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Tony Sinning dropped this 10-point buck in LaSalle County on Nov. 4, 2012, with a double lung shot from 40 yards.
County: Peoria
Date and Season: Nov. 14, 2008; Bow
Notable: Hunter shot buck while on the ground
County: Marshall
Date and Season: 10/16/2010; Bow
Notable: First double bow kill
County: Lake
Size: 13 pounds, 1 ounce; 28 inches long, 23-inch girth
Date: February 15, 1976
Notable: Bass hit with ice still on parts of Stone Quarry Lake.
Alfred Grigori was able to drive himself to a hospital in Dixon where he was treated for the non-life threatening injury.
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Big Fish Fridays: Dewey’s big blueFate smiled on Dewey Banks Tuesday at Powerton Lake in the form of a 55-pound blue catfish.
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Illinois fishing report 9-3-09Fishing is improving heading into the holiday weekend, with crappie, walleye, bass, muskie and bluegill all biting in places and fall patterns approaching rapidly.
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Breeding duck population estimates up 11 percent over 2010Aerial surveys counted 45.6 million birds, up from 40.8 million last year and 35 percent better than the long-term average.
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Hunter gets a second chance to bag “Flamethrower”Clyde Hutchinson tells the story of the buck that almost got away.
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The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is developing plans to stock flathead catfish and channel catfish in the Rock River later this year.
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