
Focus on a few fundamental truths for a better bowhunting season
I got a text from a friend who has been putting many hours in scouting for whitetails this year.
He was seeing good sign on a big piece of public land – scrapes, rubs,

I got a text from a friend who has been putting many hours in scouting for whitetails this year.
He was seeing good sign on a big piece of public land – scrapes, rubs,

Hunting has seen a decreasing trend in nearly all states across the country. States are offering grants to increase participation using multiple avenues; however, the declining trend has continued the past few decades.
Recently,

When I pulled into my son’s driveway in Cooper Landing, Alaska this past June, he was already loading his SUV with camping gear. I told him we would be joining him the following day and

P.J. Reilly has likely shot as many release aids as almost anybody in the archery world.
Now in his 14th year with Lancaster Archery Supply, Reilly is a public face for the huge archery

Suppressor is preferred by the firearms industry and knowledgeable shooters because this term is technically more accurate. These devices do not completely “silence” a gun. Instead, they reduce the sound to a safer level, much

Spunky Bottoms, an appropriately-named stretch of the Illinois River in Brown County, has become one of Illinois’ most successful wetland restoration projects, demonstrating how careful management can help revive floodplain ecosystems that have been dramatically

Harvest gains were only moderate, but one thing about the 2025-26 Illinois deer season has statistically been proven as fact.
Illinois deer hunters were not sitting on the sideline. As the state hits the

Illinois upland hunters can begin planning for another season in the field as DNR prepares for its 2026 Controlled Pheasant Hunting Program.
The agency has not released any information about the 2026 season, but

A Vermilion County man is facing multiple misdemeanor charges after prosecutors allege that he illegally hunted at a state-supported nature preserve.
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