After a handful of years with adjusted or relocated sessions, the Illinois public waterfowl blind drawings will generally go back to normal in 2026.
DNR just released its annual schedule, which includes more than
Crappie bite holding strong, bass begin to pick up. Here’s a look at the Illinois fishing report on June 19, 2026.
There are a lot of reasons anglers love smallmouth bass but one of the biggest is that they tend to be aggressive and will bite darn near anything you throw at them.
But remember:
Some former U.S. Forest Service chiefs and conservation-group leaders representing hunters and anglers are lambasting a last-minute “poison pill” amendment to a bipartisan fire-prevention bill that would roll back protections on millions of acres of
Ah, the serenity of fishing.
Just an angler, a fishing pole and maybe thousands of dollars worth of sonar equipment offering an exact image of what that walleye or bass is doing in the
As of March 25, 2025, NASA reported that there are 421 officially recognized moons orbiting planets in our Solar System, including the dwarf planet Pluto.
I feel like the title above needs a qualifier. Like everything else this year, what I commonly associate with mid-June down here in the hills and hollers of southern Illinois has been happening early. Generally
When I draw a hunting tag, especially for elk, one of the first things I do is pull out a map. I look for public land – and then I look for roads, because that’s
As we reach the season when reproductive efforts of bobwhite quail hits prime time and nesting activities peak, let’s outline the factors responsible for the steep, long-term decline in numbers of this upland bird observed
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