October 2023

Hunt no ducks over water

A couple of weeks ago I was talking with guide in Ontario who got a good laugh out of the bear hunting which forbids using bait. He said that without bait, few bears would ever be killed anywhere. In Canada, if you go through an outfitter you are guaranteed to get a shot or several shots, at a bear the first day. But they are always killed over bait.
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Georgeann Franks

Georgeann Franks, 85, of Monett, was called to her heavenly home Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, after a brief illness at Cox South Hospital in Springfield.
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Elmer Roy Crawford

Elmer Roy Crawford, age 88, of Marionville, passed away at 12:25 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, at the Aurora Nursing Center, in Aurora. He was born Feb. 25, 1935, in Hillsboro, Ore., the son of Elmer Vernon and Edna Marie (Tucker) Crawford.
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