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Woodford County Conservation Police Officer Chris Johnson killed this early October buck.
County: Lake
Date and Season: November 4, 2009; Bow
Notable: 14-pointer not as lucky as 10-pointer earlier in day
County: Shelby
Date and Season: Nov. 7, 2009; Bow
Notable: Trail-cam picture makes big drop-tine buck special.
County: Shelby
Size: 38 pounds, 8 ounces, 50 3/4 inches
Date: April 20, 2002
Notable: Carmean was fishing for walleye when the muskie hit.
Illinois Big Tree RegisterNot all trees are created equal. Since 1962 the Department of Natural Resources and the University of Illinois have kept track of the Prairie State’s largest trees in the Illinois Big Tree Register.
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Send us your hunting and fishing picturesWas it a keeper? Send us the evidence. We can use your outdoors hunting and fishing photos in our Picture of the Day feature.
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Sauger bite strong on Illinois RiverWisconsin anglers top 24th annual MWC tournament with 25.55 pounds of Illinois River sauger.
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Tales from the timber: MantlesSometimes trail cameras do more than just serve as a scouting tool, as the Mantle family proved during their first-season firearm hunt in Schuyler County.
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Tele-hunter now a buffalo soldierCanton hunter Tim Wells fulfills ambition of spearing a buffalo in South Dakota.
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IDPH: Take precautions against tick bitesTaking precautions this spring and summer against tick bites and the illnesses ticks can carry.
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