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16 year old Jake Batusich with a nice 8 point Grundy County Buck taken on Nov. 8, 2012.
County: Marshall
Date and Season: Nov. 13, 2008; Bow
Notable: Friends find buck when hunter has to work.
County: Shelby
Date and Season: Oct 30, 2009; Bow
Notable: Weighed 280 pounds and netted 144
County: Cook
Size: 6 pounds, 5 ounces; 22 inches
Date: April 25, 2009
Notable: Smallmouth two ounces short of state record.
Good luck kicks in after hunter falls downIn a heartbeat, tranquility exploded into chaos for Justin Stevens, as his life tumbled into a free fall. One moment, he was holding his breath in a tree stand, aiming his bow at unsuspecting turkeys. He readied to let his arrow fly when . . .
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Santel moves up in ranks of college bass fishingIllinois native Cody Santel keeps fishing his way toward the top of the college bass fishing ranks. Santel and his Murray State University fishing partner Justin Berger took seventh place in the 2013 BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship.
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State conservation officials are checking reports of hundreds of dead fish in the Rock River. “They were bobbing like bobbers on the water,” Jerry DalSanto said. “The whole river was full of them, up and down both sides.”
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Wild turkeys part of Thanksgiving feastIt may come as a surprise to some, but not all Thanksgiving turkeys come with a pop-up thermometer.
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Illinois fishing report May 1-7OK, so the weather has been nasty. But things are finally looking up and the time to fish is here. This report is filled with details about big fish like the flathead at right caught by Brad Morris of Peoria at Powerton Lake. But many of the people who caught these fish did so in nasty weather. Or chilly weather. Just put on a coat and get fishing.
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Iowa Gov. Branstad shoots buck, will hang in officeThe Iowa Capitol will have a new decoration courtesy of Gov. Terry Branstad, who announced Monday that he shot a buck over the weekend during his annual deer hunt.
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