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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1973
Page
13
The Illinois dove hunting season starts September 1 at noon CST with a daily bag limit of 12 per hunter and sundown closure. A current Illinois license is required but the federal migratory waterfowl stamp does not apply. The piece offers shooting tips, gun selection, and field practices for a successful early-season hunt in Southern Illinois.
A pair of wildlife specialists cite a 1971 Illinois survey showing hunters contributed 15.79 million dollars to the state economy while harvesting 937 thousand pheasants. The report compares per bird costs across states and notes travel, gear, and miscellaneous expenses shaping the overall impact.
In Southern Illinois the saga of Old Sledgefoot grows with a letter suggesting another giant swamp rabbit named Ole One-Hop lived in Union County in 1933. The writer argues the two are one and the same, noting the rabbit’s famed ditch crossing and dog-dish tricks, preserving Sledgefoot as the monarch of Dismal Swamp.
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