State’s hunters shot more ducks than predicted
Site Staff
March 8, 2012
For all the angst and hand-wringing, duck hunters in the state had a pretty good season, according to a DNR report.
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DNR Chief of Staff clarifies: Agency not in danger of shutting down
Site Staff
March 8, 2012
DNR’s chief of staff – yes, there is such a position – is backing off claims attributed to him earlier this week about the uncertain future of the agency.
Have 'shed' hunters become as tight-lipped as mushroom hunters?
Site Staff
March 7, 2012
After a mid-winter’s lull and with spring looming on the horizon, now is the time to get back into the woods. While turkey season is still a few weeks away, one can spend the afternoons
Earn-a-Buck (times two) proposal doesn’t go over well in hunting community
Site Staff
March 5, 2012
Remember that old TV commercial where the cracked egg going into a frying pan was used as an analogy for a “brain on drugs?” Well, my little brain has been in a similar pan long
Listen! Do You Smell Something?
Site Staff
March 5, 2012
Let me start by saying that I’m not the sort of fellow who sees the whole world through crosshairs, and I’m certainly not in the habit of trying to saw small creatures in half with
Survey says: Illinois hunters asked to opine
Site Staff
February 23, 2012
Ask Brad Brewer about feral hogs, Internet commerce and the impact of coyotes in Chicago, and you’ll likely get nothing more than a polite shrug.
‘Orange and Camo’ rally offers sportsmen a voice
Site Staff
February 23, 2012
Aaron Kuehl says it really doesn’t matter what hunters and anglers wear to the Capitol March 2.
Bobcats lose race to otters
Site Staff
February 9, 2012
A river otter trapping season could be in place by the fall. And muskrat fans? Your extended trapping season may be popping its head out of the proverbial den in 2013.
Growing gun popularity causing FOID backlogs
Site Staff
February 9, 2012
Good news: More people in the state have apparently become gun-friendly.
