
Illinois letters to the editor: Not a fan of food plots, but can’t blame others for planting them
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Nov. 14, 2025 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Nov. 14, 2025 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.

A few editions back our online poll queried bowhunters on what they desired to harvest for an early season deer. This included mature bucks, antlerless deer, any buck or any deer.
The results weren’t

For 16 or 17 years in a row, I’ve gotten the same phone call from 16 or 17 different deer hunters just before the gun season.
“You’re always writing about how good of shape

On a warm, early October Friday afternoon more than a dozen fifth grade students from the Granville Central School in Washington County were learning how to fish along the shores of a small pond at

Wisconsin’s bear hunters bagged 3,724 bruins during the 35-day season, a 16% decline from 4,432 in 2024, according to preliminary data. Though the overall kill also fell 8.6% short of the 4,075-bear harvest target for

The fight to protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is far from over.
America’s public lands, waters, and wildlife are facing threats from the current administration and Congress that could irreversibly change our

If you’re looking for a big-woods deer hunt, the Adirondacks are a great place to do just that.
But you don’t have to go there. Or to the Catskills. New York State’s Southern Tier

A student at Paul Smith’s College, in Franklin County, is seeking sighting reports of black bears within the Adirondack Park from hunters and the general public. The data will be used for a study being

Wisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR wardens. These reports are from the Nov. 14, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.
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