Iowa Fills a Primal Need

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Published: 19 November 2012

By Pat Kleppert

(Editor’s note: Southwest Michigan deer hunter Pat Kleppert has chronicled his hunting season in a region plagued by the EHD virus.)

Pat KleppertThis season has been a struggle. The lack of older bucks and does makes it tough to motivate myself to get up early and climb into a tree every day.

I haven't hunted as much as I had hoped and that is certainly due to the lack of deer here in eastern Cass County. While there are deer being harvested in my area, the numbers are way down. I stopped at Scott's Deer Processing in Jones and he said that his numbers are certainly down from previous years. He did have a few in the cooler and some ready to smoke.

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Urban Fishing Program Gets Boost from Prison

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Published: 13 November 2012

(Provided by Indiana DNR)

In summer 2013, about 5,000 catfish will earn release from federal prison in Terre Haute.

That’s right, catfish.

In a partnership between the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the Federal Bureau of Prisons, inmates at Terre Haute’s Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) will raise channel catfish for DNR’s new urban fishing program and walleyes for selected northern Indiana lakes.

The cooperative project serves two purposes—increasing fishing opportunities for Indiana anglers and providing education and long-term training for inmates.

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