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County: Fayette
Date and Season: December 2007; Bow
Notable: Buck green-scored 187 4/8 inches.
County: Mason
Date and Season: Dec. 2, 2007; Shotgun
Notable: Buck shot with 16-gauge, scored 189 4/8 inches.
Muskie in the spillwayTailwaters of Lake Shelbyville a prime destination for muskie anglers each winter as drawdown gets underway and muskie start congregating below the dam in impressive numbers. State record 38-pound, 8-ounce fish also came from the spillway.
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Big year for big bucks in IllinoisIllinois gun and bow hunters racking up impressive number of trophy whitetails that qualify for Boone & Crockett club record books and that top the elusive 200-inch mark. The photo at right shows five racks topping 200 inches and a sixth that is close to that mark -- all of which were in the shop of one central Illinois taxidermist. NEW BOW KILL ADDED.
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Geese, geese everywhereCanada geese, specklebellies migrating into all areas of Illinois in recent days thanks to snow, cold up north.
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Rabbit hunt a throwbackTrip to "Rabbit Hill" provides columnist Dale Bowman a hunt "from another time."
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Law offers incentives for timber, grassland and wetland habitats.
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Unlucky bucks started a fight that finished them both in Springfield area near Camp Widjiwagan.
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