National Wild Turkey Federation convention
Staff Report
February 19, 2018
Scenes from the recent National Wild Turkey Federation annual convention and sport show at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, Tenn.
Hunting
EHD was moderate in state’s deer herd in 2017
Ralph Loos
February 8, 2018
According to the DNR, 66 reports of EHD were received from landowners and hunters totaling 169 deer in 32 counties. By comparison, in 2012, the worst year for EHD in Illinois, a total of 2,968
Final deer harvest up slightly in 2017-18
Illinois DNR
January 23, 2018
Biggest increase seen in archery harvest.
A successful all-around deer-hunting season, but where did all the bucks go?
Keri Butt
January 19, 2018
Now, with another season in the books, let’s get the shed hunting and gobbler chasing parties started!
Illinois extends pheasant season at select sites
Staff and News Reports
January 10, 2018
The sites where the extension applies are the Eldon Hazlet State Recreation Area in Clinton County, the Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area in Cass County and the Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation
Hunters steaming into final week of deer season
Ralph Loos
January 8, 2018
The state’s deer season wraps up Sunday, and it appears hunters will easily top last year’s harvest total. DNR has released numbers from the first weekend of the late-winter and special CWD seasons, which produced
Remembering Charlie Alsheimer: A legend who left behind a forever-legacy
Keri Butt
January 4, 2018
When I received a text from Dan Schmidt, editor-in-chief for Deer & Deer Hunting, in the early morning hours of Jan. 1, letting me know that Charlie Alsheimer – renowned whitetail behaviorist, photographer, writer, and
This deer-hunting season was one to savor
Keri Butt
December 19, 2017
Even as an extremely hectic year speeds to its end, I’m allowing myself a brief moment of contentment to breathe and reflect upon my 2017 hunting season. It was good. Actually, it was phenomenal. There
A busy time for Illinois hunters – and conservation police
Illinois DNR
December 18, 2017
More than 1,800 citations and warnings issued to violators during firearms deer hunt – Illinois’ busiest hunting season.
