Outdoor Steward: 5 top implements for managing your property
Christopher Jennings
February 21, 2023
Tools for food-plot building and other hobby farm chores.
Illinois
Size of bass in Lake Michigan’s harbors remains consistent
Ralph Loos
February 20, 2023
Anglers who target bass in Lake Michigan’s harbors won’t be blown over by results of DNR’s most recent survey of Calumet, North Point and Waukegan. But they shouldn’t be disappointed, either.
Illinois’ ratio of archery hunters tops in the country
Ralph Loos
February 19, 2023
Illinois deer hunters rank No. 1 nationally in at least one category: percentage who use archery equipment. According to the National Deer Association’s 2023 Deer Report, 74% of deer hunters in our state hunt with
Previewing the nation’s biggest bass fishing tournaments in 2023
Joe Albert
February 19, 2023
Open-water fishing for many anglers remains on the distant horizon, a dream tempered by frozen lakes, piles of snow, and bone-chilling cold. Some anglers, though, are leaving winter behind and heading south to chase bass
Illinois Outdoor News fishing and hunting report
Staff Report
February 18, 2023
Crappie, catfish action steady on state’s lakes.
A quick chat with Katie McKalip of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers
Dean Bortz
February 16, 2023
Few people have both feet planted in the natural resources public policy arena like Katie McKalip, of Missoula, Mont. During the past 16 years, she’s worked for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (2007-2015), and since
A quick chat with Field & Stream’s David E. Petzal
Tim Lesmeister
February 16, 2023
If I made a mistake, the whole office knew about it, so I stopped making mistakes. I didn’t enjoy this, but I had the sense to realize that I was getting an education you could
Is wildlife behavior instinctive or adaptive?
Russ Mason
February 15, 2023
Conrad Lorenz, the original animal behaviorist, described instincts as “fixed action patterns” and proposed a more extensive definition.
Step-by-step instructions for building your own wood duck houses
Staff Report
February 15, 2023
Editor’s Note: The Wood Duck Society and the staff at Outdoor News agree that mounting wood duck houses on trees creates an unnecessary predation hazard for the birds.
