
Steve Sarley: Traditional bowhunter Mike Mitten strikes a chord with new book
I am a hunter, merely by the broadest of definitions.
I have harvested many varieties of birds and small game. I have spent time in blinds hoping to be able to get a shot

I am a hunter, merely by the broadest of definitions.
I have harvested many varieties of birds and small game. I have spent time in blinds hoping to be able to get a shot

Chicago Chef Maurice Jackson will host visitors to this year’s Illinois State Fair with his culinary take on Copi, the name given to invasive carp via DNR’s rebranding campaign.
Jackson has a Copi booth

They aren’t getting nearly as much attention as wandering black bears, but Illinois wildlife officials would like residents to report sightings of an animal migrating into the state in much greater numbers than bears.

It can hardly be called a secret, because intentions of wildlife managers have been clear for some time now – in fact, these very pages in recent months have reported multiple times on what was

Great Lakes states revolves around habitat. The number of acres of older, more mature forests that turkeys might prefer are increasing in public and private forests, while the young forests grouse and many other wildlife

An initiative that could bring direct benefits to duck hunters by bolstering mallard and other duck populations in areas that produce the birds that migrate down the flyways each fall has taken wing.
The

Trapshooters from around the world arrived in southern Illinois in late July to do what competitive trapshooters do: shoot trap against the best.
For two decades – less a pause during the COVID pandemic

In many regards, Illinois fishing regulations were just starting to emerge in 1925 when the Illinois Department of Conservation was formed.
Published as the Game and Fish Codes of Illinois 1925- 1926, the regulations

A red-necked grebe showed up in our Illinois neighborhood recently.
Being a bird nerd, I was intrigued. My life list is modest – only about 360 birds, about half of the species that can
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