Hook and Bullet
Rite of a wet summer: When birds re-nest. (And how about that wood stork?!)
Incubation periods for loons, robins, wrens, swallows, and eagles, determine which species give nesting another shot after a spring nest failure.
Building a better angler via the confidence factor
Your lures, boat, rods-n-reels, location, and weather all directly affect your luck and thus your willingness to experiment and find freshwater fishing success
Sesame Venison Salad
This quick and satisfying salad is great for summer. You can substitute elk, bison, or moose meat for the venison.
Don't miss out on your chance for a controlled hunt
Deadline for applying is July 31
New teal season for Wisconsin and wolf quota update
Wisconsin has a new seven-day early – and experimental – teal season beginning this fall, as well as a timber wolf harvest quota of 156 animals
American Birding Association to birders: Buy duck stamps
Duck stamps are one of the most effective conservation tools in the United States, and one birding association is calling for birders to buy the stamps.
Illinois Cuffs & Collars – June 27th, 2014
Region I A District 4 CPO arrested a 34-year-old Chicago man after the CPO observed him fishing from a kayak in the Des Plaines River. Upon conducting a fishing license check and boat inspection, the
Angler joy: July perch fishing is back
Bud Gillespie likely won’t be on Chicago’s lakefront come July 1, when hundreds – quite possibly thousands – of anglers kick off the first yellow perch season to be held on Lake Michigan since 2001
Waterfowlers have reason to get in the mood
As biologists hover above waterholes and ponds in Canada hunters here in Illinois are preparing for an annual waterfowling tradition: the July round of public waterfowl blind drawings.
