Plastics for bass – video
“Tackle” Terry Tuma says he will often use a plain-colored plastic under normal conditions but will switch to a plastic with some sparkle in darker and/or deeper water.
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September 3, 2025
Longtime hunter safety instructor among 11 recognized as volunteers for Illinois’ outdoors
Schuetz, who considers the Highland Pistol and Rifle Club home, started the hunter safety course at the club with a friend, and he continues to host about 100 students for classes each year. He’s also helped teach DNR boater education courses as well..
South Dakota Fishing Report – September 3, 2025 – video
Definitely feels like fall lately, and as the water temperatures begin to fall, the bite will begin to improve.
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Snake sleuth on trail of a disappearing prairie species in Illinois
Becky Blankenship had been searching throughout the Will County Forest Preserve District for smooth greensnake nests – with no luck. She found plenty of other snakes under the coverboards she uses to attract the snakes for research purposes. There were eastern foxsnakes, DeKay’s brownsnakes and plains gartersnakes under the boards, but still no smooth greensnakes.
There were times she would check 80 coverboards over a two-day period searching for the snakes. And then, finally, on July 29, she found what she had sought since spring.
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Illinois Letters to the Editor: Maybe the state should cover our deer processing fees
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 5, 2025, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
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Michigan Fishing Report – September 3, 2025
Lake trout fishing was very good here this past week for boat anglers both trolling and jigging for them.
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Ralph Loos: No mystery anymore about where Illinois hunters, sharpshooters are killing deer
Keri Butt, who for many years wrote a deer hunting column for these pages – that is, until she went out and got herself a real job – liked to kick up debates with me by suggesting Illinois DNR’s sharpshooting program was nothing more than “hired hands picking off deer like they’re barnyard rats.”
Or something like that.
Keri had a lot of folks in her corner, too, some who liked to call me up right after deer season and lecture me themselves about, “all these DNR guys sitting in the woods shooting our deer out of season.”
Wyoming snowmobiler indicted for allegedly hitting wolf, bringing it to bar, killing it
A Wyoming man who allegedly hit a wolf with the snowmobile he was riding, taped the wounded animal’s mouth shut, and showed it off in a rural bar before killing it has been indicted on an animal cruelty charge by a grand jury nearly a year and a half after the incident.
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Steve Carney: Bowhunting season is near; prep now
Getting gear in order for the upcoming whitetail bow season for this writer is just as fun as the real deal. It requires a lot of attention to detail. Here are some tips that will help you be more organized before the Sept. 13 opener in Minnesota.
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