
Steve Sarley: A ‘beginner’ offers his own shotgunning advice
Last time out, I wrote about how I started in the shooting sports. I said I would write about how a novice can begin shooting or hunting. Here I go.
You now need to

Last time out, I wrote about how I started in the shooting sports. I said I would write about how a novice can begin shooting or hunting. Here I go.
You now need to

How often do you get to combine face painting, balloon fish and fishing poles, shoreline fishing and boat fishing and raise $85,000 for children with disabilities? If you do not have an answer for that,

I have been trying to wrap my head around something lately, and perhaps one of you can explain it to me. Why are so many deer hunters reluctant to have their deer tested for chronic

A $185.5 million agreement between the Illinois Department of Transportation and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will put scientists in the field across Illinois for the next decade, helping the state build and improve its

One fish is all it takes. That was the case Sept. 26 on Evergreen Lake, where Gerald Fantin and Jarid Tomnitz needed just one muskie to win the second-to-last regular season Illinois Muskie Tournament Trail

The Conservation Fund has purchased 346 acres in southern Illinois that will provide public access to the state’s newest fish and wildlife area while expanding opportunities for hunting, fishing and wildlife observation.
The acquisition

I suppose it was inevitable. Give Illinois deer hunters a camera, a big buck and a good reason to create some friendly competition, and eventually somebody is going to turn it into a contest.

You could legitimately question what Illinois fisheries biologists were thinking decades ago when they decided to introduce rainbow trout to a state where cold-water streams are barely more common than mountain ranges.
Still, somehow

Illinois officials are emphasizing that updated rules regarding deer removal permits are designed to address specific landowner problems – not manage the state’s overall deer population.
DNR’s updated rules were approved by the Joint
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