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October 2015
USINESS URNAL
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BUSINESS JOURNAL “ONE REGION,
ONE VISION”
REGION,ONE VISION”
THE BUSINESS OF THE
HUNT Hunting brings in big money for the region PAGE 6
INSIDE
Directory of Advertisers John A. Logan College .......... 18
OCTOBER 2015 THE LIST
TEN FACES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS HUNTING
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BEING THE BOSS
DENNIS SCHAEFER IS THE PRESIDENT/CEO OF SIU CREDIT UNION
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ON THE COVER
HUNTING BRINGS IN BIG MONEY FOR REGION
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BOOK REVIEW
BOOKS TO READ ON LEADERSHIP AND SUCCESS
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HOW TO
BEING A WOMAN IN THE MALE WORLD OF TAXIDERMY
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OPINION
THEN I READ THE REGULATIONS ...
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THE INTERVIEW
HOW AN SIU FILM PROFESSOR GOT FAMOUS VOICES INTO HER DOCUMENTARY
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BEHIND THE HEADLINES
Pepsi MidAmerica .................11 Raymond James Financial Services ................... 8 SIU Credit Union ................... 10
DEER, FISH PRIMARY POACHING TARGETS
Southern Illinois Healthcare ....................... 13, 20
REAL ESTATE
Southern Illinois University .. 16
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SOUTHERN ILLINOIS COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PROFILE FOR OCTOBER
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PUBLIC RECORD
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS southern BANKRUPTCIES AND BUILDING PERMITS
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BUSINESS JOURNAL “ONE REGION,ONE VISION”
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BUSINESS JOURNAL “ONE REGION,
ONE VISION”
The Southern Business Journal is a publication of The Southern Illinoisan. Contact us via mail at 710 N. Illinois Ave., Carbondale, IL 62901, or at P.O. Box 2108, Carbondale, IL 62903. Also reach us on the Web at www.sbj.biz and via email at SBJ@thesouthern.com. The Journal is published 12 times per year monthly and distributed by The Southern Illinoisan and www.thesouthern. com. Copyright 2015 by The Southern Illinoisan, all rights reserved. A subscription may be obtained by calling 618-529-5454 or 618-9973356, or by visiting our website.
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FROM THE
PUBLISHER
Not me – But plenty of others
I
still remember vividly the drive east from the Twin Cities as we headed home on the last Sunday of November. For us, it was the culmination of a long Thanksgiving weekend with family. For most others streaming across Wisconsin, it was the end of deer season. You could tell by the carcasses of all sizes strapped to the tops of cars and peering out above the bed of pickups. When traffic headed home after the end of the nine-day gun season was at its worst, the state’s economy was at its best. Personally, I never got the hunting bug; probably because my dad never hunted. He carried a rifle in World War II and apparently that was enough. It was a tradition not available to me and consequently not made available to my own children. My children and I still refer to deer of all varieties as “Bambi,” so perhaps that further explains things. I’ve lived in some wonderful hunting meccas: the La Crosse and Rhinelander areas in Wisconsin, the south-central high desert of Idaho, and now Southern Illinois. In each of these places, conversation at this time of the year turned to hunting as frequently as it turned to football. It was, and is, a big deal. Having never outfitted myself for the hunt, I never really gave the economic impact of the hunting industry more than a cursory thought. Most of the papers I’ve worked for similarly ignored the topic. Perhaps we have, as well. The October edition of the Southern Business Journal that you’re reading is our attempt to correct that. Whether you hunt or not, we hope that when you’re done reading you’ll feel differently about the benefits that hunting brings to Southern Illinois. It really is a big deal. JOHN PFEIFER | PUBLISHER, SBJ
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THE LIST
WHITTINGTON
JASON JOHNS
OWNER, BONEYARD OUTFITTERS
MARION
GEORGE DUNN
OWNER, DUNN’S SPORTING GOODS
TONY SKOBEL
OWNER, SOUTHERN HONKERS
JONI PATTERSONDIGGINS
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
DAN STEFANICH
HUNTER, DANSTEFOUTDOORS.COM
10 FACES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS HUNTING REND LAKE
CARBONDALE
SCOTT SEVENSKI
LYNN AND JAN BUSH
FULL-TIME GUIDE, BONEYARD OUTFITTERS
MANAGERS, DEVIL’S KITCHEN CABINS
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SPARTA
ART ASHBROOK
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WORLD SHOOTING AND RECREATIONAL COMPLEX
GOREVILLE
TAMIE KLEIN
OWNER TALK DEER PROCESSING
HARRISBURG
MISTY BASHAM
OWNER,BASHAM’S DEAD END TAXIDERMY
BEING
THE BOSS
DENNIS SCHAEFER INTERVIEW CONDUCTED
Dennis Schaefer is the President/CEO of SIU Credit Union.
Q. What was your first job and what did you learn from it? A. My first job ever was a morning paper
route. I learned responsibility, because no matter what the weather or how I felt when I got up each morning, I had the responsibility to make sure that all subscribers received their newspapers in a timely manner. My parents did not drive me around each morning, so it was my responsibility to make sure I jumped on my bicycle and got the job done before getting ready for school.
Q. Did you have a mentor early in your career? A. My father for his work ethic. He was
not really a mentor in my career, but someone who showed me by example that you apply yourself to the task at hand and dedicate yourself to where you work you will be rewarded by knowing that you did a job well done.
Q. What is the biggest management lesson you’ve learned in your years as a leader? A. I learned that I cannot be the expert
on everything and that having a good team will lead to success. So, it pays to be a good listener and be open to input from others on your team.
Q. What is your morning routine? How do you prepare yourself for the day? A. I get to the office early every day and
Dennis Schaefer, SIU Credit Union president & CEO BYRON HETZLER, THE SOUTHERN
make the first pot of coffee. The first thing I do then is to review my calendar for the day to reinforce what is already planned for my day. I then review any email that I have received to determine if anything needs to be added to my schedule, to alter my schedule or add to a To Do List. I find that this helps me get ready for the day and be ready for any unplanned items that
are sure to come up throughout the day.
about as an organization.
Q. What do you look for when you hire someone? Are there key interview questions that you ask? A. I look for someone with the skills and
Q. What career advice would you give to a new college graduate? A. Not to expect everything to be handed
attitude/drive that fit what is needed for the position. Someone who can share in the vision of what the Credit Union is
to them just because they have an education. Hands-on experience at times can be as beneficial as an education and this experience does not come over night.
SOUTHERN BUSINESS JOURNAL OCTOBER 2015 PAGE 5
COVER
STORY
THE BUSINESS OF THE
HUNT
Hunting brings in big money for the region
S
outhern Illinois is whitetail deer country. Advertisements, apparel, gun and bow shops cover the region. This is a premiere place for hunting in the country, according by several of those in the hunting business. And word has spread. Locals hunt on state-owned and private land, competing for the biggest doe with hunters from all over the country. Southern Illinois hunting is widely sought after, said Southern Illinois Trophy Outfitters, director of operations Shaun Mulrooney. He said, as an outfitter, he is looking for private land owners with an abundance of land. He will pay the land owner a flat price per acre, and then go out to find hunters to hunt on that land. Typically, he said, he will sell about a five-day bow hunt with a place to sleep for about $1,350 to $1,500. Food and all other expenses are on the hunter. This is where Southern Illinois establishments near the property owner’s site begin to flourish during deer season, Mulrooney said. After the hunter is paying about $450 for his or her out-of-state deer permit – an additional $300 for gun tags – there is substantial money flowing into the region from one person. “The clients coming from out of state will pay about $200 to $300 a day to hunt,” Mulrooney said. “Plus their fees, and that’s not counting gas and food.” He mentioned Murphysboro as a town that greatly benefits from hunters in Jackson County.
“We have probably, if not the best hunting in the state, it is definitely one of the best,” said Kevin Bach, owner of Kevin’s Archery, in Ava. “In Illinois, we have hunters all over the United States and all over the world to come hunt because of what we have — the size of the animals, the quantity and the quality of deer we have.” Not only are they going to see a lot deer here, Bach said, but they are going to see a lot of big animals. “That is what makes it a high traffic area for your hunters,” he said. Mulrooney said these are just not your average hunters looking to come into the area and get drunk at the local bar. “These guys are professional. They are doctors and lawyers that take time off work to hunt land,” he said. “They are all after a trophy animal.” Mulrooney said the region is full of 130 class white-tail deer or better. “That is what everybody is after,” Mulrooney said.
Kevin Bach of Kevin’s Archery Center in Ava shows his on-site 3-D shooting range. BYRON HETZLER PHOTOS, THE SOUTHERN
Maintaining food, habitat
Keeping the properties flush with deer is something that must be worked at, almost year-round. Mulrooney said the habitat, the row crop and the calcium in the soil are all contributing factors to increasing the land’s carrying capacity. “To do that, you have to increase your land’s food, shelter and water capacity,” he said. “If a doe goes into heat and she doesn’t have a balanced environment, a lot of times she will just have one fawn. I want every doe to throw twins.” He said Southern Illinois already
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provides the abundance of water, but he plants warm season grasses that grown high. The deer flock to it, and they can find shelter in the grass and feel safe. Providing food is also essential, he said. In the early fall, food is abundant with corn, beans and then acorns, but once those are gone, it is up to property managers to provide food. “The idea is to create an annual nutrition program, so your deer never have to
go without food,” Mulrooney said.
Marketing Southern Illinois outdoors The appeal of hunting isn’t lost on tourism directors in Southern Illinois. Cindy Cain, executive director of the Southernmost Tourism, said Southern Illinois is a mecca for outdoor recreation, including hunting. “Hunting is really important because
COVER
STORY
it brings in money during winter months, when it is slower than our peak times in the summer and fall,” Cain said. She said there are an abundance of hunting groups in several counties that Southernmost Tourism promotes. Cain said the tourism group is constantly at different trade shows, outdoor shows and conventions throughout the Midwest. “Mostly, everything we do, it directly or indirectly involves the promotion of hunting,” she said. The group wants hunters to come and hunt on the private lands or public lands because money is spent both ways. According to tourism records, each tourist in Southern Illinois spends an average of about $120 a day. “It is definitely a ripple effect, as far as where they are spending their money in the area,” Cain said. “It impacts all sectors.” Mulrooney said he doesn’t advertise in Southern Illinois, in fact, he said he doesn’t advertise within 200 miles. “If people in this area know where my properties are, they are going to hunt my borders because they know the effort we are putting in to manage trophy whitetail deer,” he said. Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania and some of Virginia was his clientbase focus. “When they come and see what they like, they go back home and tell others who come back and hunt and the cycle continues,” he said.
Allan Kuhnert works on preparing a bow string at Kevin’s Archery Center. Below, an array of arrows for sale.
simulated video hunt at the facility. There is an indoor range where shooters can test their skills from different Every hunter needs equipment, and ranges. There is the 3-D outdoor shoot Bach in Ava is a certified Hoyt and Mathews bow dealer, two of the top bow that has 30 targets at various lengths and angles. companies in the industry. “It gives it a realistic atmosphere of In the past four years, Bach said his hunting and it gives them good pracbusiness has doubled each year. He started by selling sights and bows out of tice,” Bach said. “It gives people the his home in 2011 and expanded to gross- opportunity to shoot without harming ing about a projected $500,000 in 2015. an animal.” He said he is really trying to stress “It is above and beyond what I ever thought it would be,” Bach said. “People that shooting bow can be a family oriendon’t realize what hunting — whether it tated event. Killing a deer doesn’t have to be involved. Additionally, Bach’s be with guns or bows — what it does to store does something that is rare in the generate revenue in our state.” region — he can make string for bows. Bach has several different facets of He does it quick, too, with a turnhunting incorporated into his business around time of about 24 to 48 hours on in Ava. most cases. There is a Techno-hunt with a
Expanding markets
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Being a woman in the world of taxidermy W
hen hunters drop off their prized deer to be mounted at the taxidermist, some are a little surprised to see Misty Basham. “Some are little taken aback that I’m a woman, and they question if I know what I’m doing,” she said. “And when they hear I’m a woman, they might expect me to be haggard and old with a cigarette hanging out of my mouth.” But that’s not Basham. She handles the skin and guts of deer heads while wearing pink, sparkly T-shirts and ripped jeans, making a point to keep her long brown hair out of the way with a clip. She’s one of Southern Illinois’s busiest taxidermists — and she does it with style. “It started as being something I just wanted to try, like a side project,” she said. “But then it just kind of took off.” Basham sees more than 200 deer head and ducks a year, with each deer head costing $300. People have made the journey to Basham’s Dead End Taxidermy, based in Harrisburg, from New Mexico, Chicago, Texas, as well as around the Southern Illinois region. “There are so few around here that actually do it and it was pricey,” she said. “So, I just started doing it for my family, and then family friends and then the next thing I know, I’m a business.” After her children reached their teenage years, Basham, who lives on a large farm with her husband, decided to try taxidermy. She watched YouTube videos and searched Google for pointers, and picked up roadkill to practice. “When you’re getting started, it’s about not mutilating them and making them look somewhat natural,” he said. ”I think that’s more of a challenge than people realize.” Before her system of skinning the deer and rolling off the meat, Basham has a system of freezing, salting and tanning the skin that can take more than a week. Along the way, there are moments when the leftover parts can be hard to look at. “A lot of people think it’s gross and ask
me how I look at that every day, but it doesn’t bother me,” she said. “You have to look past the bad part to get to the beauty part.” Today, she has a steady stream of customers, two freezers filled to the brim with deer skins, each wrapped up in a black trash bag. She works ten hours a day and seven days a week, always finding a spot on the deer head to tweak or fine-tune. “I’m patient and I’m a perfectionist, so I look at all the details, where the eyes sit and I paint over any blemishes,” she said. “I can get a little obsessed.” That’s why people around Southern Illinois have found her name, and her phone keeps ringing. At times, her waiting list can stretch more than a year. “I’ve gotten so big that it’s become around the clock and I know people are wanting it back right away, so that’s hard,” she said. “I get calls constantly and I don’t think that ever gets easier to tell them they have to wait.” When the wait is finally over, Basham said, “People’s faces just light up and they get so excited, because it’s like they’re reliving that hunt and that specific memory. And that’s how you know it means a lot to them because it’s personal for them.” It’s personal for her, too. “I grew up with hunting and I have hunts I can remember like it was yesterday,” she said. “And with this, at least they’re not lying there rotting, it doesn’t seem to waste as much.” Still, spending ten hours a day surrounded by camouflage and various parts of dead animals, Basham places small reminders around her office of her girly side — like a photo from her wedding day. “I look at that and I know that despite what I do every day, I can be a little glamorous,” she said, as she points to the frame. “But still, this room has tons of deer around it and that’s almost more comfortable to me.”
Scenes from Misty Basham’s Dead End Taxidermy shop in Harrisburg. AMANDA HANCOCK, THE SOUTHERN
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YOUR
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But then I read the regulations ... M
assive whitetail deer. Tons of them. These are some of the first thoughts that crossed my mind when I accepted a gig here in Southern Illinois. I’m a Yankee, you see. We too love to hunt, especially deer hunting. Locally owned businesses plan their vacation schedules around big-game season. It’s one of the few places the historical, probably outdated tropes still persist. The women still come outside to stroke our egos after a successful hunt. “Look at that one. He’s gonna taste good,” they say with feigned pride. Chests officially puffed. Needless to say, the prospect of hunting Southern Illinois, with its mild winters and dense, food-rich forests and farms JON ALEXANDER excited me. But then I read the state’s regulations. Rifle alone lasts a month in my native region of upstate New York. Tack on another week or two for black powder, depending in which state zone you hunt. Head downstate and you’ll have to swap your centerfire for a shotgun because of boosted population density. No sweat. It’s six weeks of bliss. Get up at daybreak and sit watch before work. Leave the job as early as you can and sit watch before dark. Hunt all weekend with friends, family and colleagues. And hunt hard, you will. The winters are long and frigid. The forests are largely coniferous. The deer have a tough go at it in New York’s northern-most forests. In contrast, the non-archer’s deer season
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in Illinois spans just two weekends in late November and early December. A late-season lottery draw can add another weekend or two to the shotgun season. Muzzleloading can extend it another week, for those who enjoy black ball and wad. But, again, these are only on weekends. And, overall, the average gun hunter might get six days total in the woods. No after-work hunts. No weeklong treks to hunting camp. In on Saturday. Out on Sunday. In contrast, bow season lasts for the better part of three months. Bow hunters can hunt all week, if they like. The rest of us are stuck waiting for our few days of happiness. Gun hunters generally kill more deer in three days than archers do in an entire season, said state Department of Natural Resources deer czar Tom Micetich. That disparity has fallen off in the past few years, though. And don’t be
fooled by the seemingly never-ending stream of deer darting across highways or chewing your garden. The overall whitetail population has been in decline, Micetich noted. Those two factors all but guarantee staunch opposition to an extended gun season. They also make it highly unlikely the General Assembly would consider adding a rifle season in some of Illinois’s more undulating regions, a common request. IDNR’s regulations are a downer for this newcomer. But they’re also fact-driven and reasoned. I can respect good science and good stewardship. A compound bow might be in my future. I guess I’m fine with that. JON ALEXANDER is the opinion editor of the Southern Illinoisan.
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THE
INTERVIEW
HOW AN SIU FILM PROFESSOR
GOT INTO FAMOUS VOICES HER DOCUMENTARY S
IU professor Jan Thompson, a three-time Emmy award winning documentary producer, is a heavyweight in her own right. But she was still beyond thrilled when she was able to nab actress Loretta Swit to narrate her film “Never the Same: The Prisoner of War Experience” and several other actors, through Swit’s connections, for reading parts. Thompson said she was looking for a female to narrate the film, which she wanted to balance out the male voices reading diary entries, recipes, and cartoon animation scripts based on material collected from the former POWs. A mutual friend to Thompson and Swit suggested to Thompson that the former “M*A*S*H” star (she played Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan) might be a good fit. “She said, ‘Write up an email and I’ll forward it to her and see what happens,’” Thompson recalled of the sequence of events that landed Swit a lead role in the documentary. Thompson said she spent two days laboring over that email “as if it were the Emancipation Proclamation or something,” trying to find just the right words to convince Swit to take the job. Thompson said, after sending the email, neither she nor her friend heard anything from Swit for days. But one day she took a drive from her home in Makanda into Carbondale, and there were five messages on her phone, which she didn’t hear ring likely due to poor cell signal. The messages were from her friend, saying Swit had quickly responded
and was interested. The second and subsequent calls also were from her friend growing more excited and frantic trying to reach Thompson with the good news. “Needless to say, I got a new phone,” Thompson said, laughing. She eventually got in touch with Swit personally via phone, and the two talked over details. Swit asked her who else would be reading parts in the film, and when Thompson informed her she had been trying to piece it together utilizing a mishmash of local talent, Swit asked her, “Do you mind if I reach out to a few of my friends?” “All of the sudden she calls back and says Robert Wagner and Don Murray will help out. Here are there home phone numbers. You need to call them.” Though Thompson is a heavy weight in her own right, she said she was very nervous calling up these actors, and leaving them voice mails. But she worked up the nerve to do it. She recalled dialing the number Swit had given her for Robert Wagner, but the answering machine picked up. Thompson said at that point she thought maybe he and the others had told Swit they were going to do it but they really were not interested. She left a message, and tried to forget about it. “Then all of the sudden my husband screams, ‘Robert Wagner’s on the phone,’” Thompson recalled. Swit has joined Thompson at various screenings of the film across the country, and appeared in Carbondale on Sept. 14 for an event hosted by the
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SIU Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. The film was shown that day at the SIU Student Center Auditorium to a packed house. After the showing, Swit answered audience questions. The event was so popular that a second viewing of the film was scheduled for later in September, though Swit will not be in attendance. Here’s the complete list of the all-star cast that had voice parts in the film: LORETTA SWIT: Best known for her role as “Hot Lips” in M*A*S*H, Swit has continued her acting career into her 70s and recently has portrayed Eleanor Roosevelt on Broadway *Ed Asner: He played Lou Grant in the long-running TV show “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and was Santa Claus in the 2003 movie comedy “Elf.” ALEC BALDWIN: He has had leading or supporting roles in the several movies including “Knots Landing,” “Beetlejuice,” and “The Hunt for Red October” and starred in the TV series “30 Rock.” JAMIE FARR: He played the most colorful character on “M*A*S*H,” the cross-dressing Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger. MIKE FARRELL: Also a “M*A*S*H star, Farrell is best known for his role as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt. ROBERT FORSTER: He is an actor known for roles such as John Cassellis in “Medium Cool” and Max Cherry in “Jackie Brown.” CHRISTOPHER FRANCIOSA: He has had roles in movies including “Monkeybone,” “After Romeo,” and “All
the Marbles.” ROBERT LOGGIA: He has had a variety of TV and movie roles, including in “An Officer and a Gentlemen” and “Independence Day.” He made his early mark in entertainment playing an American lawman in a series of Walt Disney TV shows in the late1950s. DON MURRAY: An actor and director, Murray’s film debut was as Beauregard “Bo” Decker in the 1956 film “Bus Stop” starring alongside Marilyn Monroe. CHRISTOPHER MURRAY: The son of Don Murray, he has appeared in a number of notable TV series and films, including “All the President’s Men,” “See you in the Morning,” and “The Pelican Brief.” JOHN O’HURLEY: He is best known for his role as J. Peterman on the NBC sitcom “Seinfeld” and also hosted the “Family Feud” from 2006 to 2010. KATHLEEN TURNER: She played several roles in prominent 1980s films that included “Body Heat,” “Romancing the Stone” and the Prizzi’s Honor.” ROBERT WAGNER: He is best known for starring in several TV shows including “It Takes a Thief,” “Switch,” and “Hart to Hart.” SAM WATERSTON: He is an actor, producer and director most known for his portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in the 1984 film “The Killing Fields,” and his starring role as Jack McCoy on the TV series “Law & Order.” MOLLY PARKER, THE SOUTHERN
THE
INTERVIEW
Actress Loretta Swit asked SIU professor Jan Thompson who else would be reading parts in the film, and when Thompson informed her she had been trying to piece it together utilizing a mishmash of local talent, Swit asked her, “Do you mind if I reach out to a few of my friends?”
Actress Loretta Swit was a former ‘M*A*S*H’ star who played Major Margaret ‘Hot Lips’ Houlihan. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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DEER, FISH PRIMARY POACHING TARGETS P oaching is a serious issue in Southern Illinois with most of the focus on white tail deer, and perhaps surprisingly, fish. Chris Mohrman, a Conservation Police Officer with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, said hunters’ focus on killing deer with massive antlers is driving poaching. “That’s what we’re seeing in the field, because everybody is deer crazy,” he said. “That’s the hot trend right now. ‘I want the biggest buck. I want racks. I want a bunch of Pope and Youngs and be King of the County.’ There are loose knit groups, but as far as I know they aren’t real organized.” Mohrman said groups of hunters will purchase antlerless-only tags and one member of the party will buy a combination tag that allows them to kill a buck. “The first guy to kill a big buck would get the combo tag,” he said.
Illinois is trying to combat this type of poaching by forcing out-of-state hunters to buy a combination permit. But, there are also groups using a more systematic approach. Last year, a group of hunters from Vermont were operating a mobile deer processing center. They spotlighted deer at night, shooting them from vehicles with glow-inthe-dark arrows. The group killed 23 deer before law enforcement caught up with them. “We’re kind of known as a deer state,” Mohrman said. Poaching fish for eggs has become a bigger issue in the past couple years. Mohrman said Russia and other European countries have over-fished sturgeon, making caviar a hot commodity. Roe buyers frequently approach commercial fishermen, trying to purchase sturgeon, paddle fish or even bowfin.
we’re going to be more reactive than anyMost commercial fishermen are only thing else.” allowed to harvest rough fish, such as carp or buffalo. LES WINKELER, THE SOUTHERN “You can wipe out a whole paddle fish school if you know where to put your nets,” Mohrman said. In the meantime, poaching issues regarding waterfowl have declined in recent years as the focus has shifted from goose to duck hunting. Waterfowl hunting clubs have also shifted from daily hunts to memberships. “They don’t commercialize it like they used to,” Mohrman said. “Everybody wanted to be the top club. They’d pad the register. That’s not as much of a problem.” The poaching situation is likely to get worse if Illinois continues to layoff CPOs. “I hate to sound like a broken record,” Mohrman said. “People already know we’re not going to be out there. We’ve just been run ragged. I can tell right now, THE SOUTHERN FILE PHOTO
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5110 Highway 34, Harrisburg
Three things to know: 1. Was the former CycleTech building 2. 6,000-square-feet with showroom, basement, loading dock 3. Also includes a four-bedroom, two-bath apartment
Three things to know: 1. The former “Prevention” building 2. 10,000-square-feet on two acres 3. Includes warehouse and manufacturing space
Realtor: Cherry Hill Realty, Carbondale; Gary Hill at 618-457-8177
List price: $549,000
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List price: $160,000
104 Calvert St., Marion
Three things to know: 1. Former church with possibilities for business 2. 18,354-square-feet includes open space and 16 smaller rooms, kitchen, recreation and dining room 3. Property has 23 parking spaces
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Realtor: Century 21 House of Realty, Carbondale; Chris Sisulak at 618-925-3980 or Amie Anderson at 618-571-2725
List price: $249,000
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