Illinois

No state parks are on the list of entities to be closed, but DNR’s budget will take even a bigger hit than expected and agency services are likely to be curtailed. The number of employees

With the bad economy and high unemployment rates in Illinois, spending money is at a minimum for most of the state’s sportsmen. However, this didn’t stop people from supporting local businesses that were present at

Landowners in the state have reacted so positively to the Illinois Recreational Access Program’s youth turkey hunting program that the state has more available hunting sites than it expected. Thus, it has decided to create

As some of you may have noticed, I have not updated this blog for a while.I can assure you I have not been in hibernation mode this winter. I have been painstakingly working on a

Springfield – At least one Illinois lawmaker wants to do away with the FOID card, an ID card required for the state’s hunters and gun owners to purchase firearms and ammunition. Sen. Sam McCann, R-Carlinville,

Winnebago County Forest Preserve board of commissioners last night denied DNR’s attempt to implement its sharpshooting program this year. The board had allowed DNR access to conduct their sharpshooting program within the preserve since 2004,

The Illinois State Rifle Association today called Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s gun control plan “unnecessary, divisive, and unenforceable.” Reacting to Emanuel’s announcement on Thursday of a statewide gun licensing program, ISRA Executive Director Richard Pearson

Gun owners in Illinois have a new reason to believe Chicago rules the rest of the state. On Thursday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed statewide legislation that would require handgun owners statewide to register their