Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the Dec. 26, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the Dec. 26, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.

Illinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police Officers. These reports are from the Dec. 26, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.

Youth between the ages of 10 and 17 are invited to participate in the annual Central Illinois Youth Goose Hunt, scheduled for Jan. 19 in Fulton County.

Illinois DNR law enforcement began investigating the unlawful take of a trumpeter swan that was found deceased near Kinmundy in Marion County on Dec. 5. After x-rays were taken of the deceased swan, it was

As Illinois wraps up the first year of its 5-year CWD Pilot Program, neighboring states Iowa and Missouri are also altering their management approaches – including how they utilize hunters to help control the disease

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 26, 2025 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.

Here we go again. I recently read an article in one of my hunting magazines titled “Is Long Range Shooting at Animals Ethical Hunting?”
The author claims that unless you’re an excellent marksman who

A proposal for the Illinois Farm Bureau to support supplemental feeding of deer in Illinois as a way to ease crop damage fell flat at the organization’s annual meeting this month.
But a push

Anglers, charter boat captains, boaters, and village officials are left scrambling for a solution to avoid “significant” negative impacts after the operator of the North Point Marina in Winthrop Harbor ended its contract.
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