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Chris Hardie For Agri-View
Dec 13, 2025
Dec 13, 2025

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Chris Hardie has time to take artsy reflective photos because there are few deer to be seen in the woods.

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There may not be many deer, but we can count on Chris Hardie toasting his sandwich over an open fire.

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Chris Hardie For Agri-View

I’m at the age now where I can use my years of experience to make certain statements that do not need to be verified by a second source. So I will simply state that the opening weekend of the 2025 Wisconsin gun-deer hunting season sucked.

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Chris Hardie and his wife, Sherry, live on his great-grandparents’ Jackson County farm. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2001, he is a former member of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council and past president of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association. His book “Back Home: Country Tales by the Seasons” is available through Amazon.