
Illinois Letters to the Editor: Hunter misses firearms deer season already
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 15, 2023, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 15, 2023, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.

Illinois hunters and shooting sports enthusiasts are keeping a close eye on the latest legal wrangling over the Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card system, which has been under fire in recent years.
A FOID

A retired professional bass angler originally from Illinois has given in to the urge to compete. It appears the possibility of qualifying for the 2024 Bassmaster Classic pulled Chad Morgenthaler back into a sport he

Not everyone out there has used a power ice auger, or even a hand auger, to drill a hole in the ice. Recognizing the fact that a lot of folks are just starting out, here

A local TV news station recently asked me during an interview how squirrels find their buried nuts. This is an example of a super-cool thing in nature that most people don’t understand. So, let’s look

Backyard reader Rita Tepley was trying to hurry out the door a couple weeks ago when she glanced at her feeders – and stopped in her tracks. Like all good photographers, she ran for her

More than 16% of Illinois deer hunters spend 25 days or more in the woods each season. But half the state’s hunters (49%) spend only between two and 10 days hunting.
One assumption for

Cooler water brings muskie bite, crappies feeding hard. A look at the Illinois fishing report on Dec. 8, 2023.

I distinctly remember the weather that day. It was a lackluster December day – slightly overcast, with temps at least five degrees above normal. Sure, there was snow on the ground, but nothing about the
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