Hunting Celebrity Marc Anthony Fakes Buck Kill
5/8/2014
Posted by Hunting Network
Hunting celebrity Marc Anthony may have bit off more than he can chew when he posed in North American Whitetail with a buck some are claiming was a dead head found years earlier and sold several times over.
Brady Scheffler's Giant 199" Illinois Typical
10/30/2012
Posted by Hunting Network
Bowhunting.com Pro Staff member Brady Scheffler harvested this monster 199 2/8" typical in Nothern Illinois on the morning of October 26, 2012 while filming himself for the only show Bowhunt or Die.
Slight decline in Illinois 2011 deer harvest totals
1/27/2012
Posted by BowStaff
Illinois deer hunters took 181,411 deer during the 2011-12 seasons – down slightly from last year’s 182,270 mark. This mark represents a 20,000 animal decrease from the 2005-06 seasons when the state’s deer hunter’s recorded a record 201,209 deer harvest.
30 Point Doe Taken in Illinois Could be Record
12/9/2011
Posted by Mike Willand
While hunting near Mount Erie, Illinois, farmhand Richard Lomas took what he thought to possibly be the best buck of his life during the second part of the state’s gun season. Imagine the shock when the “buck” he walked up to turned out to be a doe!
Illinois Deer Hunter faces 41 - Criminal Counts
11/9/2011
Posted by Mike Willand
Kiernan (along with two other men) has been charged with 41 counts of criminal complaint, which includes the aforementioned whitetail buck. It seems Kiernan had trespassed on land owned by the Material Service Corporation
NEW Illinois Purple Paint Law will Help Prevent Trespassing
9/6/2011
Posted by BowStaff
A new law signed by Governor Pat Quinn allows Illinois landowners or lessees the option of using purple paint markings on trees or posts on their property as a “no trespassing” notice. The “Purple Paint Law” is designed as an alternative which Illinois l
NEW Illinois State Bowfishing Record Asian Carp
7/20/2011
Posted by Mike Willand
Last weekend (July 16-17) at the Bowfishing Association of Illinois’ second-annual Director’s Shoot, bowfisherman Robb Kemper shattered the previous state record bighead Asian carp with a 59 lb. 4 oz. brute. The previous record was a 43 lb. 5.6 oz. fish
New Illinois Bowfishing Record - Grass Carp
5/15/2011
Posted by Mike Willand
The first ever submission for an Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) bowfishing record was submitted early this May by Bowfishing Association of Illinois (BAI) member, Jacob Dupes.