
Backyard and Beyond: Healthy forest cat
Bob Hilbert isn’t often surprised by the diversity of wildlife that visits his backyard, living, as he does, on a property “grandfathered in” in a national forest.

Bob Hilbert isn’t often surprised by the diversity of wildlife that visits his backyard, living, as he does, on a property “grandfathered in” in a national forest.

The idea behind frost seeding is to use the earth “breathing” to our advantage. When we get to the part of spring when daytime highs are above freezing and nighttime lows dip below freezing, the

Illinois bowhunters fell just short of the coveted 70,000 mark this season, but it appears they have managed to rebound from a slight hiccup in arrowing deer last year.
Numbers tell the story.

More older lake trout were collected by DNR in its 2022 sampling of Lake Michigan, providing biologists some insight into how lakers – both stocked fish and wild fish – are developing in Illinois waters.<br

Horseshoe Lake in Illinois held large numbers of ducks, but hunters still had little success. For years, hunters have floated a theory that ducks are becoming nocturnal feeders as a way to escape hunting pressure.<br

Largemouth bass bite snaps awake as spring nears.

It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about does or bucks, the majority of the deer I put a bow tag on stem in some way from scouting. Ahead of spring green-up, the forest floor is

You can go anywhere on the internet and get tips from pro anglers about fishing and tournament strategies for multiple-day events.
But what about the weekend guy who works all week and then shows

Ammunition prices have increased anywhere from 200% to 850% (depending on caliber) since 2000. Although the reasons behind these increases are complex, there has been little attention paid to the potential effect they might have
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