takes a while to make wildlife habitat improvements, and even longer if you start with a blank slate. So what’s a hunter without a boat load of cash or some inherited quality hunting acreage supposed to do aside from joining friends and neighbors on the available publicly-held tracts of land within driving distance? You could always look at leasing some acreage during the fall hunting seasons, even going in with one of more other hunters to improve your options by having more cash available. But perhaps the best option is to make friends with a landowner. Befriending A Landowner The process of gaining hunting privilege on private land is not one of trickery or deceit. In fact it’s quite the opposite. You “earn the right” to hunt on someone else’s land for free by either building a friendship or providing a needed service. Most connections between hunters and landowners start with an acquaintance due to some other reason—perhaps you work together, know each other through a family member or shared friend, or just a connection made by word of mouth. But it’s not out of the realm of reality to simply find someone who owns a quantity of acres and simple knock on their door ... “cold calling” is the term oft-used in the sales world. Regardless of how the connection is made, the first step is to “introduce” yourself. Here’s a quick tidbit of advice. Time-

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honored etiquette dictates you should “never show up empty-handed.” That holds true when befriending a landowner to gain hunting privilege. Unless you’re cold calling on a stranger, ask that mutual acquaintance or another coworker and find out what the landowner likes ... whether it be a particular brand of Scotch, a couple boxes of shotgun shells, a new cap with their favorite implement tractor manufacturer or sports team’s logo, or a stick of summer sausage rack of ribs. Now don’t just walk up to the house and knock and hand him (or her) the gift when they open the door. But have that gift ready in the truck so you can retrieve and offer it before you part ways. It’ll leave a lasting impression. Since you’re not selling vacuum cleaners, or asking them to Sunday services, or looking to go out on a blind date, you’ll want to keep if fairly informal. If you already see the person occasionally at work, or church, or the bar, then you’ve likely already made a casual connection. But if that’s not the case then just knock on the door, take a deep breath to calm your nerves, and when he (or she) answers you’ll start by kindly introducing yourself. A little small talk might ease the tension but keep it at a bare minimum or it’ll start making for an uneasy feeling ... especially on the landowner’s part. It’s going to become evident real quick why you’re interrupting the other person’s supper, nap or chore time. You are the one who approached him (or her), and you’re the one who is seeking a favor of hunting privileges, that’s the simple truth and there’s no need to belabor the inquiry by beating around the bush about it too much. That said, if you have a common friend or relative this might be the time to name drop and let them know. For instance, “Good morning sir. My name is Doug Smith. My neighbor, Bob Jones (his brother-in-law or coworker or

chiropractor or mechanic), said I might want to talk to you.” And make that first contact with hat in hand—both figuratively and literally. Now’s the time to show some respect. You’ve just interrupted this person’s day and are about to ask him to let you hunt on his land. And in today’s sue-happy, litiguious world that’s no small thing. A gentle approach is a must (especially for a first-timer at this kind of thing). So in a very forward manner let the landowner know your intentions. Don’t just blurt out your reason for being there in one sentence, but also don’t belabor the unveiling of your purpose. It’s entirely possible the landowner has no interest or intention whatsoever of letting you or anyone else have access to her (or his) land for hunting. Maybe they’ve been burned before by hunters who killed as many deer or turkey as they could without restraint, or who left the land littered or damaged, or failed to show any kind of thankfulness for the privilege of being granted access in the first place. Or maybe the landowner or family members or friends already hunt the acreage during certain seasons. In that case it might not be an option for fall deer but could be accessed for spring turkey, or is occupied during waterfowl season but available for early season archery hunting. Here’s where having at least a little prior knowledge of the landowner is most helpful. Maybe you’ve heard that she or he used to hunt their own land but age or illness has required them to stop. Or perhaps they once had livestock and used the land for grazing and hay production and didn’t allow shooting for fear of having an animal killed, but they’ve recently sold off the cattle or horses and now they’d likely entertain hunting. Maybe they put out a sizable garden or field crops and the Please See PRIVATE LAND, K6

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What, you’re still standing on the porch, or even better yet you’re sitting in the living room sharing a cup of cofFrom K4 fee with the property owner? That’s a good sign. You’re almost there. deer or feral hogs are wreaking havoc Remember the etiquette rule I menon the plants. tioned earlier about how you should In the case of the first scenario, perhaps they would be willing to let some- “never show up empty handed.” You still have that gift in the truck and one hunt their land if they’d be given you’ll likely want to retrieve it and a portion of the meat after processing. present it shortly. But sometimes you Someone who has tasted deer tencan offer something much more valuderloin or wild turkey breast for years able to the landowner than something but can no longer hunt would likely in a bottle or box or wrapper. At this welcome some of that healthy meat to point you might explore the options enjoy like old times. As for the latter, of assisting the landowner by providwild hogs are just an all-out nuisance ing predator control, or assisting as a (especially in Missouri’s Ozarks), and too many deer can be a problem as well watchman keeping an eye out for any suspicious activity during hunting seato gardeners or crop farmers. sons and pre-season scouting, or even Okay, you’ve made introductions helping with seasonal farm chores such and explained why you’ve come calling. If the door hasn’t been slammed in as lending a hand during haying or harvesting season. your face at this point then it’s time to Decades ago my grandparents owned start name-dropping references. If the about 110 rural acres. It’s where they conversation is pretty cut and dried, built their home and eventually raised consider simply stating that you can provide some references of landowners their three children. But next in importance, they raised their food and you’ve dealt with before. If the conlivelihood there on that land. The land versation is going more easy, consider sustained cows, pigs and chickens, and working it into the talk by saying that you’ve hunted on other people’s land in horses used to help work the land, hay and corn for animal feed, and a sizable the past and it was a good experience garden for eating fresh and canning for for both you and them and you’d be glad to provide the names and numbers winter. The woodlots, fencerows and field edges of the farm also provided of those people if it would be helpful. cover for deer, turkey, rabbit and squirBe ready! Have as many names as possible and their contact phone num- rel, along with a wealth of smaller rodents and birds. Along with such a wild bers at the ready. If I’m a landowner bounty came a healthy population of and someone comes knocking asking coyotes and foxes, bobcats and an octo hunt on my land you can bet I don’t casional black bear or mountain lion. intend to have to track down the conBut by large the biggest nuisance of tact information for their references. It’s your job as the hunter looking for a them all was the coyotes. Grandpa wasn’t a hunter. He kept place to hunt with hat in hand to do the legwork and have that list of names and a small .22 rifle on a shelf above the bedroom door which he used each fall related contact numbers already writto dispatch a couple hogs at butcherten or printed out in a legible list and on a piece of paper folded and tucked in ing time. And I suspect he’d shoot a varmint if it was trying to harm his your pocket ready to go. animals but I never heard such stories. And here’s another tip. Do yourself But he gladly granted passage onto and a favor and give those people on the across his land to a group of weekend list a heads-up that you wish to use coyote hunters who had trained hounds them as a reference. It’s only fair to and liked to chase the coy dogs. not blindside them with a questioning The band of houndsmen gathered a phone call. And it just might be that for couple Saturdays each month and used whatever reason that past experience their dogs to chase coyotes across the of you hunting on their land wasn’t as countryside. They used the network of favorable for them as you thought it was (even if you minded your manners, county roads and private lanes to keep up with the dogs once they were on a perhaps the practice just made them hot trail. If they opened a gate they’d uneasy for some reason). The time to learn that information is before you go be careful to close it immediately. If a hunter drove across a field he would throwing their name around and potentially ruining your upcoming hunt- make sure it was dry and firm enough to support his truck (this was in the days ing season by giving an unfavorable before ATVs or UTVs) without leaving reference. K6

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it ruts, and was careful never to damage crops. So why would grandpa let a bunch of guys he barely knew have free reign to enter his property at will without notice? Because they were providing a very important service to the farmer. They were keeping the coyote population in check. They likely said something like “... we like running our dogs and hunting coyotes, and we can help keep the population knocked down and keep them away from your livestock.” Any reasonable rancher or farmer would be open to at least entertaining such an offer. You can provide that same service for a landowner. Ask her if she has any problems with coyotes or feral hogs on her land. Offer to dispatch any you see while hunting deer, turkey or whatever the main focus might be (within the guidelines of the state’s laws, of course). Furthermore, offer to keep an eye on her fences, or report to her any unusual activity you might see while back on the back 40 acres hunting. In today’s weird world of clandestine meth making and thievery (often by those looking to steal to buy the same drugs the smarter addicts are making in those backwoods labs) who couldn’t use an extra set of eyes keeping a watch on their land. Let him or her know you’ll quickly report to them any outof-the-ordinary activity you might find. You Have Access ... Now What? First, remember to get that gift out of the truck and present it before you part ways. Having that stick of summer sausage, new ball cap or bottle of their favorite drink in hand when they watch you pull out of the driveway will only work to help ease their mind that they’ve made the correct decision in allowing you hunting access on their land. Next, be a man or woman of your word. Close the gates securely when you pass through them. Don’t put up feeders or tree stands without permission, and never damage trees or ground in the process. Notify the farmer when you find a downed fence, and even offer to help him cut up the tree which fell across the wire and help look for the cattle that got out because of the opening in the fence. Sure, it’s not your land and it might interrupt a few hours of hunting time. But you’ve been given a great gift of available hunting land and if you play your cards right you could have access, perhaps even exclusive access, to hunt the land for years to come. When, not “if” but “when”, you kill

that big deer or that huge turkey, or that bonus antlerless deer, or limit out on ducks or geese remember the landowner and offer a little bit of the processed meat. Even if they decline the offer you’ve done your part by offering. Like I said earlier, oftentimes a landowner with property suitable for hunting was once a hunter himself who has grown too old or feeble to get out and about. Few things make an aging former hunter or angler happier than a package of venison tenderloin or a roast, a fresh wild turkey breast, a couple nice ducks or a mess of freshcaught fish. If you’re using the land to take your children or grandchildren hunting and they kill something, snap a picture of them and their harvest and show it to the landowner. True outdoorsmen (and outdoorswomen) like to see the outdoor traditions being passed down to future generations. And if possible, take the child with you when you return to thank the landowner and give them their gift of meat. They’ll likely enjoy seeing the next generation of hunters being taught good manners and responsibility. And last but not least, don’t forget Christmas. Send the landowner a card, or better yet give her or him a gift as a token of your appreciation. Consider a nice calendar geared toward their interests or hobbies, or a meat and cheese tray, a bottle or case of their favorite adult beverage, a gift card to their favorite restaurant (you can find out which one through small talk during visits while coming and going to hunt), some of their favorite summer sausage and some quality crackers, a loaf of homemade bread, or a sugar-cured ham. If they heat with wood consider buying them a couple rank of firewood and have it delivered and stacked ... you get the idea. Trust me, it’s worth giving the gift. With more and more hunting land disappearing each year due to urban sprawl, or landowners becoming leary of allowing others access for fear or repercussions should an accident occur while on the land, consider the gift you’ve been given. Lastly, be sure and follow up each year a few months before hunting season to assure the offer still stands. And, likewise, of something changes and you no longer with to have hunting access be sure and discuss that with the landowner as well. It’s the right thing to do. And it just might earn you another favorable recommendation the next time you go knocking on someone’s door.

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‌We’re all guilty of it. We see a hunter with mismatched camo with an old single-shot 12-gauge. And he’s sporting his deer he just harvested on the back of his old truck. It’s a doe or more than likely a smaller buck. But he’s happy, and grinning from ear-to-ear like he just killed the new world record. So you laugh and joke with your buddies as he goes by, while leaning against your brand new truck in your name brand-matching camo. But have you ever stopped to think that maybe the deer on the back of his truck means a lot more to him than just big antlers? Maybe he’s a third shift blue collar worker at the local steel mill, just trying to pay his bills and keep gas in his old truck. Maybe he don’t have the fancy game cameras and big food plots that you have, or the big fancy hunting blinds that cost more than his old truck. Maybe he’s happy because he finally didn’t have to work this weekend. So he decided to go hunting on the little piece of land that he’s hunted since he was a boy, with the gun that his dad gave him when he turned 12 years old. More than likely he’s not hunting to kill the next world record. He could care less about the antlers. But what he does care about is putting food on the table for his family at home, and knowing that they’re going to eat good for now. And that, my friends, will put a smile on any true sportsman’s face. So good luck to all the hunters out there with the rest of your season. Just remember this ... support each other and be happy for each other, no matter how big their harvest is, because to some folks it means a lot more than the size of the antlers.

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hronic Wasting Disease, or CWD, was first discovered in the United States in 1967 in captive mule deer in Colorado. Since then CWD has been found in Missouri, Illinois and 20 other states and several Canadian provinces. These include Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana Nebraska, New Mexico, Missouri, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and Alberta and Saskatchewan.

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of Conservation had begun statewide CWD surveillance of free-ranging deer in 2001 when the deadly disease began spreading through nearby states. Since that time the MDC has tested more than 100,000 free-ranging deer. Deer are sampled during the opening weekend of fall firearms deer hunting season in targeted counties based on the findings from the previous year. During the 2017-2018 deer seasons period the MDC tested nearly 24,500 deer for CWD and found 33 new cases for a total of 75 cases in Missouri. The CWD Management Zone includes counties within approximately 25 miles of CWD detections. The zone includes these counties within or that touch a radius of approximately 25 miles from where the disease has been found: Adair, Barry,

Benton, Bollinger, Boone, Callaway, Cape Girardeau, Carroll, Cedar, Chariton, Cole, Cooper, Crawford, Dade, Franklin, Gasconade, Grundy, Hickory, Jefferson, Knox, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Madison, Mercer, McDonald, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan, Osage, Ozark, Perry, Polk, Putnam, Randolph, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, St. Charles, St. Clair, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis, Stone, Sullivan, Taney, Warren, and Washington. Hunters who harvest deer in certain CWD Management Zone counties on Nov. 10-11 of this year, the opening weekend of fall firearms deer season, must present their deer, or the head with at least six inches of the neck in place, to an MDC CWD sampling location on the Please See CWD, K12

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Also, more than 200 cases of CWD have been found in deer and elk in northwest Arkansas since early 2016. This has prompted MDC to increase CWD surveillance efforts in southwest Missouri. The good news is, to date no deer from counties bordering Arkansas have tested positive for the disease. So what is Missouri doing to combat the spread of CWD? The agency works with hunters, landowners, taxidermists, and others through mandatory and voluntary sampling to collect tissue samples for Please See CWD, K14

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day of harvest. The testing is free and hunters can also get free results. A complete list, with interactive map, of sampling stations can be found at: https://huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/ hunting-trapping/wildlife-diseases/ chronic-wasting-disease-cwd/mandatory-cwd-sampling-2018. In addition, the MDC is offering free CWD sampling and testing of deer harvested anywhere in the state throughout the entire deer hunting season – Sept. 15 through Jan. 15, 2019 – with several sampling locations including MDC offices. The sampling is voluntary and hunters can also get free test results for their deer. Hunters can have their deer sampled at 11 select MDC offices around the state. Hunters can also take their deer to 64 participating taxidermists and meat processors located in the 48 counties of MDC’s CWD Management Zone. MDC asks hunters to Telecheck their deer before taking them to a CWD sampling location. Hunters can bring the entire deer – preferably field dressed – or the head with at least 6 inches of the neck in place. Heads that have the cape removed for taxidermy can also be sampled. CWD test results can take up to four weeks from the time of sample submission. Hunters can get test results for their CWD-sampled deer online at mdc.mo.gov/CWDTestResults. Of the 33 new cases identified in the past year, 16 were from hunterharvested deer, 1 was from a road-killed deer, and 16 were found through postseason targeted culling.

Of the 33 new cases identified in the past year, 16 were from hunterharvested deer, 1 was from a road-killed deer, and 16 were found through postseason targeted culling. Also, more than 200 cases of CWD have been found in deer and elk in northwest Arkansas since early 2016. This has prompted MDC to increase CWD surveillance efforts in southwest Missouri. The good news is, to date no deer from counties bordering Arkansas have tested positive for the disease.

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Leave on Site: As a last resort, leave carcass remains onsite. While this will not prevent scavengers from scattering potentially infectious parts, the remains will stay on the general area where the deer was taken. If CWD is already present on that area, it will likely remain there and not be moved to another area. Do Not Place in Water: It is illegal to dispose of carcasses or remains in streams, ponds, or other bodies of water. Do Not Burn: Only commercial incinerators reaching over 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit can generate enough heat for long enough to destroy the prions that cause CWD. This information was provided courtesy of the Missouri Department of Conservation

What is CWD, and why all the attention? ‌** The following fact list was compiled by the Missouri Department of Conservation and outlines the origins, issues and challenges of dealing with Chronic Wasting Disease. Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a deadly illness in white-tailed deer and other members of the deer family, called cervids. CWD kills all deer and other cervids it infects. CWD is spread from deer to deer and kills all deer it infects. The neurological disease infects deer and other members of the deer family (called cervids) by causing degeneration of brain tissue, which slowly leads to death. CWD is caused by misshapen proteins called “prions.” The disease has no vaccine or cure.

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Feeding bans are one way conservation officials are working to avoid the spread of chronic wasting disease. When landowners put out corn or minerals for deer they tend to congregate, increasing the likeliness of passing CWD from one animal to the next. In contrast, here a pre-season buck feeds alone on natural forage.

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of all infected animals. CWD is a 100-percent fatal disease that is spread from deer to deer through body fluids. CWD symptoms include excessive salivation, drooping head/ears, tremors, emaciation, and change in behavior such as lack of fear of humans and lack of coordination. CWD can take more than 18 months for an infected deer to show symptoms. CWD has the long-term potential to significantly reduce deer numbers in the state over time. HD is caused by a naturally occurring virus spread by midge flies during the summer and fall and ends when cold weather kills the flies. HD symptoms include fever, reduced activity, and swollen neck, tongue or eyelids. Because sick deer are feverish, they are often found near water. Signs of CWD HD-infected deer typically show sympDeer infected with CWD do not always look toms within days of being infected and those sick. Symptoms include: that die do so within weeks of being infected. Excessive salivation HD does not kill all deer it infects. Deer Drooping head/ears that survive HD develop antibodies for future Tremors immunity. Emaciation HD can have significant short-term im Change in behavior, such as a lack of pacts on a deer herd, but has never been fear of humans and a lack of coordinashown to have long-term impacts on deer tion. populations. CWD is spread from deer to deer through direct contact and through contact with soil, food, and water that have been contaminated through feces, urine, saliva, or carcasses of infected deer. Potential for transmission increases when deer gather in larger, concentrated numbers. Young bucks can also spread CWD to new areas as they search for territories and mates. Moving carcasses out of the immediate area where harvested and improperly disposing of them can spread the disease. It can take months or years for a deer infected with CWD to show symptoms. However, an infected deer can spread the disease to other deer and contaminate the environment while appearing healthy.

Differences between CWD and hemorrhagic disease (HD) or blue-tongue

CWD is caused by misshapen proteins called “prions” that concentrate in the brain, lymph nodes, spine, and eye tissue of infected animals and lead to the slow death

WHERE CWD CAME FROM

Researchers do not know the origin of CWD. CWD was first found in captive mule deer at a research facility in Colorado in the 1960s. It was first found in the wild in Colorado in the 1980s and has spread to almost two dozen states.

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According to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, CWD was first found in northwest Boone County in northern Illinois in the fall of 2002. Since that time more than 100,000 deer have been tested in order to accurately identify where the disease occurs and how severe it is. CWD has been found in 17 Illinois counties (Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, JoDaviess, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, Livingston, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson, Will, Winnebago). Illinois conservation officials have utilized trained agency sharpshooters to help reduce deer populations in known CWD areas in an effort to slow the spread of the disease. Additionally, they’ve managed hunter harvest pressure through season and limits to help control numbers. According to IDNR, as of June 30, 2017 the department has sampled at least 105,836 deer, with 685 confirmed CWD cases. “While overall prevalence remains low in JoDaviess and Stephenson counties, disease is firmly established and appears to be worsening, accounting for 21 out of 75 (28%) of all positives identified this year. Prevalence is somewhat higher in some eastern counties of the range, but deer populations in those areas are smaller and habitat much more fragmented.” Most recently CWD testing has been done at the University of Illinois’ Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Urbana, Illinois.

According to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, CWD was first found in northwest Boone County in northern Illinois in the fall of 2002. Since that time more than 100,000 deer have been tested in order to accurately identify where the disease occurs and how severe it is. CWD has been found in 17 Illinois counties (Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, JoDaviess, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, Livingston, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson, Will, Winnebago). A report from IDNR states, “In order to manage deer densities at the county level, IDNR has liberalized hunting regulations in the northern Illinois CWD area, using virtually unlimited gun permit quotas, a special CWD management hunting season with reduced-price permits, and more days of hunting. “These changes have not resulted in increased levels of deer harvest. Illinois DNR supplements hunter harvest with agency sharpshooting after the hunting seasons to allow a focused removal of deer from areas in which CWD is known to occur. Sharpshooting occurs on both private and public property through a network of cooperating landowners with a concern for natural resource management. “Addressing disease control in this fashion at the local level actually allows us to more effectively fight CWD without drastically reducing deer populations throughout the entire county, as would be the case if we were forced to use hunting as the only tool for disease control. Our goal is to suppress CWD prevalence rates so that they remain very low, and to slow the spread of the disease to the remainder of the state. “Our approach to CWD management impacts CWD dynamics by increasing removal of CWD-positive deer from the population, by reducing contact rates between sick and susceptible individuals, and by reducing the rate of environmental contamination.”

Tasty venison: It’s all in the handling BY DOUG SMITH

‌ ou put in the time with habitat manY agement, pre-season scouting, checking game cameras, selecting the ideal blind location factoring in wind direction and sight line and other factors. You were out early and stayed late every available hunting day until you put that deer on the ground with a perfect shot. You have a taxidermist in mind for mounting the trophy. But what about the meat? Many veteran deer hunters choose to process their own game. Perhaps they’ve had a bad experience with a processor in the past. Or maybe they can’t stand the waiting for weeks to get their freezerready meat back, and sometimes months for the sausage or jerky. But admittedly not everyone is up to home butchering a deer. Maybe your living space doesn’t allow for hanging an animal for disassembly and then working on large, clean flat surfaces for further cutting and trimming and packaging. And, let’s face it, not everyone is cut out for doing their own butchering. Hunting a deer is far removed from dissecting the different muscle groups and trimming the tallow to ready it for the freezer. Or maybe you have no good way to dispose of the remains. If you live in the country you can always feed them to the local foxes or coyotes. But nothing strains neighborly relations like their dog dragging a deer femur with remnants of hair and rotting meat hanging from it into the house – only a day or two after he saw your arrive home from hunting with a big buck in the back of the truck. So the key is to have a processor lined up before you put that deer on the ground. But how do you choose someone? Who can you trust with all that meat you’ve worked so hard to procure and will using to feed your family? Much like finding a taxidermist, the best option is to ask friends and family who hunt. Who have they used in the past? Or, more importantly, who have they been pleased with in the past? Once you have a few names it’s time to give them a call. Here are a few things to consider and questions to ask. Can you assure me I’ll get my own deer back? Some will, and some will only assure that you’ll get back as many pounds of

edible meat as your animal contributed to the mix. Yes, some deer processors will butcher dozens, if not hundreds, of deer and mix all the meat together … primarily the ground portions. You might get back 15 to 20 pounds of sausage, but there’s no guarantee it’ll be from that big doe or early-season buck (not all full of raging hormones from the rut) that you brought in. Stick with processors who assure you that the venison you get back came from “only” your deer … perhaps with a little pork fat mixed into the sausage to add some tasty fat to the otherwise very lean meat. Poor handling and trimming results in off-tasting venison. If you’ve eaten much venison in your life you’ll know that fat from a deer is not the same as that found on a cow or pig. Not only does the deer tallow have a definite unsavory taste to most people, but failing to trim it properly from cuts and grind meat can quickly taint those end products as well. And a good processor will assure all meat tainted by bullet trauma is removed, as is any bone fragments or chips created by the cutting process when making roasts or bone-in steaks. A little aside here. A big part of the responsibility for a good finished product rests on the way you handle the animal before it reaches the processor. There’s only so much he or she can do if you’ve let the meat get too warm for a sustained amount of time, left the meat exposed to the air or insects, were shoddy and reckless in cutting or sawing bones while breaking down the animal into coolersized pieces for easier transport, handled the meat after touching the deer’s scent glands on the legs, or allowed urine or feces or stomach contents to come in contact with the meat while field dressing. Any of these things can have a negative effect on the final quality of the venison when it reaches the table. And maybe you’re meticulously careful with how you handle your harvested animals, but that’s not to say the next guy has been … all the more reason to assure you use a processor who guarantees the meat you pick up at the end of the process will be from the same animal you Please See VENISON, K16

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dropped off back during the season. Don’t just call a processor on the phone. Stop by the place of business and chat for a few minutes before season. Ask the questions raised so far in this story. And ask to quickly see the processing and storage areas. Now they’re likely not going to want strangers traipsing through the clean butchering areas. But they certainly shouldn’t mind you peeking through the doors to see how the place looks and if workers seem to be adequately covered and clean. And if the front showroom and sales counter isn’t spotless and in order, what makes you think the walk-in coolers that no outsider ever sees will be? I’ve tried new processors in years past where I made a mental note to be sure and pray over those future meals of venison because the front service area or workings coming and going from the back butchering area were not up to what I’d like to have seen. I remember one particularly rainy opening weekend when my son and I took our kills to a new processor near our farm. When we pulled up the lane to the work shed behind the house there was close to 100 field dressed, and some not field dressed yet, deer lining the muddy, soupy dirt driveway. The proprietor and seemingly all of his relatives and drinking buddies were busy with gambels and cable hoists, fillet knives and reciprocating saws … by all indications the same saws they had used to build the makeshift shed with the bank of chest freezers all humming away. Thanks but no thanks. Some processors will only make sausages or jerky or smoke specialty cuts from deboned meat brought in by way of food-grade bags in a cooler. While this certainly eliminates a lot of risk or poor handling on the processor’s end, it puts much of the initial butchering work on the hunter and we’ve already discussed how that’s just not an option for some people. These are the questions to ask so you’re not met with surprises when you roll in with the field dressed animal in the bed of the truck or quartered up in a couple big coolers. All processors will want to see the transportation tag issued by the state agency that governs the taking of wild game. That tag will need to stay with the meat, and will come back to you when you pick up your processed venison anywhere from days to weeks later.

Knowing the origin of wild game, and that it was harvested legally, is a big deal – and no legitimate processor will want to be found in possession of meat without a proper paper trail. So what are all those fancy little freezer paper packages of roasts, steaks, sausage and other assorted cuts going to cost? That’s another important question to ask up front. Price is usually governed by overhead, reputation and demand. You might pay slightly more to have your deer processed at the oldest, bestknown butcher shop in your region. But you’ll likely receive an end product that is to brag on. Now that’s not to say an upstart processor can’t return a greattasting finished product for a portion of the price. You just need to be sure and scrutinize the shop a bit more up front. Any shop owner will ask just how you want the meat packaged – i.e. how many steaks to a package, backstrap lengths or cut into chops (maybe even butterfly chops to look bigger in the skillet), roasts or steaks or some of each, and do you want the neck and ribs and other small muscle groups kept intact or ground for sausage or burger. I prefer to keep the tenderloins and backstraps and cut them up myself. Then I have the rest processed into ground meat. From that point I mix up my own sausage and add the pork fat. Oftentimes I’ll use the ground meat in dishes that I enjoy for my lunches. I’ve found it’s very versatile to have the meat already ground and frozen in two pound packages. We make very few roasts at our house so my wife and I have found having most of the deer ground and packaged is the best method for us. Over the years I’ve paid anywhere from $75 to $200 to have a deer processed. As a young hunter I went back and forth between handling the task myself and taking it to a shop. Money was scarce – I was meat hunting in those days to feed my young family – and paying a butcher upward to $150 or more that close to Christmas and tax time was a burden. But, then again, I was ill-prepared and outfitted for doing my own meat processing. My tools included a picnic table with roll plastic over it and a big cutting board, my hunting knife or a couple kitchen knives, a hand-turned meat grinder and a box of freezer bags. Eventually I improved my home butcher area to include a dedicated Please See VENISON, K37

MDC, CFM ask hunters to ‘Share the Harvest’ COURTESY OF MO. DEPT. OF CONSERVATION

The Missouri Department of Con‌ servation (MDC) and the Conservation Federation of Missouri (CFM) encourage deer hunters around the state to share their harvests through the state’s Share the Harvest program. Deer season in Missouri runs from Sept. 15 through Jan. 15, 2019. Administered by MDC and CFM, Share the Harvest coordinates the efforts of thousands of deer hunters, numerous participating meat processors, many local supporting organizations, and statewide sponsors to help feed hungry Missourians. The National Institutes of Health state that children need protein in their diets for proper growth and development, and adults need it to maintain good health. Yet many Missourians can’t afford or can’t get to good sources of protein. Through Share the Harvest, Missouri hunters can help provide those in need with high-quality protein in the form of naturally lean, locally harvested deer meat. Thousands of Missouri deer hunters donated more than 289,200 pounds of venison to the program last deer season – including nearly 5,600 whole whitetailed deer. Since the program was started in 1992, Share the Harvest has provided nearly 4 million pounds of lean, healthy venison to help feed hungry Missourians. The program works by deer hunters donating their extra venison — from several pounds to whole deer — to participating meat processors throughout the state who grind and package the deer meat. The packaged venison is then given to local food banks and food pantries for distribution to Missourians in need of food assistance. To get Share the Harvest venison, contact local food banks or food pantries. “Hunters started Share the Harvest because they saw a need in their communities,” said MDC Director Sara Parker Pauley. “And hunters remain the driving force behind this popular program that helps feed our fellow Missourians who are in need. We sincerely thank the thousands of deer hunters who support Share the Harvest, along with the many participating meat processors and sponsors.” Processing fees are covered entirely or in part by numerous local sponsors, along with statewide sponsors that include: MDC, CFM, Shelter Insurance, Bass Pro Shops, Missouri Chapter Whitetails Un

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Share the Harvest works by hunters donating harvested deer meat to participating meat processors who then prepare the donated venison by grinding it into ready-to-use packages that are given to local food banks and food pantries. limited, Missouri Chapter Safari Club International, Missouri Chapter National Wild Turkey Federation, Drury Hotels, Midway USA Inc., Missouri Deer Hunters Association, and Missouri Food Banks Association. “Share the Harvest is a partnership of citizens, agencies, organizations, and corporations working together to provide healthy, protein-rich meat to those who may otherwise go without,” said CFM Executive Director Brandon Butler. “Hunters across Missouri should be proud of this outstanding program.” Hunters should contact individual processors to determine what funds are available. The cost of processing is the hunter’s responsibility when funds to help cover the full cost of processing are not available. Find participating processors in MDC’s “2018 Fall Deer & Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information” booklet, online at huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/ species/deer/deer-share-harvest, or by calling MDC at 573-751-4115 or CFM at 573-634-2322.

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‌Hughes Mountain Natural Area in southern Washington County, is a combination of igneous glades and three types of forest. The area was designated a natural area in 1982 to protect its unique geology and natural communities. The igneous knob is named for John Hughes, the first European settler in the area, who arrived in 1810. The land stayed in the Hughes family until purchased by the Conservation Department. The precambrian rock outcrops on Hughes Mountain are among the oldest (approximately 1.5 billion years) exposed rocks in the United States. The rocks were once liquefied by ancient volcanoes associated with the St. Francois Mountains. Some of the molten rock contracted and cracked as it cooled to create multi-sided columns. A rhyolite formation, known locally as the Devil’s Honeycomb, is one of Missouri’s geologic wonders, and is the highest point on Hughes Mountain. Two-thirds of the area is wooded. The forest is dominated by post and white oaks with areas of stunted specimens of blackjack oak and black hickory. The area’s glades are natural openings on western or southern slopes and are

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‌Buford Mountain Conservation Area, located east of beautiful Belleview Valley, was purchased by the Missouri Department of Conservation from the Nature Conservancy in 1979. The area was named after its settlement in 1812 by William Buford, who acquired the land through a Spanish Land Grant. Today, Buford Mountain covers 3,824 acres. In the mid- to late-1800s, the charcoal industry flourished in the Belleview-Arcadia Valley. Old charcoal kilns still remain over the entire mountain. The highest peak of the mountain is 1,740 feet above sea level. With most of the mountain hardened by granite known as Rhyolite, the area yields little permanent

water. Limestone stream beds mark the base of the mountain. Several wet weather springs can be found over the area; these are usually dry, however, during summer. The area’s most outstanding feature is its glades, ranging in size from less than one acre to over 10 acres. These glades provide many scenic views and excellent opportunities to observe glade plants and animals. Because of the sensitive nature of the plant and animal communities and very thin soils common to the glades, activity on the glades is restricted to walking only. Buford Mountain is home to wildlife species common to Missouri. This is a favored hunting area for turkey hunters, and some deer hunting occurs as well.

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‌Pea Ridge Conservation Area is in Washington County. The area consists of four tracts of land, the largest of which straddles Highway 185, midway between Sullivan and Potosi. The 1,058-acre Hi Pointe tract is bisected by Pelican Ridge Road off of Route T. The 1,045-acre Route F Unit is accessed from Route F and Sugar Loaf Road, and the 720-acre Metcalf School Unit is accessed from Lodge Road off of Route W. The Conservation Department began purchasing land for the Pea Ridge Conservation Area in 1946 with the bulk of the main tract acquired in the 1970s. Pittman-Robertson funds allowed the purchase of 265 acres in 1978. At one time, the Jefferson City Trail ran through the main tract. The Rock Springs General Store and Post Office were once located on the trail. The forest is composed of oak, hickory, pine, and associated species. Cedar is found in glade areas, and bottomland

hardwoods are found along streams. The main tract includes a fen, four springs, a sinkhole, a dolomite cliff, 10 dolomite glades, and over three miles of Indian Creek, an Ozark headwater stream. Moisture loving plants, such as hydrangea, common fragile fern, pawpaw, basswood, and wild ginger, grow at the base of the dolomite cliff. Drought-tolerant plants, such as little bluestem, side oats grama grass, Missouri black-eyed Susan and pale purple coneflower, grow on the dolomite glades. Visitors to the main area will find several primitive camping areas, six parking lots and five access roads. The Hi Pointe unit has a camping spot, three parking lots, and a two-acre fish pond. Management of the area includes establishing and maintaining water holes, old growth forest areas, riparian corridors, fields, savannas, glades, and forest.

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‌You bought the proper equipment, invested countless days scouting, and spent money and time to get hundreds of game camera snapshots and videos to help pattern the best bucks in your hunting area. You put in the seat time in the stand mornings and afternoons, and a few all-day sessions, and it all just paid off ... that big buck is down and not moving. Now what? Of course, the first step is to field dress it and get the meat to the processor (or take it home to butcher it yourself). But, admittedly, you’ve never killed a buck anywhere near this big. This guy is “a buster,” a “wall hanger,” a “trophy” for sure! It’s that moment you realize you’ve never hired a taxidermist before. This could go really well, or horrendously bad with one decision. You’ve seen both end results on other guys’ bragging walls over the years. Where do you even start to find the best taxidermist you can afford? Deer hunting in the modern world doesn’t come cheap ... what with scentlocking clothing, odor-cleansing and masking soaps and laundry detergents, cover scents, attractant scents, the latest camo pattern, newest caliber rifle being touted by the big hunters, fiber optic low-light sights, military-grade optics, carbon fiber stock, archery equipment that looks like something from a sci-fi thriller, calls and other accessories, bigger and badder UTVs and nicer accessories for them, and the list goes on and on. So with that much of an investment already, there’s no need in scrimping now and regretting it from now on. You’re gonna need to fork out more cash. But how do you assure you’re getting all you’re paying for? Here are some things to consider:

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surrounding hills. The area contains six caves, a great blue heron rookery, abundant wildlife, and varying forest types, including plantations established on the site by the first state nursery. Other interesting attractions include the Reedville town site, a former CCC camp, Lone Hill Lookout Tower site, and old mines. The Conservation Department manages the

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area for a variety of uses and has implemented a number of different management techniques to create and improve habitat. During your visit to Meramec Conservation Area you may view timber stand improvement, timber harvest, glade restoration, prescribed burning, and tree planting. All caves on this and other Conservation Areas are currently closed or restricted

to public access. The fungus that causes White-nose Syndrome in bats was found in Missouri in 2010, resulting in the Missouri Department of Conservation’s White-nose Syndrome Action Plan that limits public access to protect bats. WNS can be spread from cave to cave by bats or possibly on the gear of explorers. Privately owned caves are not affected by this Plan.

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tures. The Narrows, located in the extreme southwest portion of the area, is a narrow hogback ridge divided between Huzzah and Courtois Creeks that features extremely steep topography and rapidly changing vegetation from ridge to creek bottom. The remains of the Scotia Furnace and

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Jim Edgar Panther Creek ‌LOCATION: Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (JEPC) is located between Ashland and Chandlerville, Illinois, 25 miles Northwest of Springfield, Illinois, in Cass County. Total Acres: 16,550 Huntable Acres: 16,400 Open Acres: 10,050 Timbered Acres 6,500 JEPC is characterized by rolling to steeply rolling uplands; 3,615 acres of crop land; 6,500 acres of timberland; with the balance of acres in native grass, food plots, or idled farmland. SEASONS: Squirrel, deer, turkey, dove, upland game, waterfowl, furbearers (trapping) ** Antlered deer must have at least four (4) points on one side to harvest. Note all local and state regulations Parking allowed in designated parking areas only; no road side parking allowed. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Billy Lowe, Site Superintendent, 10149 County Highway 11, Chandlerville, IL 62627 or at (217) 4527741.

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Kaskaskia River ‌LOCATION: Both sides of the Kaskaskia River from the Mississippi River to Fayetteville. Site office—4 miles N of Baldwin (Illinois Hwy 154); 6 miles S of New Athens (Illinois Hwy 13). Total acres: 18,000 Water acres: 3,500 Timbered acres: 10,000 Huntable acres: 14,000 Open acres: 4,000 The area is a complex of channelized river, oxbows, sloughs, backwater lakes, bottomland timber, cultivated fields, native grass patches, brushy areas, and fallow fields. The site also contains Illinois Power Company’s 2000-acre “Baldwin Lake” and surrounding area which is managed as a waterfowl refuge and public fishing area. A public waterfowl hunting area, “Doza Creek Waterfowl Management Area” (<&underline>DC WMA</&underline>), consists of the lands and waters south of Doza Creek on the east side of the channelized river. SEASONS: Deer, turkey, squirrel, dove, upland game, waterfowl, coyote, fox, raccoon. ** Handicapped hunting facilities available. Picnic areas and boat ramps. Note all local and state regulations FOR MORE INFORMATION: Mic Middleton, Site Superintendent, 10981 Conservation Road, Baldwin, IL 62217, (618) 785-2555

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Sand Ridge

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LOCATION: The Sand Ridge State Forest (SRSF) office is located approximately 1.5 miles northwest of Forest City, Illinois, in Mason County. Total acres: 7,500 Huntable acres: 6,600 Open acres: 300 Timbered acres: 6,000 Sand Ridge State Forest is characterized by a flat to gently rolling terrain. Forest con-

‌LOCATION: 10 miles south of Carbondale, Illinois and I mile southeast of Makanda, Illinois in Jackson and Union counties. Total Acres: 4,052 Huntable Acres: 2,891 Forest Cover: 3,700 Open, Cultivated or Fallow Fields: 180 Located in the Shawnee Hills of Southern Illinois, with topography that is considered rugged. Many sandstone bluffs and steep ravines exist. Some of the most striking examples of stream erosion in sandstone are found in this area. SPECIES: Deer, rabbit, squirrel, turkey, dove, crow More about location:Sixteen ponds

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sists of approximately 3,500 acres of hardwoods and 2,500 acres of pine. Open acres are prairie and wildlife management fields. SEASONS: Deer, turkey, game birds, waterfowl, squirrel, coyote Note all local and state regulations For more information: Visit the Sand Ridge Sportsman Digest at: https://www.dnr. illinois.gov/Parks/Pages/SandRidge.aspx

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are located within the park, with 13 holding fishable populations of bluegill & largemouth bass. Eight hiking trails, totaling approximately 17 miles in length, offer spectacular views. State regulations and limits apply. All hunters must SIGN IN and OUT and report harvest each day at the registration boxes before leaving the site. Sign in sheets are located at the Wildlife Biologist office and at the front area of the class A campground. No waterfowl hunting is allowed on park property. Trapping by permit only. For further information: Site Superintendent, Giant City State Park, 235 Giant City Rd., Makanda, IL 62958, Phone: (618) 457-4836

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Cache River

Cache River State Natural Area LOCATION: 3 miles south of Vienna IL; lying roughly between Illinois Route 37 and U.S. Route 45, Johnson County, Illinois. 14,960 acres 12,417 huntable acres Little Black Slough Hunting Area 6,873 huntable acres This area is primarily composed of upland and bottomland timber with permanent sloughs and some brushy areas. There are approximately 900 acres in open areas that have been reforested.

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Lower Cache River Hunting Area LOCATION: Generally, from Perks, IL to Karnak, IL along the Cache River in Johnson and Pulaski counties. 5,544 huntable acres This area is primarily composed of bottomland timber with permanent ponds, sloughs and some brushy areas. There are approximately 1,145 acres in open areas that have been reforested. SPECIES: Deer, dove, furbearers, rabbit, squirrel, wild turkey, waterfowl Regulations for all huntable species will coincide with statewide season dates, hunting hours, and limits. Also note local restrictions

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and guidelines. No camping is permitted on these areas. Camping is available within a 20-mile radius at Ferne Clyffe State Park, Dixon Springs State Park, Fort Massac State Park and Shawnee National Forest campgrounds. Hunting is on a first-come, first-served basis. No quotas or drawings, etc. There are 10 hunter accesses at the LOWER CACHE RIVER HUNTING AREA: Big Cypress, North Main, Flatwoods, East and West Karnak, Porterhouse, Perks Road, Lower Cache River, West Rt. 37, and Rt. 45 South. There are 14 hunter accesses at the LIT-

TLE BLACK SLOUGH HUNTING AREA: Marshall Ridge, North Cypress, North Belknap, Belknap, Forman, East Bluff, North Rt. 45, Cave Creek, Little Black Slough, Northwest Belknap, South Cypress, Glass Hill, and Snakehole. For additional information: Contact the Site Superintendent, Cache River State Natural Area, 930 Sunflower Lane, Belknap, IL 62908, phone (618)634-9678. For further information on hunting opportunities on other Cache River Wetlands joint venture property, contact the Nature Conservancy at (618) 634-2524 and Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge at (618) 634-2231.

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Kinkaid Lake

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LOCATION: This site is located 7 miles northwest of Murphysboro in Jackson County, Illinois, and 100 miles southeast of St. Louis, Missouri. Boat launch and marina facilities are located 5 miles west of Murphysboro adjacent to Route 149 and 2 miles south of Ava on Route 151 (boat launch only).

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The area is dominated by oak-hickory forest interspersed with small fields which are managed for food plots, cool/native warm season grasses and legumes. Total Acres: 5,850 Huntable Acres: 3,100 Timber: 2,740 Old field: 260

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Food plot: 100 Lake: 2,750

SPECIES: Deer, dove, furbearers, turkey, quail, waterfowl, squirrel, rabbit, woodcock Statewide regulations apply, unless otherwise specified For further information: Kinkaid Lake

Fish & Wildlife Area—Lake Murphysboro State Park—52 Cinder Hill Drive, Murphysboro, IL 62966 (618/684-2867); US Forest Service—District Ranger 2221 Walnut St., Murphysboro, IL 62966 (618/687-1731); Kinkaid-Reed’s Creek Conservancy District—1763 Waterplant Road Murphysboro, IL 62966 (618/687-2951)

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organized chest freezer. I also have a near endless supply of pork fat from the pigs I grow throughout the year, fat that From K16 is added to the ground venison used for summer or breakfast sausages. room in my workshop, white folding But even then, on a year that is exceptables that are easily cleaned and disinfected, better cutting boards and butch- tionally busy for some reason I’m still not above taking my deer, usually already ering knives and a saw, a heavy-duty table top meat grinder, a vacuum sealer, quartered up and on ice in coolers, to my butcher paper and tape and food-grade favorite processor. I’d suggest you find you a “favorite” as well. disposable gloves, and a spacious and

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be tested for CWD if harvested from any of these 11 counties where CWD has been found: Adair, Cedar, Cole, Franklin, Jefferson, Linn, Macon, Perry, Polk, St. Clair, and Ste. Genevieve. These deer can only be donated through processors participating in the Share the Harvest CWD Testing Program and located in or near any of the 11 CWD-positive counties. Find participating processors at mdc.mo.gov/cwd under “Sharing the Harvest.” Hunters can have their deer sampled for CWD before donating the animals. They must present the CWD barcode

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number provided at the sampling location to the participating processor as proof of sampling. Hunters may also present their unsampled deer for donation to participating processors in or near any of the 11 counties and the processor will collect a sample for testing. Hunters wishing to donate their deer from CWD-positive counties to Share the Harvest and preserve the cape of their deer for taxidermy are reminded that deer with the head removed are not eligible for donation unless a sample was collected and a sample number is provided. Deer harvested outside of the 11 CWDpositive counties do not need to be tested for donation to Share the Harvest and may be taken to any Share the Harvest processor.

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Pyramid State Park LOCATION: This site is located 6 miles south of Pinckneyville off state Highway 127, then 2 miles west on Pyatts Blacktop in Perry County, Illinois. The expansion of Pyramid State Park consisted of four land acquisitions totaling 16,245 acres from Ark Land Company on October 1, 2001. This acquisition was the largest ever made by the Department of Natural Resources and resulted in the largest state park in Illinois totaling 19,015 acres. Pyramid State Park consists of five separate management units. They are: Pyramid State Park (3,181 acres), Captain Unit (6,105 acres), Denmark Unit (4,385 acres), East Conant Unit (2,824 acres) and Galum Unit (2,520 acres). Pyramid State Park consists of heavily forested hills interspersed with numerous lakes and ponds. The majority of the area was previously strip mined for a shallow vein

of coal. Approximately 400 acres of water form lakes varying in size from 0.1 acres to 24 acres. All of the strip mined area has been replanted to hardwoods and pines with small fields planted to food plots. Fishing and boating are allowed on lakes with a 10 h.p. maximum limit. A small campground with gravel pads, tables, fire grills, dump station and picnic shelter is available. Total Acres: 3,181 Huntable Acres: 2,754. Habitat Type Acres: Timber 2,217; Cropland/Old Field 564; Lakes 400. SPECIES: Deer, dove, woodcock, turkey, rabbit, furbearers, squirrel, quail, waterfowl Statewide regulations apply, unless otherwise specified See site specific regulations No waterfowl hunting in park For further information: Pyramid State Park—1562 Pyramid Park Road, Pinckneyville, IL 62274 (618/357-2574).

Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area Location:Headquarters 4 miles west of McLeansboro on State Highway 14 Total Acres: 5846 Timber: 1492 Huntable acres: 4995 Crop land: 2570 Waterfowl rest area: 250 Ponds, wetland: 441 Open, non-cultivated: 1477 Ten-Mile Creek SFWA is located in Hamilton and Jefferson counties. Four separate units are managed for public hunting. The two Jefferson county tracts were mined prior to acquisition. The Belle Rive unit (1460 acres) contains a Waterfowl Rest Area. It is approximately 56% mined land with new mine law reclamation completed. The Eads unit (1550 acres) was approximately 83% mined and reclaimed under pre-law standards. The two Hamilton county tracts remain unmined. The Dahlgren unit (1120 acres) contains a good mix of farm fields and forest habitats typical to this part of Illinois. It ranges from high and dry, to low and wet.

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Much of the wetland had been prior converted to cropland in the Big Creek watershed. The Goshen Trail unit is the southernmost unit (1690 acres) and is mostly upland. A very good mix of cropland, woodland, and open fields makes this area very attractive to a wide variety of wildlife. In addition to the strip pit lakes, numerous ponds dot the landscape of this Site. Many are stocked with bass, bluegill, channel catfish, and some of the strip lakes contain crappie, as well. Species: Deer, dove, furbearers, quail, rabbit, squirrel, turkey, waterfowl, crow Other Facilities Available: Fishing, boating (10 hp maximum), hiking trails; firearms range, archery range, and hand trap range. State laws and regulations apply, as well as local regulations For more information: See Site Superintendent, Ten Mile Creek FWA, 4283 State Route 14, McLeansboro, IL 62859, phone 618/643-2862; or, District Wildlife Biologist, 13999 E. Game- Farm Rd., Mt. Vernon, IL 62864, 618/242-2062

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