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Bernie Bonderski of Plainfield found these button mushrooms last weekend in Crawford County. “They’re just starting to come up. Next weekend should be best,” he wrote.
County: Edgar
Date and Season: Nov. 18, 1994; Shotgun
Notable: Buck scored 258 6/8 inches and survived slug wounds in 1992 and 1993.
County: McHenry
Date and Season: 11/01/10; Bow
Notable: 8-point bruiser from 10 yards
County: Johnson
Size: 20.02 pounds, 33.7 inches long, 24-inch girth
Date: June 20, 1993
Notable: Fish hit on a three-eighth-ounce jig.
Century of study focuses on birdsIllinois scientists can take a unique look at how changes in the state's landscape have affected birds, thanks to three identical scientific studies spanning 100 years. The work actually started in the early 1900s when students from the University of Illinois walked three east-west routes across the state.
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Illinois ice fishing improvingThe ice is a given almost anywhere you go in north or central Illinois. And fish are generally biting better in those same areas, with afternoons particularly productive of late.
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Illinois fishing report 3-11-10Open-water fishing is here in force in the southern half of Illinois and on rivers for the first statewide PSO fishing report, whose highlights include big muskie and walleye and some plump crappie. Meanwhile anglers in the central and northern parts of the state are still dealing with ice on many lakes.
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Even though he didn’t know at the time whether the United States of America was going to take root, John Adams, one of the rebels who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, had a great vision for the Fourth of July.
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A new study documents a loss of 1.3 million acres of grassland over a five-year period in the Western Corn Belt — a rate not seen since the 1920s and 1930s.
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Tales from the Timber: YouthA trio of Yates City youth hunters enjoyed their best youth seasons ever.
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