A successful all-around deer-hunting season, but where did all the bucks go?
Keri Butt
January 19, 2018
Now, with another season in the books, let’s get the shed hunting and gobbler chasing parties started!
Illinois
Illinois Outdoor News Fishing Report – Jan. 12, 2018
Site Staff
January 11, 2018
The fishing and hunting report is compiled using reports from conservation officers, hunting guides and fishing guides. North Crystal Lake: This is a private lake during the summer, but during the winter, ice fishermen can
Illinois Outdoor News Cuffs & Collars – Jan. 12, 2018
Site Staff
January 11, 2018
NORTHWEST ZONE Capt. Laura Petreikis While on patrol during the second firearm season, CPO Teas located a vehicle parked in a waterway near the end of shooting hours. CPO Teas parked his squad out of
Illinois Outdoor News Calendar – Jan. 12, 2018
Site Staff
January 11, 2018
Banquets/Fundraisers Jan. 13, 2018: Skillet Fork QUGA Banquet, 5 p.m., Salem community Activity Center, Salem. For more info call Brad Hargis, 618-292-1798. Jan. 19, 2018: Bureau Creek NWTF Banquet, 5 p.m., Bureau county Metro Center,
Public forums offer information about Farm Bill, potential affects on Illinois wildlife
Ralph Loos
January 11, 2018
Three public forums on the 2018 Farm Bill and the impact it could have on Illinois wildlife will be held this month in East Alton, Springfield and Peoria. The forums, titled “Illinois Sportsmen’s Guide to
Illinois extends pheasant season at select sites
Staff and News Reports
January 10, 2018
The sites where the extension applies are the Eldon Hazlet State Recreation Area in Clinton County, the Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area in Cass County and the Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation
Gander Outdoors says it will open 69 stores by May – 39 in Great Lakes region
Site Staff
January 9, 2018
Gander Outdoors, formerly known as Gander Mountain, recently released a list of 69 stores that new parent company Camping World Holdings, Inc., said will reopen by May – with the majority of those stores in
Hunters steaming into final week of deer season
Ralph Loos
January 8, 2018
The state’s deer season wraps up Sunday, and it appears hunters will easily top last year’s harvest total. DNR has released numbers from the first weekend of the late-winter and special CWD seasons, which produced
Bald eagle sightings increasing along Mississippi River
Associated Press
January 8, 2018
A lock and dam near Burlington, Iowa, recently saw 491 eagles, up from 156 a week earlier.
