Rene Valdez, right, hoists stripers he caught.
Entertaining backyard birds from Chris Young on Vimeo.
Antics and behaviors of backyard birds captured with a Midland XTC-300 HD camera mounted on feeders for close observation.Did you experience the thrill of the hunt this year and bag a buck? We'd love to hear your story. Write to us .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Be sure to include your photos. We'd love to publish your story.
The governor will use his amendatory veto power Tuesday to include the ban in a bill related to ammunition sales. It would then be up to lawmakers to accept his changes or reject them.
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A cable-TV crew will be in town today regarding local efforts to fight the fish. And DNR wants to reprise its efforts to interest people in eating Asian carp. They might even bring the event to Peoria.
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Illinois State Police officials say a 41-year-old woman and her two daughters are dead after a crash on Interstate 70 that happened after the woman stopped her vehicle because of deer on the roadway.
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Rhode won the women's skeet shooting Sunday, tying a world record and setting the Olympic mark with 99 points — meaning she missed once in 100 shots. She was eight targets better than silver medalist Wei Ning of China and nine better than Slovakia's Danka Bartekova, who topped Russia's Marina Belikova in a shootout for the bronze.
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Proposed waterfowl season framework announced by U.S. Fish and WIldlife ServiceWaterfowl hunters in the Mississippi Flyway, including Illinois, can look forward to a 60-day duck season if proposed season frameworks are accepted.
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Don’t believe the rumors: the Redneck Fishing Tournament is still onDave Bakke: “Did you hear? They're thinking of canceling the Redneck Fishing Tournament in Bath because there is not enough water for the boats.” So imagine my relief when I found out that it is only a rumor. Central Illinois' craziest, most famous fishing tournament is not being canceled. It will go on next weekend as planned. Click inside for a video of last year's tournament.
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