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Dairy farm blamed for fish kill in central Illinois

Bellflower, Ill. – DNR estimates that 40,000 fish, including minnows, buffalo fish, carp, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, sunfish and other fish were found dead over a seven-mile stretch of Lone Tree Creek from U.S. 136

Illinois man to fish for $1million bass

A 49-year-old angler from Illinois will gett he chance to catch a bass worth $1 million later this month on Lake Erie. Here’s the pesse release from the event sponsor: Michael Skidmore of Chicago has

Illinois Cuffs and Collars – Issue 18

Region I A District 7 CPO completed a permit fraud assignment from the permit section in Springfield. A Fulton County subject was cited for providing false information to obtain free property-only deer hunting permits. The

State’s hunting digest cries wolf, not bear

Springfield – Don’t feed the bears! Don’t shoot a wolf! Don’t coddle cougars! One of the above warnings actually makes an unusually big and bold appearance on Page 29 of the 2010-11 Illinois Digest of

Channel cats catching second wind of summer in rivers

The fishing and hunting report is compiled using reports from conservation officers, hunting guides, and sporting goods stores. North Chain: According to fishing reporter Cory Yarmuth, boat traffic on the Chain is heavy. This really

Quail flush for a return

Godfrey, Ill. – No sane quail hunter expects Illinois to ever return to the glory days of the 1950s, when annual harvests averaged around 2.5 million birds. Or even the 1980s, when numbers were around

Fishermen upset by carp contract administration

Springfield – Upset with the way lucrative government contracts for catching Asian carp on Chicago-area waterways were handed out, a group of commercial fishermen is speaking up. Tony Pate said he’s speaking for a group

State goose hunters anticipate September

Springfield – While some of the state’s waterfowlers ponder a pending fourth Illinois duck hunting zone, others are preparing for a niche season that hasn’t fully caught on. September Canada goose hunting runs Sept. 1-15.

Call for ban on lead tackle not related to Illinois case

Washington – Several organizations, calling themselves “a coalition of conservation, hunting, and veterinary groups,” filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this month calling for a ban on the use of toxic lead

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