Until ice up, there were a few hardcore anglers jigging with emerald shiners from about 12 – 24 feet of water and catching some nice walleyes on the Rainy River.
Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – November 28, 2023 Read More »
An elk first spotted near Coulterville in southern Illinois was spotted again at Sangchris Lake – nearly 120 miles away.
Wild elk were extirpated from Illinois in the 1800s. According to media reports, hunters began sending photos of the elk to authorities n mid-November, right about the time of the first weekend of firearms deer season.
Illinois hunters report elk wandering across state Read More »
Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary statewide total of 262 wild turkeys during the 2023 fall firearm turkey season, which ran Oct. 21-29.
Illinois Mixed Bag: Fall turkey hunters take 262 birds Read More »
Defintely has felt more like winter this past week and that has put an end to the open-water season in most areas of eastern South Dakota. But don’t be too fast to eye the hard water.
South Dakota Fishing Report – November 28, 2023 – video Read More »
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 1, 2023, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
In an example of Illinois getting in the way of Illinois, one of the state’s most effective and productive fishing organizations may disband in the coming year. This after it spent 40 years helping DNR’s Division of Fisheries with fish stocking needs, equipment purchases and other valuable odds and ends.
The Illini Muskie Alliance could very well be a victim of the times.
Illinois fishing organization in limbo after decades of good work Read More »
They are the kind of numbers that have long made the state’s hunters bristle: 220 in Jo Daviess County, 174 in Carroll County, 171 in Grundy County, and 166 in Stephenson County.
Those are how many deer were removed from 18 northern Illinois counties by DNR-trained sharpshooters between Jan. 23 and March 31 of this year.
Sharpshooting may need ‘retooling’ to fight CWD in Illinois Read More »
If you somehow lured 100 Illinois deer hunters into a room, it’s a pretty safe bet to assume 74 of them hunt with some kind of bow – for at least part of the season.
That’s what we learn from the National Deer Association, which again has shared an analysis of hunters, deer and the types of weapons hunters use to kill deer. According to NDA’s 2023 Whitetail Report, Illinois had the highest percentage of archery hunters on its roster of resident deer hunters.
Illinois again on top among percentage of deer hunters who use archery equipment Read More »
Panfish biting hard in late fall patterns, walleyes slow. A look at the fishing report from across Illinois on Nov. 28, 2023.
Illinois’ statewide fishing report for Nov. 28, 2023 Read More »
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