Hunting
Minnesota Mixed Bag: Bear hunt lottery applications due Friday
A total of 4,605 licenses are available across the 15 quota areas where licenses are limited for the 2025 season, which opens Monday, Sept. 1, and closes Sunday, Oct. 12. Lottery winners will be notified
Commentary: Value of public lands is enhanced by conservation. Here’s what that means
The U.S. federal public land estate is an American legacy the Boone and Crockett Club will support forever. Since our founding in 1887, whenever the suggestion has been made that public land be disposed of
DEC biologist honored by New York Wildlife Society chapter
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Wildlife Biologist Josh Stiller received the “Outstanding Professional Award” from the New York Chapter of the Wildlife Society. The award was presented at the group’s annual banquet held
Patrick Durkin: Nonresidents can’t carry Wisconsin’s license burden
Wisconsin last raised its nonresident hunting and fishing license fees in 2023, but we haven’t had the spine to raise resident fees since 2005.
Instead, most folks yell: “Make nonresidents pay! Stay home if
Outdoors policy provisions in Minnesota remain in legislative limbo
As the state Senate’s environment bill approached the Senate Finance Committee in Minnesota, it was stacked with both policy and budgetary recommendations.
However, Sen. Foung Hawj, DFL-St. Paul, author of the omnibus bill, S.F.
Illinois Mixed Bag: Fish salvage declaration at Little Grassy Lake
Illinois DNR issued a fish salvage declaration for Little Grassy Lake in response to rehabilitation plans for the Little Grassy Lake dam and spillway. Salvage may be conducted until April 1, 2026. Aquatic life may
Ralph Loos: Be it a fox, a rabbit, a fish or a bird, tracking for research makes for ‘a good day’
Two of the most enjoyable days of my career involved topics covered in a pair of stories that appear in this issue of Illinois Outdoor News.
The article about the beginning of the “fish
Illinois research looks deep into how social lives of deer spread disease
Wildlife researchers at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale are using cameras and videos to take a closer look at how deer socialize to better understand how a deadly disease is spread.
A lot of videos. Working
Uninterested hen leads gobbler to a waiting hunter
From nearly a half-mile away, I spotted two black dots on a bend in the farm road. I blinked and they were still there, so I raised my binocular and confirmed the two “dots” were
