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Mallard increase highlights a positive breeding duck survey
As go the mallards, so go Illinois duck hunters. Which makes for a promising 2014 waterfowl hunting season.

What angler doesn’t know can hurt him, smallmouth catcher discovers
The hand-written note was as inconspicuous as your typical letter to the editor submission

Court approves training dogs for wolf hunt
A state appeals court ruled July 10 that hunters may train dogs to pursue wolves outside of the season

Milwaukee River walleye stocking?
Sportsmen are pushing the DNR for such a program

Turkey team: No change for fall
The number of fall turkey tags may be unchanged from last year but there remains a chance tag numbers in zones 6 and 7 in northern Wisconsin see a bit of a trim.

DMPs boosted again
Up 17 percent statewide; biggest jump comes in Finger Lakes and Lake Plains

Breeding duck numbers explode
Breeding duck numbers in the United States and Canada hit a record high this year, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Sportsman’s Act bill fizzles
The National Shooting Sports Foundation called it “the most important package of measures for the benefit of sportsmen in a generation.

Often in summer, bass prefer longer worms
Bigger is better. Okay. Let’s not argue that anymore. Just ask a hefty largemouth if it would rather eat a big 10-inch worm or a little 4-incher of the finesse style.