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Kendal Linscheid shot this 11 point buck on November 9 with a Bowtech Tomkat in Whiteside County, Illinois.
County: Peoria
Date and Season: Nov. 16, 2007; Shotgun
Notable: Buck had a 21.5-inch inside spread.
County: Livingston
Date and Season: Nov. 22, 2001; Bow
Notable: Buck shot on Thanksgiving hunt with father.
County: Cook
Size: 6 pounds, 5 ounces; 22 inches
Date: April 25, 2009
Notable: Smallmouth two ounces short of state record.
An opening day dilemma turned into an opening weekend memory for writer Jeff Lampe and his son, Victor during their first deer hunt.
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Filling the freezer a priority for some of the 200,000 deer hunters heading to the timber this weekend.
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A Department of Natural Resources biologist says Iowa's pheasant population likely will decline this year because of the cool and wet spring.
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Bio-island installed at DNR to clean water, provide habitatThe Illinois Department of Natural Resources installed a floating “bio-island” last week as part of a project to treat water running off roads and parking lots.
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Want to catch fish? Try a tailwaterThe waters below a dam are often the most productive places to wet a line and the spillway below Carlyle Lake is likely the most productive of them all.
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Tales from the Timber: SimpsonAfter missing much of deer season for family commitments and travels, Edwardsville firearm hunter Tom Simpson still wound up with his buck of a lifetime.
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