
Ice fishing 201: Does early hard-water panfish and walleye action equal best ice?
While continuing to prach his mantra that ice fishing is good all season, even “Tackle” Terry Tuma loves the siren’s call of December’s first ice

While continuing to prach his mantra that ice fishing is good all season, even “Tackle” Terry Tuma loves the siren’s call of December’s first ice

Rain, wind and snow are being blamed for a dramatic drop in harvest during the first weekend of the firearms deer season.

The state’s new river otter trapping season has breathed new life into trapping, said John Wilson, the Freeport-based receiving agent for North American Fur Auctions.

DNR’s muskie stocking program, despite suffering an early setback at the Jake Wolf Memorial State Fish Hatchery, still managed to come fairly close to reaching its stocking goal this year

Opening day of the shotgun deer season went about as planned – a lot of shooting and more than a few big bucks taken, especially in the central and southern parts of the state.

Wildlife biologists will examine the remains of a cougar found on a farm near Morrison in rural Whiteside County

A total of 13 people from Illinois and Indiana have been arrested, cited
or warned by DNRs from both states for commercial fishing violations.

Say this about shotgun hunters: they don’t waste time in the treestand.

Was it a bird, was it a plane – or was it a real life Asian carp?
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