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Rich Houk enjoyed opening morning of a teal hunt at Horseshoe Lake in Granite City.
With early goose season just days away, we decided it was time to reprise this video showing Doug Jallas of River Bottom Calls offers tips on calling Canada geese with a short-reed call. This is one of the most viewed videos in PSO history.
County: Schuyler
Date and Season: Nov. 7, 2007; Bow
Notable: Buck scored 231 5/8 inches.
County: Madison
Date and Season: Nov. 25, 2009; Bow
Notable: Extra effort searching for buck pays off.
County: Clinton
Size: 50.4 pounds
Date: May 11, 2012
Notable: Took an hour to land
After a slow 2008 for smallmouth bass fishing in Illinois streams and rivers, Jonn Graham hopes for better in 2009.
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A 58-year-old Sangamon County man was killed in an ATV accident today while deer hunting on his property in rural New Berlin.
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Geese flock to Lake SpringfieldThe spectacle of spring migration has arrived at Lake Springfield early this year in the guise of record numbers of Canada geese.
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Young hunter bags turkey with multiple beardsAnthony Sasade, 15, of Christopher, bagged a wild turkey with at least five beards during the Illinois youth turkey season in southern Illinois last weekend.
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State and national stories from around the country covering the on-going debate about firearms, their regulation and related issues: Feinstein says gun control faces uphill fight; gun demand drives investors into market; and Illinois to take closer look at mental health issues.
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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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