So is there a single bait option that works best for catching panfish through the ice? That’s a loaded question, which doesn’t have just one definite answer. The problem (OK, it’s not really a problem)
You don’t have to hunt deer long to realize that oak trees, and the acorns they drop each fall, are hugely important to whitetails. And many hunters know that most oak trees fall into one
The hardest part about putting Gretchen Steele into the Illinois Outdoor Hall of Fame is figuring out how to describe her when rattling off what has become a rather long list of contributions.
Wildlife
Illinois’ “shotgun season” is no longer just that.
Deer hunters will be able to use centerfire single-shot rifles during the two weekends of the 2023 firearms season, DNR has confirmed. Youth hunters also
Cooling air, water setting up fall patterns in bass. A look at the fishing report from across Illinois on Sept. 29, 2023.
The looks were all the same: seven people wondering what the heck just happened.
After a 25-minute trolling pass with 11 fish caught, we were halfway through our return pass and had nothing, zip,
In about a month – on Oct. 21 to be exact – anglers will stand along the shorelines of nearly 60 ponds, lakes, and streams throughout Illinois, anxiously watching the clock.
At the stroke
The North American pre-settlement population of white-tailed deer totaled somewhere between 24 million and 62 million animals, or an average of about 14.2 deer per square mile over roughly 3,011,600 square miles of estimated range.
White-tailed bucks are more susceptible to chronic wasting disease (CWD) than any other deer.
That’s the crux of a recent CWD report from the National Deer Association (NDA). CWD is an always fatal neurological
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