Former Major League Baseball player Danny Cox and three other men have entered plea agreements on hunting citations issued three years ago on his property in rural Freeburg.
This brings an end to cases
Cason Walwer became a legend of the Illinois Deer Classic two years ago. When the 2026 edition of the show opens at the Peoria Civic Center later this month, deer hunters and fans from across
For a long time now, deer hunters up and down Illinois have been asking for more chances to do what we do: hunt deer.
We’ve pointed to counties where deer are overpopulated and said,
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the March 6, 2026 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
With no leaves on the trees, and the need to hunt frequently, owls tend to be more visible in winter, sometimes even in daytime.
Illinois trappers and hunters sold 374 raccoons, 250 muskrats, and 177 beavers during the annual Illinois Trappers Association Fur sale last month in Strasburg. The three species easily dominated the sale – at least when
It’s been said before: Shed hunting is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Think about it: Any given buck can literally travel for miles from when deer begin dropping antlers in December
Mike Conlin, whose footprints and pawprints can be found on just about every tool used to build the Illinois DNR’s Division of Fisheries over a magical four-decade period, died Feb. 12 at the age of
Illinois DNR offices that involve hunting, fishing and recreational shooting would see just a handful of new workers under the recently-proposed state budget.
Headcounts in the Office of Resource Conservation would go from 236
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