Opinions
Fish under ice, angler on top of ice
Much of Illinois is experiencing its first “real” winter in years, which means ice anglers are warming up to the idea of drilling holes and trying to pull panfish, walleyes and pike through the ice.
Bonding proposal kicks off Minnesota’s 2017 legislative session
Gov. Mark Dayton’s proposal includes money for conservation and natural resources
The big walleye story
A southeastern Wisconsin ice ‘walleye’ looks more like a white sucker
New blogger excited about talking Illinois hunting, fishing
After introductions, talking about anything that matters to Illinois hunters and anglers
Young Ohio hunter shamed at school for shooting deer
A 9-year-old girl from northeast Ohio, Domonique Yatsko, was lucky enough on the youth weekend to harvest a really nice buck.
New shotgun means plenty of patterning work before spring gobbler hunting season
I start thinking about spring gobbler season right after the holiday season, although my friends – as well as Paula – claim I think about it all year round.
Report says Illinois spent more than $1 million monitoring CWD in deer herd during 2016
DNR managers say the cost of tracking and monitoring CWD is worth it as the state has been able to keep the deer disease at bay compared to neighboring states
Deer hunter takes elk in Macoupin County — wait, an elk in Illinois?
There are no elk in Illinois, yet a hunter killed one Dec. 26 in the central part of the state. DNR is still investigating, but the agency assumes the animal escaped from a domestic elk
Lake trout fishing regulations need to be revisited for the Lower Niagara River
Lake trout season opened up in the lower Niagara River and Lake Ontario on Jan. 1. The actual season runs for nine months, through Sept. 30. Then it’s shut down for three months, closed because
