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Caleb Mueller had a successful youth waterfowl hunt, bagging a wood duck at Sanchris Lake hunting with his grandfather Jim Sullivan.
Join North American Whitetail for a discussion on deer tracks and how to read them.
County: Fulton
Date and Season: Oct. 1, 2009; Bow
Notable: Partial credit for buck goes to 6-pointer
County: Calhoun
Date and Season: Oct. 26, 2008; Bow
Notable: Hunter overcomes wind, untimely noise for "buck of a lifetime."
County: Tazewell
Size: 65 pounds
Date: March 11, 2009
Notable: Huge fish caught by 76-year-old angler.
The Sierra Club says there’s evidence Indiana bats are living on 384 acres of forested land within the national forest in Gallatin County that Peabody Energy wants for a coal mine.
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Cooler temps needed to heat up deer seasonHunters are waiting for cool temperatures to get deer moving. Even so, archery deer hunters have killed 13.344 deer as of Sunday, Oct. 17.
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Waterfowl migration expectedA cold front moving into the North Country and favorable and northwest winds are expected to push mallards into Illinois in the days to come.
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Illinois fishing report 5-14-09Bluegill are biting in much of Illinois, crappie are still going strong in the northern half of the state, largemouth bass reports are mixed and channel catfish are showing up with increasing frequency in a wet but busy week of fishing.
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Hunting and fishing retailer Cabela's Inc. will not participate in what has been billed as Pennsylvania's largest outdoor sports show next month following the decision to ban the display and sale of assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines.
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The dog days of winter have their advantages, but you have to look for them.There’s no better time to clean and organize your hunting equipment.
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