Trapping tag drawings set at Illinois sites
Trapping permit allocation drawings will take place at several sites this month, DNR announced.
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October 14, 2025
Illinois Mixed Bag: Wayne Farm Bureau continuing its raccoon roundup program
Increased raccoon population levels and related property damage has led the Wayne County Farm Bureau to continue its “Raccoon Roundup” program during this year’s Illinois trapping and hunting seasons. The organization is offering a $3 cash reward for each raccoon tail turned in by members.
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Illinois hunters can get automated CWD test results
Just as Illinois bowhunters were starting to man their stands earlier this month, DNR announced it will use an automated notification system for a faster and easier way of giving deer hunters results of CWD testing during the 2025-2026 deer season.
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Illinois Letters to the Editor: Angler inspired by generosity of Alaskan couple
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 17, 2025 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
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Ralph Loos: Deer hunting times, they are a-changin’ – albeit gradually in Illinois
Alterations to the Illinois deer season have been less drastic than expected, and it’s already been more than 15 years since DNR biologists and managers stood in front of hunters at public meetings around the state to sing, “The times, they are a-changin’.”
They stayed in tune, mostly, best I recall.
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Allure of the rut tantalizes Illinois archers
William O’Daniel went into the second day of bow season with high hopes and ambitious plans. Humbly, the McLeansboro hunter admitted he almost blew up those plans by releasing an off-kilter arrow.
But give O’Daniel credit – he got his southern Illinois buck, semantics be damned.
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Pharaoh Lake is a multi-use wilderness in the Eastern Adirondacks
New York’s Adirondack mountains may not seem as desolate as other parts of the country, or even Canada for that matter. But tell that to a wilderness hunter, angler or backpacker who spends their time in the Adirondack backcountry, particularly in a remote area classified as Wilderness.
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WI Daily Update: Purchase seedlings from state nurseries
The Wisconsin DNR wants state citizens to know that tree
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Dean Bortz: Elk hunting… if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again
When I finally grow up I hope I can become a successful elk hunter just like Patrick Durkin and Christine Thomas.
As it stands right now, after – what? – 13 years of trying I still haven’t shot an elk. With bow or gun, but mostly bow. Nope, I’m a lousy elk hunter.
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