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Illinois Outdoor News Cuffs & Collars – April 8, 2022

Site Staff April 7, 2022

Northwest Zone – Captain Laura Petreikis In Carroll County, CPO Peecher resolved the removal of an ATV from the Mississippi River that had fallen through thin ice while being used for ice fishing. No injuries

Illinois Outdoor News Calendar – April 8, 2022

Site Staff April 7, 2022

BANQUET/FUNDRAISER April 23: The Whitetails Unlimited Beacoup Bottoms Chapter Banquet, 4 p.m. at KC Hall Columbian Club. For information, call 618-521-5280. April 24: The Menard Archers will host their first shoot of the season 7

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Handling big fish – video

Site Staff April 6, 2022

Tony Sindt, a fisheries specialist with the Minnesota DNR, offers up a few tips for handling big fish like sturgeon, catfish, and muskie. Video courtesy of Angling Buzz.

Gretchen Steele Middleton Assists Idnr Fisheries Biologist Randy Sauer During Alligator Gar Restocking Efforts On The Lower Kaskaskia7025

Important work: Natural resources careers abound

Gretchen Steele April 4, 2022

For the f irst time in what seems like years, we are finally starting to see job openings in a multitude of natural resources-related careers. My social media feeds and email inbox has been filled

Author With Very Unhappy Bobcat Suc Cessfully Released Photo By Deb Weil

Uncertainty tampers Fur Harvesters Auction

Kent Weil April 4, 2022

For Illinois trappers, the fur harvest season is basically over – all that’s left is marketing. Several international auctions have been held lately selling both ranch and wild fur. None of them have been anything

Braidwood Lake, Will County

Site Staff March 31, 2022

Several reports of nice largemouths – and even some hybrid striped bass – being pulled out of the Will County cooling lake were made throughout the month of March.

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