October 5, 2015

Springfield — Illinois trappers who plan to sell pelts this season are typically at the mercy of the world market, which means China and Russia, mostly. China is the largest single user of wild fur – or any fur for that matter. The Chinese prefer short nap fur such as mink, muskrat and otter.  

Pekin, Ill. —  The despised Asian carp in the Illinois River has been beaten with baseball bats and harpooned with arrows at local events, but a study from the University of Illinois commissioned by the city of Pekin shows that it may be time to invite them to the dinner table. The recent study, performed

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) — A cable television network suspended a hunting show after the program’s host and nine others involved in the production were charged in a federal poaching investigation at a national preserve in remote northwest Alaska. The Sportsman Channel last month immediately suspended “The Syndicate” from airing on the network and launched its

St. Paul — The trumpeter swan, which will appear on next year’s federal waterfowl stamp, has gone from fewer than 50 birds in the state in 1982 to an estimated 17,000 birds, based on a May aerial survey conducted by Minnesota DNR. “It is another wildlife success story, along with wild turkeys and peregrine falcons,”