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Kent Carmichael of Ulysses, Kan., poses with a giant halibut he caught on Tuesday, June 28, 2011, in the Gulf of Alaska, about 90 minutes offshore from Pelican in Southeast Alaska. A conversion table in the Alaska Tide Book was used to determine the weight of the 94-inch fish to be an estimated 466 pounds. (AP Photo/Provided by Highliner Lodge & Charters Inc.)
Watch this mother red fox nurse her four playful kits.
County: Carroll
Date and Season: November 7th, 2010; Bow
Notable: Buck green scored 165 inches
County: Cass County IL
Date and Season: 11-7-07; Bow
Notable: He looked at me for what seemed forever
County: Clinton
Size: 78 pounds
Date: Aug. 11, 1995
Notable: Fishing for white bass yields state-record catfish.
Match birds with the seeds they preferWith a little homework and time spent in observation, backyard birders can attract the birds they most enjoy to their feeders this winter.
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Young hunters must register by Dec. 7. A drawing will be held Dec. 10 and youth hunters selected will be notified by mail.
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Hunt long enough and you will have to track a wounded animal someday. Tracking is not fun, it's time-consuming and nerve-wracking, but it's also necessary.
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Archery deer hunters have killed 60,213 deer as of Jan. 11, just over 3,000 behind last year's total.
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The Illinois Federation For Outdoor Resources will hold its 15th annual Youth Skills Camp at Carlyle Lake, July 29-31.
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Healing hunts: Program helps vetsWith a quick squeeze of a crossbow's trigger, James Raffetto proved that it would take more than an insurgent's bomb to keep him from enjoying life.
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