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Ralph Loos: Illinois spring legislative session produced some successes, failures – and shrugs
The General Assembly packed up and scattered from Springfield after a spring session that gave Illinois sportsmen plenty to dissect, digest, and debate.
Put it this way: Shrugging is close to becoming the equivalent of a secret handshake among hunters, trappers, and anglers. That being said, there were a handful of successes – and at least one failure hunters generally applauded.
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Ralph Loos: Illinois spring legislative session produced some successes, failures – and shrugs
The General Assembly packed up and scattered from Springfield after a spring session that gave Illinois sportsmen plenty to dissect, digest, and debate.
Put it this way: Shrugging is close to becoming the equivalent of a secret handshake among hunters, trappers, and anglers. That being said, there were a handful of successes – and at least one failure hunters generally applauded.
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Ralph Loos: Illinois spring legislative session produced some successes, failures – and shrugs
The General Assembly packed up and scattered from Springfield after a spring session that gave Illinois sportsmen plenty to dissect,
Better understand your hunting optics to get better performance
For nearly 1,000 years, we’ve worked to improve our vision.
Italian monks made eyeglasses by the 13th century. In
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