Deer hunters across Illinois remain curious about what the 2025 season will look like after lawmakers this spring pushed through measures to rejigger the permit process for taking nuisance whitetails and restructured landowner permit allocations.<br
I realize that Father’s Day will have come and gone by the time you read this, but it is Father’s Day when I sit down to pen my upcoming column on an early Sunday morning.
Put aside all other fish data gathered by the Illinois DNR and consider the agency’s ongoing effort to monitor growth rates for muskies in Lake McMaster.
Muskies have been tagged in the Knox County
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the June 27, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
Illinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police Officers. These reports are from the June 27, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
Anglers from across the region will hit the waters of Lake Michigan this summer for the second annual South Shore Bass Open, taking place Aug. 2–3 at the Hammond Marina.
The tournament will have
Lake Shelbyville’s initial hosting of the Illinois High School Association’s bass fishing state championships appeared to go smoothly – foggy start and all.
After being held at Carlyle Lake since its inception in 2009,
Oak Ridge Campground at Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area was scheduled to reopen to the public on June 20 following the completion of a significant $8.45 million infrastructure improvement project by DNR in cooperation
Earlier this year, fisheries biologists up north sounded alarms about an ominous trend threatening one of the Great Lakes’ most foundational and key fish species: lake whitefish.
Though not commonly caught by Illinois anglers,
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