Channel cats, redear sunfish, and rainbow trout have been the focus of DNR stockings at Beaver Dam Lake the past five years – evidence of what anglers are looking for when they visit the cozy
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the April 17, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
Illinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police Officers. These reports are from the April 17, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
The Forest Preserve District of Will County’s first acquisition of 2026 not only expands the District’s oldest preserve, it also pushes total acreage past the 24,000 mark.
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 17, 2026 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
First, I have to apologize to Todd Ring, the patient Huntley man who submitted a Letter to the Editor concerning the ongoing – and somewhat confusing even to firearms experts – legislation aimed at expanding
There’s nothing more exciting to a hunter in the spring than the thunderous gobble of a wild turkey. It’s the reason we drag ourselves out of bed in what is technically the middle of the
Somewhere in the late 1960s, pretty much about the same time Al and Ron Lindner introduced their famous Lindy Rig to the fishing public, walleye anglers added backtrolling to their bag of tricks. Lindy Rigs
Spring is a season of change, or more precisely, a season of transition. Transitions are the dynamic periods of change in nature that highlight the annual cycles. Spring is a transitional season and the bridge
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