Illinois bowhunters fell just short of the coveted 70,000 mark this season, but it appears they have managed to rebound from a slight hiccup in arrowing deer last year.
Numbers tell the story.
More older lake trout were collected by DNR in its 2022 sampling of Lake Michigan, providing biologists some insight into how lakers – both stocked fish and wild fish – are developing in Illinois waters.<br
Horseshoe Lake in Illinois held large numbers of ducks, but hunters still had little success. For years, hunters have floated a theory that ducks are becoming nocturnal feeders as a way to escape hunting pressure.<br
For more than three decades, literature has suggested that the complexity of hunting regulations is a barrier to hunter participation and satisfaction. In 2022, the Council released the 2022 Special Report on Hunting and the
Protecting deer from CWD and increasing archery harvest are the two biggest issues facing Illinois deer managers and deer hunters, according to the National Deer Association’s 2023 Deer Report.
The report polled wildlife agencies
The Illinois DNR announced on Feb. 22 that hunters took 158,010 deer during the 2022-23 deer season, which wrapped up Jan. 15. The total was a significant increase from the 146,438 deer taken in 2021-2022.
When Am Vets Outdoors was founded in southern Illinois almost four years ago, the goal was to help 20 to 25 veterans each year “get out to do some hunting and fishing.”
Those turned
Anglers who target bass in Lake Michigan’s harbors won’t be blown over by results of DNR’s most recent survey of Calumet, North Point and Waukegan. But they shouldn’t be disappointed, either.
Illinois deer hunters rank No. 1 nationally in at least one category: percentage who use archery equipment. According to the National Deer Association’s 2023 Deer Report, 74% of deer hunters in our state hunt with
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