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Mark Walters For Agri-View
Nov 1, 2025
Nov 1, 2025

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Bennet Reifsnider, 11, makes an excellent shot for his first whitetail deer.

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Kensie Reifsnider, 14, enjoys her deer hunt in Dodge County, Wisconsin.

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Conner and Carsyn Thiede and their cousin Joey Thiede are active waterfowl hunters.

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Mark Walters lives near Necedah, Wisconsin. An outdoor-adventures writer since 1989, he enjoys hobby farming, adventure and anything outdoors. "If I wasn't earning a living as a writer I would want to be a beef farmer," he says. Email sunsetoutdoors@tds.net to reach him.