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Kenny Elsasser sent in this picture of his nice Marshall County buck.
Here’s an ice fishing outing with the Herman Brothers Pond Management gang.
County: Chaffee
Date and Season: Oct. 18, 2007; All seasons
Notable: First hunt yields mule deer.
County: Woodford
Date and Season: Nov. 23, 2008; Shotgun
Notable: First buck sighting in a tree stand a memorable one.
County: Madison
Size: 64 pounds
Date: June 14, 2008
Notable: Bighead carp bit on a deep-diving crankbait.
The number of boating deaths linked to alcohol on Illinois waterways has increased over the past five years, prompting authorities to appeal to boaters to take the risks of drinking on the water more seriously.
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Sand mine near Starved Rock up for a vote Jan. 12A sand-mining operation slated for land next to Illinois’ most visited state park has sparked controversy in LaSalle County. Mississippi Sand LLC of Maryland Heights, Mo., wants to mine St. Peter sandstone from a 350-acre parcel of farmland just east of Starved Rock State Park.
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Legislators pass license fee increasesLegislators have approved a bill to raise hunting, fishing license fees and to charge more for deer permits and waterfowl stamps.
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Is planting a food plot the same as baiting? Is the Redneck Fishing Tournament still on? And where the heck is my deer permit? Read answers to those and other questions here.
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Firearm deer photos are rolling inThe pictures are coming in too fast for us to parcel them out one per day, so here's a selection of firearm deer photos we've received so far. Congratulations to all.
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Asian carp: Clean taste, bad imageAlmost nobody in Illinois wants to eat Asian carp. “There’s no market for them. I’ve had one or two people ask for them,” said Clint Carter, co-owner of Carter’s Fish Market, 1900 South Grand Ave. E. That’s too bad because the few people brave enough to taste the pearly white flesh – punctuated by many bones -- say it tastes like cod or tilapia. “It’s a freshwater fish with a clean taste,” Carter said. “People are always surprised when they taste it.”
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