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Taxidermist Locie Murphy of Bushnell recently completed this mount of a desert ram taken in Sonora.
County: Schuyler
Date and Season: Dec. 4, 2009; Shotgun
Notable: Don't hunt on spouse's birthday
County: Knox
Date and Season: Nov. 13, 2008; Bow
Notable: Buck unofficially green-scored 174 5/8 inches.
County: DeWitt
Size: 56 pounds
Date: July 2, 2009
Notable: Huge catfish was released.
Time to scout for big bucksThere are a few weeks when you can typically pattern a big buck. We are now entering one of those periods.
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Hunters can donate deer to help needyDeer hunters in Illinois can help hungry families in Illinois by providing venison to the Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger program.
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Illinois Audubon protects jewel in the Shawnee National ForestThe Lusk Creek Sanctuary formerly was a 57-acre private in-holding in the midst of thousands of acres of public land. And it was home to sandstone bluffs and an array of plants, including the Illinois state-threatened French’s shooting star.
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Visitors flock to Emiquon’s public use area grand openingThe Nature Conservancy officially opened its multi-million dollar public use area at the Emiquon Preserve near Havana Saturday. Click inside for a photo gallery of the day's events.
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Behind every good woman ...Author Les Davenport encourages all boyfriends, brothers, fathers and husbands to teach the women in their lives the sport of hunting. Just have patience and refrain from being an overzealous teacher and it will pay dividends for years to come.
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A trophy whitetail buck shot and killed in Illinois is fathering fawns in Louisiana. A half-dozen does are pregnant because hunter Mike Toney remembered a study done years ago at Louisiana State University, called the researcher and drove all night to get the animal's testicles to him.
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