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Mark Walters For Agri-View
Dec 21, 2024
Dec 21, 2024

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The Red Brush Gang has a lot of fun during the nine-day deer-gun season as well as throughout the year.

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Red Brush Gang hunter Riley Schuster navigates tough terrain.

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Selina Walters, Trent Schuster and Tim Rittmeyer reach the end of a good day.

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Mark Walters For Agri-View

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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.