Hunting
Deer hunt heats up as rutting closes in
A month into the season, Jessica Haun’s impressive bow kill has created more intrigue than any of the other 13,000 or so deer killed up and down the state.
Duck hunters hope to shoot down recent past
What they really needed was for the pleasant autumn weather to take a long, long hike – one that would not see it return until around Christmas time.
Trappers face uncertain prices, but ‘buzz’ holds
Will roller coaster fur prices kill the buzz enjoyed by Illinois trappers?
Filleting your fish: How to remove the Y-bones from a northern pike
A popular sportfish for fall fishing or augering through the hard water, northern pike and pickeral have nasty Y-bones. Here’s how to smoothly fillet them away.
Off-rez night hunt on hold for this fall
Justices from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals may have remanded a Chippewa tribal night deer-hunting case back to federal district court on Thursday, Oct. 9
Four of six wolf zones reach goal
Less than 72 hours after the wolf season opened Oct. 15, the DNR closed Zone 2 because the harvest quota of 15 wolves had been surpassed by 14 animals.
Tribal swan season set to open; will include up to 10 trumpeters
The state’s six Chippewa tribes will be hunting tundra and trumpeter swans beginning Nov. 1, thanks to a new season approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Kids’ stuff: Youth hunt another success
John Killion was taking part in his first ever New York state youth deer hunt, but he could hardly be considered a rookie.
Fishing regs changes moving forward
Would take effect April 1 of next year
