Articles filed under Outdoors
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State officials urge hunting safetyOct 01, 2012 4:10 pm - SPRINGFIELD — State officials are urging hunters to make safety a top priority this hunting season. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources’s safety tips include a...
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Bridge closed at Geneva forest preserveSep 28, 2012 1:26 pm - Fox River Trail users face an unexpected detour, in the Fabyan Forest Preserve in Geneva. A concrete bridge that connects the trail from the western bank of the river to...
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Fish with feelings? It’s an emotional issueSep 19, 2012 11:04 am - Aside from being accepted in to the National Freshwater Fishing of Fame, I am also honored to become a full-fledged member of the Know-It-All Society. That award (withou...
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Illinois Hunting & Fishing weekend set to openSep 19, 2012 10:54 am - It’s time again for the Illinois Hunting and Fishing weekend. Saturday and Sunday the throngs will gather for the event at Silver Springs State Park, 13608 Fox Road in Y...
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Olympic gold medalist visiting Hoffman EstatesSep 13, 2012 1:53 pm - USA Shooting Team member and five-time Olympic medalist Kim Rhode will visit Cabela’s, 5225 Prairie Stone Parkway in Hoffman Estates, on Saturday, Sept. 15. Rhode will b...
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New website offers fly fishing featuresSep 12, 2012 5:32 pm - Continuing to share the legacy of fly fishing as well as to expand the sport, the American Museum of Fly Fishing (AMFF) has launched a new and informative web site at ww...
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Drinking on the Fox Chain ruining the experienceSep 12, 2012 5:03 pm - Old-timers can remember when a gallon of gasoline was in the 18-20 cents a gallon range. That meant a couple bucks would do the job until the vehicle reached somewhere ...
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Drought fueling deer disease in Illinois, MidwestSep 06, 2012 4:15 pm - CHAMPAIGN — The drought that’s dried out much of the Midwest is now fueling an outbreak of a disease often fatal to deer in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Missouri, the Ill...
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Thriving river otters fair game for trappersSep 06, 2012 4:14 pm - SPRINGFIELD — River otters are fair game for Illinois trappers for the first time since 1929 now that the population is back from the brink in a big way. A loss of habit...
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Plenty of mileage left in the boat-towing debateSep 05, 2012 8:31 pm - Outdoor scribe and longtime friend of the outdoors Frank Sargeant penned this piece the other day. I thought it was appropriate to bring you some excerpts. “The recent a...