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Mike Bowen holds up one of several grass carp caught while bowfishing Monday with his son, Brad, in the flooded woods along the Illinois River.The Bowens, along with friends Brian and Lisa Tabor, frequent the waters with their bows and tethered arrows whenever the river floods.
Welcome to the world of the Big Bass Bounty Hunter, who travels around central Illinois in his tricked-up vehicle catching fish. This video was last summer at LaSalle Lake. There’s not a lot of fast action in the Big Bass Bounty Hunter series and he could use an editor, but we still find his videos oddly entertaining.
County: St. Clair
Date and Season: Dec.4, 2011; Shotgun
Notable: Not real big but has fun story
County: Sangamon
Date and Season: Oct. 5, 2009; Bow
Notable: Wrong wind, too hot = big buck.
County: Sangamon
Size: 8 pounds, 8 ounces
Date: March 14, 2009
Notable: Bass biggest ever seen at Lake Springfield.
“Massive” grass carp caught in cow pastureA fledgling fisherman, Dan Dunham learned two key lessons last weekend about how to reel in a big catch. Sometimes, you need special equipment. Like, a pitchfork. And you always want to find an out-of-the-way fishing hole. Like, a cow pasture.
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End of an era at N. American Whitetail?Writer Les Davenport offers his opinion on what he considers the sad state of affairs at North American Whitetail magazine.
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Tales from the Timber: LyerlaA long walk in the Shawnee National Forest paid off last fall for Bethalto deer hunter Frank Lyerla.
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Thursday’s Illinois House defeat of a proposal to allow citizens to carry concealed weapons hinged on regional differences, not partisan ones, with lawmakers from the Chicago suburbs holding the swing votes.
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Tales from the Timber: Top typicals?Barring a major shock, we know the largest non-typical buck killed in Illinois this year. But the title of Illinois' largest typical is much less certain. Here are some candidates.
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The Obama administration opposes closing shipping locks near Chicago to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes.
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