Willie Urish sent in a photo of his successful turkey hunt this spring. “He was my ‘best’ bird ever.” The turkey was 22 pounds, and had two beards of 8.5 and 10.5 inches. The spurs were 1 1/8 inches.
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County: Pike
Date and Season: October 6th 2012; Youth firearm
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County: Clinton
Size: 50.4 pounds
Date: May 11, 2012
Notable: Took an hour to land
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With the deadline fast-approaching for lawmakers to enact a concealed-carry law, new legislation surfaced Wednesday that allows local law enforcement to object to permit applications while creating a licensing review board that has final say.
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The Illinois Department of Natural Resources fisheries division reports a recent fish kill on Lake Springfield involved hundreds of white bass.
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The Rend Lake fishing report has been pretty stable for the last three weeks or so. Fishing remains excellent for crappie and catfish. Largemouth bass, bluegill and white bass are rated good.
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Currently, 27 million acres are enrolled in CRP through 700,000 contracts on 390,000 farms throughout the U.S. Contracts on an estimated 3.3 million acres will expire Sept. 30.
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Hunters kill 14,133 turkeys in wet, rainy spring seasonThe 2013 total compares with the statewide turkey harvest of 15,941 in 2012. Hunters took a state-record 16,605 turkeys during the spring season in 2006. We've got county-by-county totals inside.
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