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Wendell Sydnor caught this 1.75 pound, 16-inch black crappie on Berkley PowerWorm on a private lake on May 28, 2011
Join Robert Suess from Territorial Intrusion Decoys on a successful 2008 turkey hunt in southern Illinois.
County: Lawrence
Date and Season: 11-14-2009; Bow
Notable: Buck scored 185 1/8.
County: Bureau
Date and Season: Nov. 6, 2009; Bow
Notable: Big buck walked in following a spike.
County: Peoria
Size: 3 pounds, 10 ounces; 18 inches
Date: March 27, 2009
Notable: High water yields slab crappie.
Wildlife conference stresses scienceThe 70th annual Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference was in Springfield and science was the focus earlier this month.
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A cement company has closed a piece of the Vermilion River in north-central Illinois that's popular with whitewater rafters. The state says that's perfectly legal.
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Exploring the night sky: the universe is just outsideFor hundreds and thousands of years, people have looked to the night sky and wondered about our place in the heavens.
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Big Fish Fridays: 92-pounderThe Mississippi River keeps turning out monster catfish. The latest came April 15 when Rick Davis of Godfrey caught a 92-pound blue cat.
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An early start to the firearm deer season may be one reason archery totals are lacking behind last year. Through Dec. 18, , Illinois archery deer hunters harvested a preliminary total of 53,413 deer.
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Bureau County black bear capturedThe Bureau County black bear is now in captivity. The bear was found sleeping in a drainage ditch and was then shot with a tranquilizer and transported to the Niabi Zoo near Moline.
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