
Ralph Loos: Convoluted as it is, Illinois turkey season structure is endured by hunters
That’s something to keep in mind as the 2024 season arrives April 8 in the south zone and April 15 in the north zone.

That’s something to keep in mind as the 2024 season arrives April 8 in the south zone and April 15 in the north zone.

To borrow and wreck lyrics from the late musician Gordon Lightfoot, “The legend lives on from Peoria on down, of the big trout they called near impossible . . .“
In wake of DNR’s

Of course, we all know that bass numbers increase in the shallows during the spring. However, not all bass make the move from spring shallows to offshore areas during summer months.

Just a few years ago, high school anglers up and down Illinois dreaded competing against the phenom from the Marion-Carbondale area. Trey McKinney had began winning bass fishing championships at the age of 13 –

Hunters topped the 200 mark for the first time and teamed with trappers to register the largest bobcat harvest since DNR opened the season in 2016.
In all, 389 bobcats were taken during the

Crappie anglers finding hot bites up and down state. A look at the Illinois fishing report on March 16, 2024.

Jordan Hartman joined the Illinois Natural History Survey and the Collaborative Conservation Genomics Laboratory on Jan. 1 as a Postdoctoral Researcher with Dr. Mark Davis. She did her undergraduate work at the University of Missouri

Happy March! What the heck happened? Did I sleep through the ice-fishing season?
It was the absolute shortest hard-water season I can ever remember. It’s a tough break for those guides and tackle and

The job of a conservation officer has always been considered a dangerous endeavor.
In the often solitary and secluded work environment, there are numerous deadly weapons available to those attempting to flee justice and
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