
For lesser cuts of venison, make a great stew
There are dozen if not hundreds of ways to cook prime cuts of venison, but what do you do with the tougher cuts like the neck and shanks besides grinding them for hamburger?

There are dozen if not hundreds of ways to cook prime cuts of venison, but what do you do with the tougher cuts like the neck and shanks besides grinding them for hamburger?

Last fall, a doe with some type of growth on her brisket-area, began showing up on one of our trail cameras.

Organized coyote hunting contests are catching heat here in Illinois, but a duo from Urbana took their skills — and their Illinois coyotes — to a competition in Virginia

Deer hunting is certainly not dead, but hunters are looking for change — it’s a steady decline in the overall herd that seems to be irking – and frustrating – the hunting community

A quick browse through the “Cuffs and Collars” page in each issue of Illinois Outdoor News reveals that there are plenty of hunters in the state who could probably use a lesson on ethics.

That’s down about 11,000 from the previous year, according to a State of Illinois release on deer hunting numbers for 2016-17

Kristen Monroe finds out what makes Syren shotguns unique to women.
The Illinois deer season ended Sunday (Jan. 15) with a total of 53,677 deer taken, down from the 2015 archery harvest of 56,740

Layoffs originally planned in 2015 are now back on, according to a letter from CMS to AFSCME
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