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Tom Bonderski of Plainfield sent us this trail cam image: “Caught this guy checking out a trail cam I put out while turkey hunting in Jo Daviess this weekend. Looks like his antler nubs are just starting.”
County: Woodford
Date and Season: Nov. 2, 2008; Bow
Notable: Suburban tree stand produces big buck.
County: Wayne
Date and Season: Dec. 1, 2011; Shotgun
Notable: Best deer of career
County: Sangamon
Size: 48 pounds, 8 ounces and 35 pounds, 5 ounces
Date: May 2, 2009
Notable: Bowfishing newcomer sets two state records.
Flooding mixed bag for waterfowlHigh water in northern Illinois may have wiped out many mallard and blue-winged teal nests.
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Photo album: Youth waterfowl huntRandy Cooke of the Sangchris Waterfowlers Association sent along a great series of photographs of last weekend's youth hunt.
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Leaders of Wildlife Prairie State Park hope to take the word "state" out of its name. Far from a mere name change, park leaders and local legislators hope to make the park independent of the state's fiscal woes that have squeezed its and the Department of Natural Resources' portion of the budget pie.
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Waterways engineered more than a century ago to connect the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds should be altered to stop the exchange of invasive species that can cause irreversible damage, an environmental advocacy group says.
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State park directors say Illinois' park system is suffering from years of budget cuts. Parks have lost staff and cut back hours of operation. And maintenance is sometimes kept to a minimum.
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says a second deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease at a southern Iowa hunting preserve.
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