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Tracking of bluebills in Illinois study looks to help solve mysterious decline

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Capturing 100 bluebill hens so transmitters can be attached to the ducks will be a big part of Cheyenne Beach’s work over the next two years.
The Northern Illinois University doctoral student will spend a lot of time at Forbes Biological Station near Havana, Ill. In a project funded by DNR, Beach is attempting to solve the mystery surrounding declines of the Lesser scaup – also called the little bluebill or broadbill.

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63% of Illinois archery turkey hunters used crossbows during recent fall season

Featured, Hunting, Illinois, National Hunting, National News, News /

A few hundred more hunters hit the woods for Illinois’ fall turkey season this year – good news for an endeavor that has lost luster here and in other states.
One reason for the uptick may involve something somewhat controversial in the deer hunting community: the crossbow.

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Ralph Loos: Report shines light on top complaints of Illinois deer hunters

Featured, Hunting, Illinois, National Hunting, Opinion /

The only way a deer hunter in Illinois could get more attention than he or she already gets is if Taylor Swift showed up in a neighboring tree to gleefully watch him or her hunt.
Don’t think it could never happen. “Spotlight on the stage” deer hunting has been a thing for many years, starting back in the 1990s when national hunting magazines and evolving TV hunting shows began highlighting our Pike County and its impressive collection of resident monster bucks.

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Massive broods of cicadas this year could benefit Illinois turkeys

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Two factors have wildlife biologists feeling optimistic heading into the spring turkey hunting season, but only one – results of DNR’s 2023 brood survey – was expected.
The unexpected factor involves the pending emergence of two separate broods of cicadas across Illinois. DNR Wild Turkey Program Manager Luke Garver recently filed a report summarizing the annual Wild Turkey Brood Survey that suggests three consecutive years of improving reproductive success.

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Deer hunter success slips over the past decade in Illinois

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Illinois deer hunters have gone from average to below average when it comes to hunter success in the past 10 years.
This according to two different sources: the hunters themselves and the National Deer Association, which bases “success” on the percentage of hunters that harvest at least one deer each season.

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Ralph Loos: Brent Manning showed impressive leadership for Illinois even when ideas did not work out

Featured, Fishing, Hunting, Illinois, Opinion /

It’s time again to solicit your nominations for the Illinois Outdoor News “Person of the Year.” Each year, we ask you to submit the name of someone in the state who has made a difference in hunting, fishing, trapping, wildlife, nature or outdoor recreation.

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Walleyes get spotlight at deep, diverse Lake McMaster in Knox County, Illinois

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A lot of attention has been paid to the largemouth bass and muskie populations in Lake McMaster, but it appears walleyes deserve the spotlight – even if briefly.
During DNR’s most recent survey of the Knox County lake – a spring trap net survey in 2022 – 44 walleyes were captured. DNR reported that the walleye population is rated as good, with the larger fish sampled measuring up to 27.3 inches in length.

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Thinking of housing a kangaroo? New legislation would make that illegal in Illinois

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A wild cat misidentified as a bobcat by a Vernon Hills, Ill., resident has led to new legislation that would make it illegal to possess kangaroos, wallabies, caracals or “any hybrid, intergrade, or cross of a listed “dangerous animal” in the State of Illinois.
That includes serval, a medium-sized wild cat species native to Africa.

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