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Target practice as close as your living room?

I’m not exactly a tech junkie. However, if a gadget deals with hunting equipment, archery, or guns, my interest peaks. So, when I was reading Women and Guns magazine, and I found a product that

Illinois Outdoor Hall of Fame inductees named

The Illinois Conservation Foundation has named the four inductees for the 2011 class of the Illinois Outdoor Hall of Fame. Dr. Thomas C. Dunston, Dr. David Kenney, Bob Long, Jr. and Ed Mullady were selected

Where are the Cougars?

As the 2010 hunting season draws to a close, I sit at my computer preparing my first blog for the Illinois Outdoor News and a simple question comes to mind: Where are the cougars of

Hello from blogger Cory Yarmuth

Hello! Many of you may know me or have seen some of my writing here on the pages of ION. I am pretty excited to become part a growing staff of fellow outdoorsmen that have

Sharing My Tree – A Deer Hunter’s Defense of Squirrels

Each deer season I hear at least a couple of fellow hunters mention their frustration with the army of active squirrels surrounding their tree stands. Typical objections to bushytails include their “made you look” impersonations

The Huntress says Hello!

Hey everyone! My name is Keri Butt, and I’m pumped to be a part of the new and improved Illinois Outdoor News website! A lifetime resident of northern Illinois, my drive in life comes from

Shotgun deer harvest totals off by less than 1,000 from 2009

Hunters killed 98,700 deer during the seven-day firearm deer season, which wrapped up this past weekend. That’s just shy of the 99,419 taken during shotgun season last year. The second shotgun weekend (Dec. 2-5) ended

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