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Doug Edwards of East Peoria caught this 17 inch crappie with a girth of 13 inches on a jig head and twisty tail at banner marsh Shovel Lake.
Need any more reason to get fired up for this weekend’s Illinois firearm deer hunting season? Here’s a flashback to the 2008-09 firearm deer hunting season in Illinois with Journal Star writer and Prairie State Outdoors.com editor Jeff Lampe.
County: Peoria
Date and Season: 11/22/2008; Shotgun
Notable: Knapp shot doe while barefoot and pregnant.
County: Pike
Date and Season: Nov. 20, 2010; Shotgun
Notable: Family hunt proves quite successful
County: Madison
Size: 124 pounds, 58 inches
Date: May 21, 2005
Notable: World and state record fish had a girth of 44 inches.
Firearm deer hunting in Will County?Will County Board of Commissioners will vote Thursday whether to establish two firearm deer seasons on Will County Forest Preserve District Property.
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Right at home: Springfield man is bluebird’s best friendIn a workshop behind his home, Graham Murdock crafts cedar wood into nesting houses for bluebirds. He estimates that he has made about 350 cedar wood birdhouses in the last 20 years.
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Officials in a town along Indiana's Lake Michigan shore are moving ahead with plans for a hunt to reduce the number of deer around the community even though some residents oppose that proposal.
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Chautauqua refuge on a new courseLee Albright, new manager of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Illinois River complex, faces plenty of challenges as he hopes to bring more birds to the refuges.
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Non-resident archery deer permit quota increased to 25,000 for 2008-09, price of out-of-state bow tags up to $400. Non-resident gun tag price rises to $300.
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Commercial fishing would be used to help control populations of invasive fish and reduce the number of fish trapped when water levels are drawn down.
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