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Amber Teimeyer, 7, of Petersburg found these morels while hunting with her dad, John Teimeyer of Petersburg, on May 1.
County: DeWitt
Date and Season: Nov. 21, 1983; Bow
Notable: Rattling antlers helped bring in this buck of 193 4/8 inches.
County: Woodford
Date and Season: Oct. 5, 2009; Bow
Notable: Acorn-eating doe turns out to be a buck.
County: DeWitt
Size: 56 pounds
Date: July 2, 2009
Notable: Huge catfish was released.
Illinois’ best big bucks of 2008-09Despite what many hunters have called an "off year" for deer hunting in Illinois, several hunters have bagged trophy bucks. We will be updating this list from the Illinois Deer & Turkey Classic this weekend as new information becomes available.
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Tales from the Timber: B-day buckBad luck at a duck-blind drawing for Rob Pelka turns into good luck bowhunting on his birthday.
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Expect a noisy party from 13-year cicadasPeriodical 13-year cicadas will be louder and more numerous than the annual or dog-day cicadas often associated with warm summer evenings. While the annual cicadas sing during the late afternoon and early evening hours, periodical cicadas sing during the day.
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Indiana authorities say they've finished work on a 1,177-foot chain-link fence designed to keep Asian carp from crossing into the Great Lakes in the event of flooding.
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George Little: Sweat was dripping off the brim of my hat, but I had not yet reached the point of total saturation, so I thought, “What the heck. I’ll get out the tub and the shampoo and give the dogs a bath.”
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Reservoir fishing looks good for 2010Fishing looks promising for 2010 at Illinois' three large U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoirs, led by Lake Shelbyville's excellent prospects for crappie, largemouth bass and white bass.
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