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Annette Leiblic of Springfield has been seeing this barred owl peering through one of her windows.
County: Mc Lean
Date and Season: October 1, 2010; Bow
Notable: Doe and Big buck felled on same evening
County: Shelby
Date and Season: Nov. 17, 2006 and Nov. 16, 2007; Shotgun
Notable: Hermann shot both bucks on opening days from the same stand.
County: Will
Size: 46 pounds
Date: July 9
Notable: Saw wave of mud coming towards face
River otter trapping resumes this fall after 80-year hiatusThis fall will mark the first trapping season for river otters in Illinois since 1929. The river otter became rare in the state by the early 1900s due to habitat loss and unregulated harvest. It is likely that fewer than 100 otters remained in Illinois before 1990.
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The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced on Monday that the 2013 IHSA Bass Fishing State Final Tournament, scheduled for May 3-4 at Carlyle Lake in Carlyle, has been postponed due to potentially dangerous water levels.
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When Matt Mason, 23, was a young boy he got into an argument with a friend about whether there was a hiking trail longer than 100 miles. Mason said at the time, he didn't believe it, but he later learned the 2,184 mile long Appalachian Trail was the "trail of all trails." Mason said he never gave up thoughts about hiking this trail.
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The steady increase in Illinois farmland prices shows no signs of slowing in the near future, according to a report released this week at the Illinois Land Values Conference in Bloomington.
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George Little: Be prepared for thunderstormsWith all the rain, we didn’t have many thunderstorms with flashing lightning and booming thunder. Those of us who love a good thunderstorm (and a safe observation point) were deprived of nature’s fireworks. There’s still time. Statistically speaking, much of Illinois thunderstorm activity comes in June. Almost always, one or two of those storms reach the severe category.
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White bass, walleye, crappie and largemouth bass are expected to offer excellent opportunities in 2011 on Lake Shelbyville
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