
Snacking on your food plot: Planting vegetation that’s fit for man or beast
At times I am so focused on this mission that I overlook the land’s ability to provide other rewards, like food for my family’s table.

At times I am so focused on this mission that I overlook the land’s ability to provide other rewards, like food for my family’s table.

It was the height of summer 2022 when the calls started coming in. Scores of dead deer suddenly littered rural properties and park preserves in Illinois, alarming the public and inconveniencing landowners.
According to

Some of my most memorable spring gobbler hunts occurred when I didn’t even have a shotgun in my hands. There’s no better feeling than taking a youngster or a non-hunting adult afield and introducing them

I’m still capable each hunting and fishing season of making a new blunder, one I didn’t even think was possible, but that’s just part of the game.
In the interest of helping accelerate the

The end of March is upon us and that marks the beginning of the spring turkey hunting season in Illinois. As is customary, those 18 or younger get the honor of being the first to

Investigators documented violations including outfitting or guiding without a permit, uncased firearms in vehicles, hunting with the aid of a motor vehicle and the use of lights, hunting before legal shooting hours, hunting without permission,

While dates and permit application deadlines for the 2023 deer seasons were released earlier this month, there was no mention of which seasons will include rifle hunting.

Illinois Migratory Waterfowl Stamp funds, generated when hunters purchase Illinois “duck stamps,” are used to conserve critical wetland and grassland breeding habitat on the Canadian prairies. This is the primary breeding ground of waterfowl that

Being from the Quad Cities, you get the opportunity to see best practices for both Illinois and Iowa, whether its culture, government, or natural resource management. As youth turkey seasons begin in Illinois, I would
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