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Two Deer on Car

Date: 11 27 1934
Description: A 14-point buck shot by Carl Laughnan, 4138 Mandan Crescent, and a 10-point buck shot by Russell Hegg, 330 Dow Court, are tied to the front fenders of the ...
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Issuing Hunting License

Date: 1934
Description: Man at the counter of office in Dane County where clerk, Selma Fjelstad, is issuing a hunting license.
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Men Acting Like Ducks at Highlander

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Description: A group of men imitating ducks, participating in a theatrical performance. A man wielding a shotgun is in the background, and is wearing a hat bearing the ...
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Hunters with Deer Carcasses

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Description: Three men standing holding guns with two deer carcasses on the ground. They are posed in front of a log cabin in the snow. A boy is seated on one of the de...
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Waupun Hunters Club

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Description: Group of men posed in front of small stone building with guns. Sign above doorway says "Waupun Hunters Club Home."
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Men with Deer Carcasses on Sidewalk

Date: 1900
Description: A group of men stand in front of the Schwaller building on Pine Street with two male deer carcasses on the board sidewalk. The man touching the antlers is...
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Fish and Gun Club

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Description: A road passes in front of the Fish and Gun Club, a two-story building with people sitting and standing on the porch. Another dwelling stands beside it and...
Print

Front of Cat and Mouse Trade Card

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Description: Front view of a trade card created by the Plano Manufacturing Company featuring an illustration of a cat climbing a screened window in pursuit of a mouse. ...
Map or Atlas

Burnett County, Wisconsin : Official County Map

Date: 1991
Description: This 1991 map of Burnett County, Wisconsin, shows Governor Knowles State Forest, wildlife areas, public hunting grounds, and other outdoor recreation facil...
Photograph

Ducks Unlimited Dinner

Date: 02 03 1959
Description: 420 men turned out for the annual Ducks Unlimited dinner at Club Chanticleer. Ducks Unlimited was founded in 1938 by persons interested in wildlife conser...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 187-191

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Description: First-rate minds to write books, guide the young and lead the nation
but the target runs close to the ground
Photograph

Ducks Unlimited Banquet

Date: 02 02 1960
Description: Four members of Ducks Unlimited inspect a gun at the annual banquet held at the Club Chanticleer. Left to right are: Toby Sherry, banquet chairman; Fred Ga...
Photograph

Deer Hunters and Their Deer

Date: 1908
Description: Copy photograph of an outdoor portrait of a group of men standing and kneeling in front of a line of deer suspended across First Street in Black River Fall...
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Hunters' Gun Safety Instruction

Date: 11 1953
Description: Two youthful hunters, Denny Reul and Tom Goedell of Madison, watching Jerry Teesdale pointing out the vital points a hunter must hit to get his buck at a t...
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Hunters' Gun Safety Instruction

Date: 11 1953
Description: Captain Leo Lewis, inspector-instructor at the Naval-Marine Corps Reserve Training Center in Madison, points out the correct way to fire a rifle from a pro...
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The Duck Hunters

Date: 1910
Description: Five duck hunters stand in front of Mike Gavin's Buffet holding guns, paddles, and stringers of dead ducks.
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Scout II in Snow

Date: 1978
Description: View through corn of Scout parked in the snow. Two men in camouflage coats and hats are standing next to the Scout, and one man is holding a firearm. The S...
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Deer Hunters

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Description: A group of three men are standing next to a wooden hunters' shack with a deer hanging from the roof. Two of the men are holding rifles.
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Prairie Chicken Hunters ??Sign on tent reads

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of five men and a boy are posing standing and holding rifles in front of two tents. Dogs are sitting at their feet, and a stringer o...
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Trapper with Hides

Date: 1920
Description: A Native American trapper sits on his haunches in front of a building where various hides on stretchers have been hung to dry. The building is sided with s...

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