Deer food buyer beware: misconceptions and myths
Gretchen Steele
October 4, 2022
Deer baits and food ‘supplements’ are readily available but, in most instances, are illegal to use in Illinois.
Opinion
As Illinois trapping season nears, fur market shows some movement
Kent Weil
October 4, 2022
I’ve had a number of long talks with Guy Groenewold (Groenewold Fur & Wool – the largest private fur buyer in North America) this year about the fur industry. GFW is interesting because they buy
Woman archer has über-close encounter with a North Dakota moose
Rob Drieslein
September 27, 2022
The largest member of the deer family visits a whitetail hunter in her prairie ground blind.
Getting set for trapping season
Kent Weil
September 19, 2022
Trapping season will be here before you know it. It’s time to go through what needs to be done before you are ready to lay some steel. First off, are you ready to go with
A break from teal or goose hunting: pawpaw picking time
Gretchen Steele
September 6, 2022
Ripe pawpaws don’t last long in the woods. Virtually every four-footed creature likes to dine on them.
Waterfowl hunters: Don’t spread phragmites
Gretchen Steele
August 21, 2022
Phragmites australis, also known as common reed, is a non-native grass that aggressively invades wetlands. Once established, it becomes nearly impossible to eradicate. It is not your friend.
Chasin’ late summer’s big cats (no relation to terrestrial mammals)
Tim Lesmeister
August 16, 2022
The author has long shared his disdain for free-ranging feral cats, but those whiskered underwater behemoths? He loves them.
Pritzker: $17.5 million in funding to renovate Rend Lake Resort
Gretchen Steele
August 8, 2022
Gov. JB Pritzker announced today that a long-awaited renovation of the popular Rend Lake Resort in Southern Illinois will get underway in 2023 with an investment of more than $17.5 million. The funding will renovate
A must-have for your bookshelf
Gretchen Steele
July 25, 2022
New second edition Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Illinois doesn’t disappoint.
