Overall deer harvest drops significantly in Illinois
Ralph Loos
February 25, 2022
A total of 147,004 deer were taken, down significantly from the 162,752 harvested in 2020-2021.
Illinois DNR
Privy structures installed at Trail of Tears Forest
Gretchen Steele
February 21, 2022
MAKANDA, Ill. – Trail of Tears State Forest is now home to two new privies thanks to the local Boy Scout, River Michael Doss. Doss attends Marion High School. With the help of Boy Scout
Tick, tock: Yup, still waiting for state’s deer harvest numbers
Ralph Loos
January 25, 2022
Hunters in neighboring states had quick access to their final harvest.
Illinois experts wonder how pandemic impacts endangered bird
Associated Press
May 3, 2020
Ornithologists are trying to adjust to a plover summer during the coronavirus outbreak.
State closes all sites due to coronavirus outbreak
Ralph Loos
March 16, 2020
On Sunday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office instructed DNR to close state parks and other sites.
DNR budget for FY 2021 mostly flat, includes $27.5 million for Asian carp fight
Ralph Loos
February 19, 2020
An interesting tidbit for the state’s sportsmen is the proposed budget’s forecast for participation in fishing, trapping and hunting. The new budget proposal projects the state will have 710,000 fishermen in FY 2021 – the
Wefer named Chief of DNR’s Division of Wildlife
Ralph Loos
February 14, 2020
The permanent position had been vacant since former chief Mark Alessi stepped over last year to assume a role as central region manager for DNR’s Division of Natural Heritage.
Opening weekend gun deer kill numbers tumble
Illinois DNR
November 27, 2019
Hunters in Illinois bagged a preliminary total of 50,173 deer, down from 58,836 in 2018.
Illinois Outdoor News Cuffs & Collars – Sept. 6, 2019
Site Staff
September 5, 2019
Northwest Zone – Captain Laura Petreikis In Rock Island County, CPO Francisko conducted numerous boat patrols on the Rock and Mississippi rivers to check fishermen and perform boat safety inspections. This resulted in 11 citations
