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Show me the bucks!

Every time I get on Facebook or open up my email, I’m seeing photos of hunters who have shot an incredible buck. It’s Nov. 9 and I’ve seen two good bucks. The first was about

Illinois deer harvest, and a big buck too!

Deer hunters continued their quick start in 2012, evident by the most recent harvest report by DNR. Through Nov. 4, archers had taken 30,956 deer, well above the harvest for the same period in 2011

Deer permits costing visitors

While there are certainly many hunters in Illinois who are just fine that the state’s non-resident deer permit fees are higher than any neighboring states, Brock Campbell certainly represents the other side of the equation.

Bowhunters begin taking more bucks

According to DNR, the state’s archery hunters had taken a total of 21,313 deer as of Oct. 28. At the same point last year, they had taken 20,430. The five-year average has been 20,847. According

Get "in" to hunting and get out of doors

Hunting is a sport that has been in my life since I can remember. The days of walking the fields with my trusty BB gun in my hands as my dad searched for pheasants in

Archers don’t let EHD punt spirits

Bowhunters got off to a solid start and youth hunters shattered a record – all while the number of deer stricken with epizootic hemorrhagic disease topped 2,000.

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