Illinois Mixed Bag: Conservation Foundation’s Hall of Fame Gala Set for April 6
Staff Report
March 8, 2023
Outdoor-related news items from Illinois published in the March 10, 2023 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Hunting
Illinois Trappers Association annual fur sale features 1,960 pelts
Kent Weil
March 8, 2023
When prices are high – particularly on raccoon and muskrat, two of Illinois’ bread and butter furs – the sale can process upwards to 10,000 furs. This year the tally was 1,960 pieces of fur
Steve Sarley: It’s not Illinois’ gun laws that need changing
Steve Sarley
March 8, 2023
I was never exposed to guns until I was an adult, probably somewhere around the age of 40. I had never fired a gun of any type, nor had I ever touched a gun.
Illinois DNR issued 371 deer-related citations in 2022
Staff Report
March 8, 2023
Illinois CPOs issued more than 1,600 hunting law violations in both 2021 and 2022, with regulations relating to deer hunting among the most commonly cited, according to a report by the Belleville News-Democrat.
Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Tracking deer without permission leads to multiple charges
Staff Report
March 8, 2023
Field reports from Illinois Conservation Police CPOs published in the March 10, 2023 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Illinois Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
March 8, 2023
Upcoming outdoor-related events from around Illinois published in the March 10, 2023 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Wisconsin State Roundup: Welcoming any and all reader feedback
Dean Bortz
March 8, 2023
One of the best things about this job is getting to meet people – even if it’s just by phone or email – who share an interest in Wisconsin natural resource management, as well as
New York waterfowl hunters push back on limited opportunities in preserve
Don Lehman
March 8, 2023
Over the years, the town of Clifton Park in Saratoga County, N.Y. has whittled down the opportunities to hunt the productive areas of Vischer Ferry Nature & Historic Preserve that were once among the more
Burnett County trespass case in Wisconsin still pending with district attorney
Dave Zeug
March 8, 2023
An apparently intentional Burnett County trespassing incident that took place during the 2022 deer season was upsetting for absentee landowner Ed Batton, of Madison, but the lack of response from Burnett County officials regarding his
