Illinois State Calling Championships weekend in Jonesboro
The 60th Illinois State Calling Championships run Oct 12-13 at Trail of Tears Lodge Jonesboro with events from archery to coonhunting. Prizes include 500 dollars for state duck and goose champions and world and national qualifiers. Also listed are outdoors events near New Burnside Oct 26 and an environmental education open house Oct 19 at Crab Orchard.
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Jonesboro
Trail of Tears Lodge
Illinois
Stuttgart
Wild Turkey Federation
Williamson County
National Wild Turkey Federation
Little Egypt Longbeards
New Burnside
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Friends of Crab Orchard
Southern Illinois University
Touch of Nature Environmental Center
Jody Mays
Duck Hunt at Mermet Lake Floods for Early Season
Mermet Lake staff and volunteers flood nearly 1700 acres to prepare blinds plus wetlands for duck hunting. Nine water pumps push up to 2400 gallons per minute and a 60 inch gate drains the lake as gates opened October 1. Flooding aims to attract early migration, with new 18 acre wetland flooded this year to support habitat and return migration through April.
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Denson
Mermet
Mermet Lake
Chris McGinnies
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
McGinnies
Mermet Lake Fish and Wildlife Area
Illinois Missouri deer hunting paradise noted by officials
West central Illinois Adams Pike and Calhoun counties are famed for trophy whitetails. Since 20 years 159 record bucks in Pike County 121 firearms 38 archery plus Adams 129 firearms 23 archery. Missouri shows 40 plus record buck counties near the Mississippi. Drought may reduce future waterfowl. Deer hunting and shotgun seasons draw praise from officials.
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Quincy
Mississippi River
United States
Canada
Adams
Pike
Calhoun
Pike County
Adams County
Tracy Shafer
Illinois
Missouri
Missouri Show-Me
Missouri River
Lonnie Hansen
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Conservation Police
Glenn Sanders
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Fishing Report
Carlyle Lake
Cedar Lake
Horseshoe Lake
Kinkaid Lake
Murphysboro
Lake of Egypt
Ohio River
Smithland
Rend Lake
Rip Rap
Les Winkeler
Cedar
Draper Bluff
Coles Creek
Carlyle
Ferne Clyffe
Ferne Clyffe State Park
Cedar/Draper Bluff
Shawnee National
Ray Marshalla
Sanders
Illinois Liquor Marts
Becks Paulaner
Hacker-Pichor
Goose Island
Sam Adams
Leinenkugel
Pete’s
Oktoberfes
Crown Royal Canadian
Pepe Lopez
Gilbey
Coors Light Coors
Kentucky
Ron Rico
Maker’s Mark Bourbon
Sabros Coffee Liqueur
Coastal Ridge
ST. Francis
Southern II Liquor Mart
N.12th ST
Jack Daniel
Meridian Cabernet
ABC Liquor
N. Washington
Hinfa
Franzia
Whit
Westmore Liquor Mart
N. Russell
Marion
Hornsby’s
Amber
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