State’s hunters shot more ducks than predicted
Site Staff
March 8, 2012
For all the angst and hand-wringing, duck hunters in the state had a pretty good season, according to a DNR report.
Illinois
‘Fortitude’ required to rebuild DNR
Site Staff
March 8, 2012
A pair of respected former DNR officials are speaking up in hopes that the struggling agency can be pulled out of a decade-long fiscal free fall.
CRP sign-up begins with nod toward conservation
Site Staff
March 8, 2012
Conservation groups can do the calculations: Given high grain prices in recent years, who could blame farmers for taking cropland out of CRP or ignoring program sign-ups?
‘Crappies biting on minnows’ a common theme statewide
Site Staff
March 8, 2012
The fishing and hunting report is compiled using reports from conservation officers, hunting guides and fishing guides. North Lake Michigan: According to fishing reporter Cory Yarmuth, browns and cohos are starting to get active on
DNR Chief of Staff clarifies: Agency not in danger of shutting down
Site Staff
March 8, 2012
DNR’s chief of staff – yes, there is such a position – is backing off claims attributed to him earlier this week about the uncertain future of the agency.
Have 'shed' hunters become as tight-lipped as mushroom hunters?
Site Staff
March 7, 2012
After a mid-winter’s lull and with spring looming on the horizon, now is the time to get back into the woods. While turkey season is still a few weeks away, one can spend the afternoons
DNR hasn't printed Illinois fishing guide for 2012
Site Staff
March 5, 2012
Has anybody seen my 2012 Fishing Information Book? Spring is about to spring, but anglers expecting to get their hands on the 2012 Illinois Fishing Information booklet are out of luck. Word has it that
Earn-a-Buck (times two) proposal doesn’t go over well in hunting community
Site Staff
March 5, 2012
Remember that old TV commercial where the cracked egg going into a frying pan was used as an analogy for a “brain on drugs?” Well, my little brain has been in a similar pan long
Listen! Do You Smell Something?
Site Staff
March 5, 2012
Let me start by saying that I’m not the sort of fellow who sees the whole world through crosshairs, and I’m certainly not in the habit of trying to saw small creatures in half with
