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January 28, 2022

Happy to join Illinois Outdoor News blogging team, share story of trapping

I’ve been writing for Illinois Outdoor News since 2015, concentrating mostly on trapping and furbearers. I’m happy to join the blogging team for the online version of Outdoor News. A little background: I’ve lived in central Illinois since I was 6 and set my first traps way back in 1966 when I was 9. My […]

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Share your outdoor experiences openly – but carefully

Once upon a time, outdoor enthusiasts and photographers commonly shared information about locations of particular interest. We shared unique places, sacred places, sensitive places. We shared with others we knew and trusted. We even encouraged them to visit certain spots. Sometimes the locations were shared through club meetings or printed newsletters. A few authors even

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A quick chat with author, outdoor advocate Steven Rinella of “MeatEater”

Steven Rinella may have done more than anyone the past 15 years to popularize hunting and give it legitimacy with nonhunting Americans.
Rinella’s second book, “American Buffalo,” for example, was named one of the best 50 nonfiction books of 2008 by the San Francisco Chronicle. It also won the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award.

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