Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
October 24, 2025
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the Oct. 31, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.
Illinois
Illinois Mixed Bag: State, federal sites hosting youth waterfowlers
Staff and News Reports
October 24, 2025
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.
Illinois Letters to the Editor: Fish, fishermen stand to lose if sonar takes hold on our lakes
Illinois Letters To The Editor
October 24, 2025
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 31, 2025 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Ralph Loos: Hunters (and scarecrows) not left out of nuisance deer efforts
Ralph Loos
October 24, 2025
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
Illinois’ statewide fishing report on Oct. 24, 2025
Staff Report
October 24, 2025
Crappie stick to fall patterns, catfish taking surprise bites. Here’s a look at the Illinois fishing report on Oct. 24, 2025.
Youth deer hunters in Illinois set harvest record
Ralph Loos
October 24, 2025
Brett Duby says his daughter’s first youth deer hunt included some serious decision making – which, as any experienced hunter knows, means she had a good day. The young hunter passed on a doe and
$200 federal tax on firearm suppressors goes away Jan. 1
Dan Hansen
October 24, 2025
Legislation passed on July 4 brought a major shift to the firearms suppressor world. Starting Jan. 1, 2026, the $200 federal tax stamp on silencers will be eliminated.
Firearms owners will still have to
Four thoughts on spring habitat work to benefit fish and wildlife
Matt Geiger
October 24, 2025
Ernest Hemingway wrote that when spring arrives, the only problem is “where to be happiest.” It’s a time of rebirth, a time of hope and, for wildlife, a season when tender green buds and shoots
Nature Smart: Prairie dog town soul
Stan Tekiela
October 23, 2025
Diversity is the key to the strength and resilience of Mother Nature. Diversity in the plant world ranges from single celled plants, known as algae, to giant sequoia trees. The diversity of insects is almost
