DNR has released the list of counties open to the 2016-17 late winter deer season
Springfield — What the numbers mean for duck hunters in Illinois won’t be known until blinds along the river start filling up in October. But if your hunt is for good news, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s duck breeding population survey report contains a fair share: both mallards and green-winged teal had the highest estimates ever recorded. Mallards increased…
There were 72 CWD-positive deer identified in Illinois during the recently ended fiscal year, only one more than the 71 positives discovered during FY 2015
DNR’s annual report indicates that the number of positive deer remained very similar to last year, when 71 cases were confirmed. However, the number is much higher than during the first decade of monitoring (2003-2013).
Like a good Alfred Hitchcock film, DNR’s deer program in recent years has been able to create suspense, build suspense and even hold suspense.
What an age it must have been: summer months 60 years ago featured newspapers excitedly counting down the days until squirrel season and hunters confidently preparing.
After the World Shooting and Recreation Complex in Sparta was closed last September due to the state budget crisis, many feared the Amateur Trapshooting Association would move the Grand American out of Illinois. But an agreement between ATA and DNR means the event will kick of next week.
Funny thing how those studying nature and wildlife before us were able to nail observations that we’d re-confirm over and over through the generations.
Thousands of Chicago students have learned about fish biology and conservation — as wells as lessons on fly fishing and environmental care
The spring legislative session ended with little to offer sportsmen – except for those with a hankering to stick a catfish.
Two potential state record carp in one outing!
Horseshoe Lake and Ramsey Lake pars shuttered due to electricity shut-off
Illinois’ spring turkey season opens April 4 in the south zone and April 11 in the north zone
The executive director of the Amateur Trapshooting Association said today that a tentative agreement has been reached with the State of Illinois that should keep The Grand American, at Sparta’s World Shooting and Recreational Complex.
According to DNR, hunters took 3,939 deer during the first round of the late winter antlerless deer season and the Special CWD season
Hunters took 28,803 deer this past weekend during the second firearms season, up from the 24,745 harvested during the second season in 2014.
Whiteside County CPO Ron Palumbo and a CPO trainee recently wrapped up a lengthy investigation that covered three counties and resulted in 13 charges filed in Knox County.
There is an interesting aside to harvest numbers from the year’s first shotgun deer weekend.
You know the saying about land: they aren’t making any more of it. When it comes to hunting land in Illinois, it’s especially true.
Registered voters in southern Illinois support bobcat hunting and trapping in the state, a poll conducted by Southern Illinois University Carbondales Paul Simon Public Policy Institute reveals.
DNR has released its latest five-year plan for waterfowl zone lines and season dates for duck and goose hunting in the state.
As bowhunters gear up for Thursday’s opener, it looks as though the 33 CPOs targeted for layoffs will remain on the job.
DNR revealed today that it has received 47 reports of suspected cases of epizootic hemorrhagic disease in deer — mostly in west-central Illinois counties. Statewide, reports have come from 17 counties.
On Aug. 28, James Klauzer was fishing at Sangchris Lake when he matched wits with a giant flathead catfish.
The presence of the ancient fish caught many fair visitors by surprise
More than 100 DNR employees will be laid off by Sept. 30, according to notices that were sent by the governor’s office to public employee unions.
