Each duck harvested in Illinois has $453 in value
What is the value of an Illinois duck hunter? Better yet, how much is that bagged duck worth?
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Illinois Deer Classic moving back to Peoria, sets July 2017 dates
The Deer Classic has moved a half-dozen times around central Illinois. This year’s show was moved from March to August, but conflicted with the Illinois State Fair. The 2017 how will be held in late July in Peoria.
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Hunters invited to pose CWD questions
DNR has scheduled three public meetings later this month to share information about its fight against chronic wasting disease and answer questions about CWD’s affect on future deer populations
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Catfish by bow, more youth turkey opportunity
Allowing the take of catfish by bow and arrow, expanding the youth turkey hunt to two weekends and opening public sites to quail hunting – it took Gov. Bruce Rauner a matter of seconds to turn proposals into law at the Illinois State Fairgrounds.
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Pike County dropped from late winter deer hunt; deer-vehicle accident rates at center of debate
DNR has released the list of counties open to the 2016-17 late winter deer season
Duck tally shows mallard estimates highest ever
Springfield — What the numbers mean for duck hunters in Illinois won’t be known until blinds along the river start filling up in October. But if your hunt is for good news, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s duck breeding population survey report contains a fair share: both mallards and green-winged teal had the highest
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State CWD report: 72 positive deer in FY16
There were 72 CWD-positive deer identified in Illinois during the recently ended fiscal year, only one more than the 71 positives discovered during FY 2015
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State CWD report shows 72 positive cases in FY 2016
DNR’s annual report indicates that the number of positive deer remained very similar to last year, when 71 cases were confirmed. However, the number is much higher than during the first decade of monitoring (2003-2013).
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Deer season to look similar
Like a good Alfred Hitchcock film, DNR’s deer program in recent years has been able to create suspense, build suspense and even hold suspense.
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