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Steve Thompson (left) and Tom Dawson of Quincy had plenty to shoot at Sunday during a bowfishing trip on the Illinois River with Les Davenport. “The river is now within its banks and carp are flying like crazy,” reports Davenport.
Join HawgNSons TV for a Feb. 8, 2009 shed hunt that turns up the skull of a small buck in Lake County.
County: Hancock
Date and Season: Oct. 14, 2009; Bow
Notable: 13 days of stalking the same buck pays off.
County: Henderson
Date and Season: 19 Nov 2011; Shotgun
Notable: Rough score came to 167 3/8
County: Madison
Size: 124 pounds, 58 inches
Date: May 21, 2005
Notable: World and state record fish had a girth of 44 inches.
Wetting a line in March can be fun. After months of staring at the wall it’s energizing merely to get outside. Pick the right spot and the right day you can even catch fish. But unlike April, when even outdoor writers can fill 5-gallon buckets, timing is everything.
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More than 1,000 requests for concealed carry gun permits are pouring in each day in the nation's last state to allow the practice, sparking concerns among Illinois law enforcement officials that they might fall behind on weeding out applicants with a history of violence.
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Duck hunting in her bloodThe fact that Lauren Thomas, 26, is a duck hunter should come as no surprise. It's in her blood, as Brian Brueggemann writes in the Belleville News-Democrat.
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Duck prospects dim in central IllinoisMissing blinds and a lack of duck food are major issues facing Illinois River waterfowlers north of Henry and south of Havana. The best of bad river conditions appears to be from Henry to Havana.
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Illinois fishing report 4-29-10Prime panfishing time is here in Illinois, with crappie spawning and vulnerable in the state's northern two-thirds and bluegill coming shallow.
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Thousands of Galesburg's elm trees died of Dutch elm disease in the 1950s and 1960s. Many were replaced by ash trees, trees susceptible to the emerald ash borer. It may be years before the emerald ash borer reaches Knox County, but its inevitable arrival may feel a bit like history is repeating itself.
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