Illinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police Officers. These reports are from the Sept. 19, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.
Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Shore angler caught with too many fish Read More »
They look, move, and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the giant invasive snakes out of their hiding spots.
Robot rabbits the latest tool in battle to fight pythons in the Everglades Read More »
A blue bullfrog was spotted at McKinley Woods in Channahon. The Aug. 30 sighting by Jen Carusi, who also was able to photograph the rare creature, caught the attention of wildlife fans across the Midwest.
A similar specimen found in Ohio in 2020 created a nationwide stir. The last reported sighting of a blue bullfrog in Illinois was in DuPage County in 2019.
Extremely rare blue bullfrog spotted in Channahon, Illinois Read More »
The Illinois DNR is inviting hunters and the public to a moist soil habitat field day at Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area Sept. 20.
Wildlife biologists and staff will lead tours at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and 1 p.m., showing how moist soil management supports ducks and improves habitat.
Illinois Mixed Bag: Carlyle Lake to host soil habitat field day Read More »
Increasingly as you prowl around the wetlands of northern Ohio, your ears may pick up a cacophony of deep-warbling calls.
The ragged music inspires a made-up word, “rawking,” or as some folks call it, a “rolling bugle” call. It is a haunting, eerie echo from the distant past. Searching carefully, your eyes may catch sight of a small flock of big but slender gray birds – sandhill cranes – standing in a grain field or maybe setting wings to land in a marsh.
Steve Pollick: Sandhill cranes making their presence increasingly known in Ohio Read More »
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 19, 2025 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Illinois Letters to the Editor: Outdoorsmen need to set better examples for youths Read More »
Anytime a missive begins “Illinois is the first state to . . .” or “Illinois has done what no other state has done . . .” most of us who’ve been around the block a few times here are naturally skeptical about what comes next.
That’s certainly the case with the new “rewilding” law that goes into effect on the first day of 2026. What is it? Tough to say, really. Using the term “rewilding” makes it sound like something those of us who support hunting, fishing and all things outdoors should celebrate.
Ralph Loos: New ‘rewilding’ law in Illinois an open invite for skeptics among us Read More »
Balsam Lake Mountain Wild Forest gets a lot of attention from a variety of outdoor enthusiasts – campers, hikers, backpackers, cross-country skiers, canoeists, and hunters, anglers, and trappers.
But at about 13,500 acres, there’s plenty of room for everyone in this Catskills region parcel that has a well-deserved name – wild.
Balsam Lake Mountain features big-woods hunting and fishing in southeast New York Read More »
I have a friend from South Dakota – a veteran, lifelong waterfowler who hunts a minimum of four days a week during the season – who didn’t purchase a decoy until he was in his 40s.
Indeed, he made his bones as a waterfowler by pass-shooting ducks and geese from ranges that far exceeded my abilities and maximum-effective range as a wingshooter. Still, my friend’s many kills weren’t always clean. He still had too many misses, which, I argued to him, could be winnowed down considerably by hunting over decoys and, if done right, pulling birds in closer.
Four ways to turn passing shots into point-blank opportunities on waterfowl Read More »
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