
Coyote hunting
Mother Nature has been good to us this winter in Northern Illinois thus far. She hasn’t assaulted us with any blizzard like conditions that can trap us inside for any number of days. In fact,

Mother Nature has been good to us this winter in Northern Illinois thus far. She hasn’t assaulted us with any blizzard like conditions that can trap us inside for any number of days. In fact,

The Illinois ice fishing season barely got underway before the first tragedy of 2012 hit. Knox County officials are saying a 50-year-old man died in a fishing-related accident Sunday at Long Lake in western Illinois.

The fall and flutter of an ice lure is key to ice-fishing success. We want to see a slow, natural descending action, and in general, lighter lures are better at achieving this. I use a

Apparently DNR is getting rather good at growing pheasants. And hunters are benefitting. The agency announced this morning that it will extend the controlled pheasant hunting seasons at Eldon Hazlet State Recreation Area in Clinton

The rash of poaching arrests and and hunting incidents and accidents in November and December was bound to result in a number of court cases in 2012. The first came down Friday (Jan. 6) when

Well we didn’t have a white Christmas this year, but that sure didn’t dampen my spirits any less as the weather outside allowed for some late season trout action from the boat. The cooler nights

When the rabbit finally emerged from the tangled honeysuckle it darted around the back side of an old shed and went into a sprint toward the safety of its hole beneath a rusty, abandoned station

It’s been a long year, and personally I cannot wait for 2011 to be over. The last straw came a few days after Thanksgiving when my Dad suffered a heart attack. Thankfully it was mild,

Friday of the second Illinois firearm deer season had dawned as a beautiful day for hunting. After watching a parade of a dozen does and fawns wander through the wooded hollow below my ladder-stand, I
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