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Mark Walters For Agri-View
Oct 18, 2025
Oct 18, 2025

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It’s an impressive-looking setup for a duck hunter.

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Muskrat houses and feeding stations are sure signs of the upcoming winter.

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It’s a beautiful end to a positive day on the Turtle Flambeau Flowage.

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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.