Springfield — In March, CPO Hillis started an investigation into a Chicago resident who was reportedly selling sport fish. On April 12, CPO Kuffel located the man operating a boat on the Illinois River in
Illinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police Officers. These reports are from the Oct. 3, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.
The final Illinois DNR information meeting on the state’s CWD situation is scheduled to be held Oct. 2 in Adams County. Which means deer hunters who attended one of the 10 gatherings have a better
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is providing a total of nearly $19 million to Illinois and 17 other state partners within the Mississippi River basin to support efforts to manage invasive carp. A total
DNR will conduct a public drawing for the allocation of trapping permits for nine different state locations on Oct. 11 at Siloam Springs State Park in Adams County.
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 3, 2025 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
John Roseberry led me into a nondescript office, handed me a coffee, pointed to a chair and somehow managed to lasso and lock down my attention for exactly 5 hours and 47 minutes. Seven coffees
I enjoy late summer evenings. Not for the warmth but rather for the sounds that fill the night air.
Have you ever noticed that the sounds you hear outside at night in late summer
This is the season when black bears gorge themselves on wild foods (and anything else they can find) to put on fat to carry them through their long winter sleep. Three recent photos sent by
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