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Brock Davis reported good bass fishing at Eureka Lake after catching a lake record on May 4 with a 10.1-pounder pictured here.
Join Rusty Johnson of Martinsville and his English coon hound, Sage, on a raccoon hunt in Clark County.
County: Marion
Date and Season: Nov. 15, 2005; Bow
Notable: Stalked to within 16 yards of bedded buck.
County: Clark
Date and Season: Nov 19 2005; Shotgun
Notable: Clark County monster scored 251 6/8
County: Madison
Size: 64 pounds
Date: June 14, 2008
Notable: Bighead carp bit on a deep-diving crankbait.
Archery deer hunters bagged 5,345 deer during the opening weekend of the season, Oct. 1 - 2. We've got county-by-county numbers.
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Bowfisher shoots huge bighead carpIllinois Bowfishers member Darin Opel shot a 92.5-pound bighead carp Sunday on the Mississippi River near the Melvin Price Lock and Dam No. 26. The huge fish was 62 inches long and had a 30-inch girth. Preliminary research indicates this may be the largest bighead carp taken by an angler in the United States.
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"We all know legislators are only as good as their word until the next election," said Richard Pearson, director of the Illinois State Rifle Association. "Now we've got a legislative decision and a court decision."
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Eric Schenck, regional biologist with Ducks Unlimited, said the Illinois Department of Natural Resources is making plans to acquire the marsh from DU. The parties have not set a price, but Schenck said DNR has some funds available for acquisition and that the price likely will be in line with an appraisal of the property.
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Youth deer hunters post record totalsAfter several years of warm temperatures, youngsters in last weekend's Illinois Youth Deer Hunt took advantage of weather more suited to hunting. The harvest of 2,304 was more than the last two years combined.
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