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Mystery 28-point buck apparently real

Minutes after putting finishing touches on the Oct. 16 issue of Illinois Outdoor News Thursday, I went to the mail box and found an anonymous letter about a “28-point buck that was harvested in Central

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The fishing and hunting report is compiled using reports from conservation officers, hunting guides, and the following sporting goods stores: South Crab Orchard Lake: Crappie action continues to be good. Minnows and jigs in 6-8

Waterfowlers aim for record season

Springfield – There’s a brief paragraph tucked in the 2009 Illinois Waterfowl Digest that should be carved onto the stock of every duck hunter’s shotgun. “Although continental duck populations are in good shape, hunters should

Illinois in on national CRP meeting

Washington – The USDA Farm Service Agency has announced it will host nine meetings across the nation during the next 30 days regarding the Conservation Reserve Program, the federal “set-aside” program that’s been credited in

Two Rivers Refuge works to solve fish-kill problem

Grafton, Ill. – Pollution and smell from rotting fish following the draining of lakes in the Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge is an error that won’t be repeated, the refuge manager said. The U.S. Fish

DNR: Deer-vehicle collision stats can be misleading

Greenfield, Ill. – Drivers in Jo Daviess, Hancock, Pike, Greene, Crawford, Perry, Jackson, Johnson and Hardin counties are five times more likely to hit a deer than drivers in any other county, according to the

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