Rabbit hunters have numbers on their sides
Site Staff
October 18, 2012
Good news for the state’s rabbit hunters: little has changed from the 2011 season.
Hunting
Kiernan indicted in case of Illinois monster buck
Site Staff
October 18, 2012
Chris Kiernan’s buck had the state’s deer hunting community buzzing. The non-typical 36-pointer arrowed in November 2009 made the Morris hunter an instant celebrity and experts valued the deer’s mount at about $35,000.
Different type of hunter taking to deer woods in Illinois
Site Staff
October 18, 2012
With the archery season in full swing and the deer rut — and ultimately the annual shotgun season — on the horizon, a different genre of hunter is rising to the challenge of the Illinois
Is it time for a little initiative in Cook County?
Site Staff
October 16, 2012
Cook County has had the highest number of epizootic hemorrhagic disease cases in deer so far this year. Cook County also has the second largest population of humans in the U.S. Cook County is also
Man who killed 37-pointer facing eight charges
Site Staff
October 10, 2012
Illinois deer hunter Chris Kiernan, who three years ago nearly re-wrote the state record books with a 37-point buck that scored 261 5/8 inches, will face at least eight counts stemming from illegal hunting of
Dead deer tally tops 2,000
Site Staff
October 5, 2012
We knew an updated count of dead deer in the state would likely top 1,000. But we never expected it to eclipse twice that. DNR today announced results of monitoring deer deaths attributed to Epizootic
Turkeys’ tolerance tested in fall hunt
Site Staff
October 4, 2012
The number of hunters chasing fall turkeys remains relatively low in Illinois, especially compared to the state’s spring seasons.
Virus outbreak likely to affect few bowhunters
Site Staff
October 4, 2012
In the days before archery deer season opened, a number of hunters around the state were heard contemplating what they might find in the woods once Oct. 1 finally arrived.
Hunting & Fishing Days Didn’t Disappoint
Site Staff
September 28, 2012
Approximately 42,000 people came to the John A. Logan College campus in Carterville on Sept. 22-23 to enjoy Southern Illinois Hunting and Fishing Days, and I’m glad to say that a large percentage of them
