Opening pheasant season breakfast hosts nine birds hunt
Cedar Rapids group of eight hunters, led by George and Janelle McClain, started the opening day with a 5 a.m. breakfast at Janelle’s home, then hunted near LaPorte City. The six who hunted bagged nine pheasants as season runs 8 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. through January 6.
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Janelle McClain
Cedar Rapids
George McClain
25Th St. Drive
Armed Services
McClain
Steve Glantz
George
Janette
LaPorte City
Tim Towsen
Iowa
Craig Byers
Michael Odell
George Sell
Steve Stead
Tom Anderson
Mrs. McClain
Boone
McClains
Outdoor Roundup and Park Fees News
A Missouri conservation agent recalls a clever fisherman on Spring River near Joplin who fabricated a story to hide a missing wallet after fishing for green sunfish. The tale ends with a $33 fine for the lie. Congress freezes National Park entry fees with no planned increases. Iowa reports trophy fish and deer, including a 19 pound 8 ounce sheepshead in Clayton County and a 142 2/8 point bow deer in Jones County.
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Shilling
Missouri
Spring River
Joplin
National Park Service
Congress
William J. Whalen
The
Park Service
Carter
Whalen
Department
Iowa Conservation Commission
Don Lehman
Guttenberg
Mississippi River
Clayton County
Rick Garner
Sumner
Little Turkey River
Fayette County
Donald Bohlken
Marion
Jones County
Rough fish harvest begins at Coralville Lake
About 20 crews work the Coralville Reservoir after a midnight November 7 opening to commercial fishing for buffalo and carp. Nets are used to harvest rough fish, with most sold for food in Chicago, St Louis and eastern cities. The move ends a 20 year pause caused by dieldrin concerns and aims to boost game fish by removing rough fish.
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Coralville
Bob Middendorf
Iowa Conservation Commission
Solon
Middendorf
Chicago
St. Louis
Northeast Iowa Hunting Calendar Opens with Season Dates
Pheasants and quail hunting runs Nov 3 to Jan 6 daily 8 am to 430 pm. Ruffed grouse Oct 13 to Jan 6 from sunrise to sunset north of Highway 20 east of Highway 63. Partridge Nov 3 to Jan 6 8 am to 430 pm north of Highway 30. Ducks and coot Oct 20 to Dec 3 half hour before sunrise to sunset. Geese Sept 29 to Dec 7 half hour before sunrise to sunset. Rails Iora and Virginia closed Nov 9. Cottontail rabbits Sept 1 to Feb 29 sunrise to sunset. Jackrabbits Nov 3 to Jan 6 sunrise to sunset. Squirrels Sept 1 to Jan 6. Raccoon and opossum Nov 3 to Jan 6. Fox Nov 17 to Jan 13. Deer bow Oct 6 to Nov 30 half hour before sunrise to half hour after sunset. Deer shotgun and muzzleloader Dec 1 to Dec 4 or Dec 8 to Dec 14 sunrise to sunset.
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Highway
Iowa
Rails
Iora
Virginia
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Gazette
Richard Burton
Sir Lawrence Olivier
Don Shilling
Neosho
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