The Illinois Conservation Police is investigating a boating accident at the LaSalle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area that resulted in the deaths of two Indiana men who had been fishing with their 7-year-old granddaughter.
Other than a three-year trapping license becoming available and an increased number of bobcat permits being distributed, Illinois trappers won’t see any big changes to the 2024-25 season.
That doesn’t mean they aren’t busy
Illinois DNR began accepting bobcat permit applications for the upcoming season on Sept. 1.
The odds of winning a permit greatly increased this year when DNR announced it is doubling the number of trappers
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 6, 2024, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
We’ve reached the cusp of the 2024 waterfowl season, yet many hunters in Illinois are already focused two years down the road – and for good reason.
These hunters are curious: will Illinois re-shape
If you drive through whitetail territory, which is pretty much everywhere, you can’t help but notice the proliferation of box blinds.
What was once mostly a Texas thing has spread throughout the Midwest and
Derek Whipkey is studying the distribution of beavers, muskrats, river otters, and mink across the bottom portion of Illinois.
While he’s at it, the researcher at Southern Illinois University also is looking into
While Illinois DNR did expand the length of the Restricted Archery Zone deer season this year, it did not add counties to the special zone it created back in 2018.
When the bow season
Crappies, white bass hit fall patterns sooner than usual. A look at the Illinois fishing report from across the state on Aug. 30, 2024.
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