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Matt Aupperle of Colfax hopes to see this buck this fall along the Vermillion River near Pontiac.
Fishing a scum frog in an Illinois neighborhood pond yields a 21-inch bass and several other fish.
County: Macoupin
Date and Season: Dec. 9, 1988; Shotgun
Notable: Buck scored 197 1/8 inches.
County: Livingston
Date and Season: 12-9-2010; Bow
Notable: Unofficial P&Y score of 127 2/8
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.
If you made New Year’s resolutions and are still sticking with them, good for you. The first few days are the hardest. If you didn’t make any, or have already seen them go by the wayside, don’t worry about it. Experts say most resolutions don’t make it until Feb. 1 anyway.
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Gov. Blagojevich's cuts in money, manpower and morale have made many hunters and anglers lose faith in the Department of Natural Resources says Chicago Sun-Times columnist Dale Bowman.
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Illinoisan finds oasis for bearsIllinois photographer Jim Miller says there's good reason that Minnesota's Vince Shute sanctuary is billed as “the best place to see wild black bears in their natural habitat.”
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PSO welcomes Jason JohnsPrairie State Outdoors.com is happy to add southern Illinois fishing and hunting guide Jason Johns to our lineup of bloggers.
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George Little: Make someone’s life better - support conservationIt's banquet season. Show your support, either by volunteering for the banquet committee or getting a bunch of your friends together and going to a banquet.
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Lake Erie and some of its biggest tributary rivers have just the right water temperatures and other characteristics needed for greedy Asian carp to make themselves at home, says a federal study released Thursday.
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