Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
May 29, 2024
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the May 31, 2024, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Hunting
Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Tree falls at Buffalo Rock State Park, but buffalo don’t find opening
Staff Report
May 29, 2024
Illinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Illinois Conservation Police CPOs. These reports are from the May 31, 2024, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Illinois bill banning coyote hunt contests described as ‘tale of two regions’
Capitol News Illinois
May 29, 2024
An Illinois measure that would prohibit contests that award cash or prizes for killing certain wildlife is unlikely to clear the Senate after narrowly passing the House. House Bill 2900 passed the House on a
Illinois Mixed Bag: New study suggests substantial species barrier preventing transmission of CWD to people
Staff and News Reports
May 29, 2024
A new study of prion diseases, using a human cerebral organoid model, suggests there is a substantial species barrier preventing transmission of chronic wasting disease (CWD) from cervids – deer, elk, and moose – to
Dean Bortz: Turkeys get the best of me, but 2024 season was no disappointment
Dean Bortz
May 29, 2024
I guess if my only point or objective to turkey hunting was bagging a beard-swinging bird bellering in my face, then I’d have given up the sport a long time ago and gone back to
New York’s Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
May 28, 2024
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across New York published in the May 31, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
New York’s 2024 sport show season continues this summer
Staff Report
May 28, 2024
In 2022, the Caledonia community welcomed a professional artist to paint a large-scale mural in the downtown district of the village.
New York’s Erie, Niagara counties dole out annual sporting awards
Bill Hilts Jr.
May 28, 2024
The outdoor conservation community, including fishermen, hunters, trappers and the like, honor the stewards of New York’s natural resources every year through the county’s federation of clubs. The Erie County Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs held
New Cowee State Forest opens up 3,700 acres for outdoor users in New York’s Rensselaer County
Dan Ladd
May 28, 2024
Public land access opportunities continue to grow in New York’s Rensselaer County. Earlier this month, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office announced the establishment of the 3,700-acre Cowee State Forest, a mosaic of parcels primarily connected to
