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Jamison Brown shot this 11-point LaSalle County buck on the opening morning of firearm season. The deer weighed about 200 pounds, and Brown said he was, “King of the woods out where I hunt.”
Mon, March 25 at 07:44 PM
Illinois Big Buck Stories

County: Richland
Date and Season: 11-10-2009; Bow
Notable: Fourth Pope & Young buck in six years
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County: Christian
Date and Season: Oct. 12, 2009; Bow
Notable: No drop-tine, but an impressive first bow kill.
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County: Lake
Date and Season: November 4, 2009; Bow
Notable: 14-pointer not as lucky as 10-pointer earlier in day
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Home: Cuba, IL
Occupation: Student
Most memorable outing in Illinois? My most memorable hunt has to be a trip I took turkey hunting in Pike County. I went with my grandparent's neighbor who is 82 years old and has a cigar in his mouth from sun up to sun down. We're sitting behind a blind that he constructed sometime before I was born with his cigar smoke wafting lazily around, when I heard a bird come down from roost behind us. Before I could blink, George rasped out "[expletive] Judd! A [expletive] hen just came down right behind us!" This announcement was by no means covert, and the bird was gone. I laugh every time I tell that one.
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North American Big Game Stories
Fri, May 17 at 01:31 PM
A Colorado Parks and Wildlife ranger has been fined and demoted for using artificial light while poaching a trophy mule deer after legal hunting hours last October. MORE :: (0) COMMENTS
Mon, May 13 at 06:38 AM
Game and Fish officials say the trapping is set to begin Tuesday and continue through June 15. MORE :: (0) COMMENTS
Sat, April 20 at 09:12 PM
Southwest Virginia will see its second delivery of elk in May under a pilot program to introduce the Rocky Mountain version of a native species that was last seen in the state around the time of the Civil War. MORE :: (0) COMMENTS
Sun, April 14 at 08:04 PM
Wisconsin outdoor enthusiasts who attended the Conservation Congress' spring hearings narrowly voted to ban wolf hunters from using dogs while overwhelmingly approving tighter regulations governing the practice. MORE :: (0) COMMENTS
Sat, March 23 at 08:52 AM
Hunters killed more wild bison migrating from Yellowstone National Park this season than they have in decades, with the numbers driven by strong participation from American Indians who harvest the animals under longstanding treaty rights. MORE :: (0) COMMENTS
Mon, March 18 at 07:44 PM
Researchers using GPS trackers and transmitters to find out what's causing the decline of northeastern Minnesota's moose population are getting some early results that show wolves are behind some of the deaths. MORE :: (0) COMMENTS
Tue, March 05 at 08:11 AM
Three former Blackfeet tribal leaders have reached plea deals on federal charges they held illegal big-game hunts for country musicians and an outdoors television show's hosts by allowing them to shoot elk, moose, deer and a black bear on the reservation without licenses. MORE :: (0) COMMENTS
- Montana hunters, trappers kill at least 223 wolves, March 04
- Wis. state senator wants block use of dogs in wolf hunt, March 04
- West Virginia could expand black bear hunting, February 25
- Elk Refuge managers monitor resident wolf pack, February 23
- California game warden shoots, kills mountain lion, February 20
- More mountain lions in Nebraska prompts calls for hunting, February 18
- Wyoming House votes to approve silencers for hunting, February 14
- Animal welfare groups sue to end Midwest wolf hunt, February 13
- Expanded wolf hunt flying through Montana legislature, February 11
- Pronghorn herds decline in Arizona along border, February 04
- Only 8 of 23 Minnesota hunters bag elk, February 03
- Animal rights groups want vote on Michigan wolf hunt, February 02
- Minnesota moose hunting questioned as numbers fall, January 29
- Judge keeps wolf season going outside Yellowstone, January 19
- Yellowstone-area wolf hunting, trapping rules back in court, January 14
- Wyoming Bison hunt hits goal of 200 by season close, January 14
- Montana seeks expansion of wolf hunting, trapping, January 11
- Mountain lion captured in California town returned to the wild, January 08
- Eastern Kentucky residents win victory over marauding elk, January 02
- Six mountain lions killed in first 3 days of season, December 30
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