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Jamison Brown shot this 11-point LaSalle County buck on the opening morning of firearm season. The deer weighed about 200 pounds, and Brown said he was, “King of the woods out where I hunt.”
Check out this 19-point Lake County non-typical buck filmed by Trent at Hawg-N-Sons TV Monday in a soybean field.
County: TBA
Date and Season: Oct. 9, 2010; Shotgun
Notable: Final youth hunt a success
County: Peoria
Date and Season: 11-7-2010; Bow
Notable: Had been spotting 140-175 class bucks
County: Peoria
Size: 3 pounds, 10 ounces; 18 inches
Date: March 27, 2009
Notable: High water yields slab crappie.
Welcome two new PSO.com bloggersWe are happy to announce that Adam Johnson and Andrew Ragas will now be writing fishing Web logs for Prairie State Outdoors.
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On Monday, five new farm program biologists start work in the vicinity of Lincoln, Champaign, Effingham, Fairfield and Salem.
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Dan Stephenson, a fisheries biologist with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, said there are no official stats on fish kills, but his calls are running at least 25 percent higher than normal.
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Illinois fishing report 3-18-10Crappie are biting, the ice is gone and rivers are running muddy right now in much of Illinois. That's not unusual for an early spring fishing report, which also features muskie, northern pike, walleye and a few decent bass.
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Takasaki on crappies: Find hidden spots others missEarly in spring is a peak time to get them while they’re schooled on structure and holding around cover that makes them relatively easy to find.
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Duck food good at state sitesHabitat conditions at public waterfowl areas look good heading into promising fall season.
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