
Illinois Letters to the Editor: We’re all hunters, so no need to compare bows and guns
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 6, 2024, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 6, 2024, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.

We’ve reached the cusp of the 2024 waterfowl season, yet many hunters in Illinois are already focused two years down the road – and for good reason.
These hunters are curious: will Illinois re-shape

If you drive through whitetail territory, which is pretty much everywhere, you can’t help but notice the proliferation of box blinds.
What was once mostly a Texas thing has spread throughout the Midwest and

Derek Whipkey is studying the distribution of beavers, muskrats, river otters, and mink across the bottom portion of Illinois.
While he’s at it, the researcher at Southern Illinois University also is looking into

While Illinois DNR did expand the length of the Restricted Archery Zone deer season this year, it did not add counties to the special zone it created back in 2018.
When the bow season

Crappies, white bass hit fall patterns sooner than usual. A look at the Illinois fishing report from across the state on Aug. 30, 2024.

There seems to be a path taken for those who choose to go the route of being as mobile as possible in the whitetail woods.
We start out by dipping our toes in

There are various theories regarding why bucks form bachelor groups, but what’s for certain is the groups provide clues to where you should hunt early in the season.

Astronomers tell us that the planet Saturn will be at “opposition” on Sept. 8, 2024. So why is this significant to myself and other stargazers?
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