No dead trees near your home for attracting and photographing the north country’s largest woodpecker, the pileated? Consider installing one!
If you’ve got a bone-headed antler-retriever, the time to run through a few drills is now
Match the right pot call to the right striker
Whether you’re hunting white-tailed deer or pheasants, if you keep an open mind to other species, you may be surprised by the fun you can have.
Reloading your own rifle and/or shotgun ammunition is a great wintertime hobby.
Consider deep water for walleyes and panfish when anglers, ice augers, and noise drive fish from the December or January shallows.
Crab Orchard Lake: Anglers are reporting that crappies are being found at depths ranging from about 6 to 10 feet. Most are in heavy cover near points. The best baits have been minnows and jigs.
Like its domestic feline cousins, the Illinois bobcat appears to have no fewer than nine lives, as does legislation to allow a hunting season for the predator.
Shabbona Lake: Bluegills and crappies are being caught over the fish cribs and around the standing timber. Lake Bloomington: Bluegills are biting on worms, but are slow and small. Crappies are being caught on minnows
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