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Shonn Hild shot this buck during opening day of gun season, his first buck, which field dressed 199 pounds. The G2s were 11-inches with almost 5-inch bases.
Jim Crowley of HookandHuntTV.com interviews award-winning taxidermists Bob and Erik Esposito in central Illinois, seeking tips on preparing a big fish for mounting.
UPDATED: Voters in Idaho, Kentucky, Nebraska and Wyoming have approved measures that make the right to hunt and fish part of their state constitutions. STORY & COMMENTS
While fishing for panfish, Peoria angler Jim Zikus hooked into a grass carp that may well have been a state record -- possibly even a North American record. STORY & COMMENTS
Waterfowl migration along the Illinois River was short but intense this fall, with several species of ducks stopping over in record numbers. At the height of migration, northern pintails, green-winged teal, gadwall and northern shovelers crowded into refuges in the highest numbers recorded in 65 years of aerial surveys. STORY & COMMENTS
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