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Deer Poachers Charge Filed in Decatur

Eight men are facing charges in two separate investigations into deer poaching in northern Illinois.

Prosecutors in Grundy County have charged three men with killing a 36-point buck with antlers valued at $35,000.

Grundy County State's Attorney Jonathan Bates says buck was killed on private property near Morris, about 50 miles southwest of Chicago. Prosecutors say the buck was 1 of 24 deer taken in Illinois and Canada by the men, who didn't have permission or valid deer permits.

Additionally, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources has charged five men from Illinois and Michigan with poaching for unlawfully hunting 31 whitetail deer.

The largest deer in that case was killed in Cook County and was a buck with a $25,000 antler set.

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