
New lawsuit filed against Illinois’ FOID card
A new challenge to Illinois’ requirement for firearms hunters and other gun owners to have a state police-issued FOID card has been filed in federal court.
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A new challenge to Illinois’ requirement for firearms hunters and other gun owners to have a state police-issued FOID card has been filed in federal court.

The Minnesota DNR launched its new Electronic Licensing System on Tuesday with a small hiccup when the Apple App Store did not immediately have the MN DNR Licensing app available. Visitors trying to find the

One grass carp was spotted, but there were no signs of bighead or silver carp during an intensive two-week spring sampling of in the Chicago Area Waterway System.
The sampling, led by Illinois DNR,

When Mike Betanzos Jr. arrowed the biggest buck of his life in Ulster County, N.Y., on election day last November, he knew it had record book potential. But, as so many hunters often attest, the

The U.S. Forest Service and the Boone and Crockett Club and various other groups signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) underscoring the importance of sustaining outdoor recreation opportunities with a particular emphasis on public access
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s FY27 Enacted Budget was 57 days late, but it included further restrictions on firearms, particularly Glock-style semi-automatic handguns, and 3D printing.

A pair of gun rights groups claimed victory after a three-judge panel of the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals on May 18 ruled in their favor. The ruling strikes down a provision in Gov.

Dealing with flooding is nothing new for John Faucher, who has run Johnny’s Little Shop of Bait on the banks of the Wolf River in New London, Wis., the past 15 years.
This year

Balance in the Illinois wild turkey population is now evident by the top two harvesting counties in what turned out to be a record-setting 2026 spring season.
Jefferson County and Jo Daviess County –
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