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Mark Walters For Agri-View
Oct 14, 2023
Oct 14, 2023

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Selina Walters and her pup, Red, enjoy a duck hunt on the Mississippi River near Ferryville, Wisconsin.

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Selina and the pups explore while duck-hunting on the Mississippi River.

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Of 17 people camped on an island in the Mississippi River, eight graduated from Necedah High School in Necedah, Wisconsin.

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Mark Walters For Agri-View

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Mark Walters mug for Agri-View 2022 — Mark Walters

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.