When anglers began regularly pulling hefty-sized shovelnose sturgeon from the Rock River – catching fish weighing up to 10 pounds – the Illinois DNR made sturgeon throughout the river a research priority. In 2022, the
Illinois wildlife managers have shared plans to ditch the fourth waterfowl hunting zone starting next year and return to a three-zone format.
A split season is also in the mix, as is a rearrangement
Things do not always work out like you plan. A lot of times, you envision a particular outcome to an event and it ends up turning out quite differently, sometimes for the better, and sometimes
Growing up in northwest Ohio, I looked at what the adult hunters carried, often it said something about how serious they were. If you had the means, or if you simply lived to hunt, somehow
Concerns over the effects of spent lead ammunition prompted federal resource agencies in the United States and Canada to phase in a ban on lead shot shell ammo for waterfowl hunting starting in 1987. Now,
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the Oct. 31, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.
Numerous Illinois state parks, state fish and wildlife areas, and other public lands will be open to youth waterfowl hunting during the 2025 youth waterfowl hunts.
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 31, 2025 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Spring in Springfield was an odd time and place to be for someone who’s both an avid fan of deer hunting and also a proud product of Illinois agriculture.
I speak of efforts by
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