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Mark Walters For Agri-View
Feb 4, 2023
Feb 4, 2023

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Will Meadows takes his first ice-fishing trip.

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Selina Walter catches a pretty jumbo perch.

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The gang finishes packing, ready for the journey back to the truck.

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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.