Fishing

DNR’s fight to thin the population of Asian carp in the Illinois River won’t take a winter break – weather willing.

With less than a month to go in the season, deer hunters appear to be closing in on last year’s harvest total.

Waterfowl have flocked to Illinois in record numbers this winter, even if that hasn’t necessarily translated to success for duck and goose hunters.

Help for DNR’s cash-strapped Division of Fisheries was included in the new legislation passed by the General Assembly.

It came and went without bells or whistles – without alarms or sirens, too.

Having trouble hooking one of the many trophy largemouth bass in your favorite lake?

Although the number of deer taken during the first weekend of gun season far eclipsed last year’s total, few of those taken during the hunt were considered “trophy” bucks.

What becomes of the state’s new crossbow season is anybody’s guess. But right now, all focus remains on the 2012 calendar.

With wolves and cougars confirmed inside Illinois’ borders, Ron Mulholland said he thought it was possible the trio of what appeared to be elk that showed up while he was bowhunting for deer were wild.