
Illinois Muskies Alliance inducts new Hall of Fame class, awards ‘Big Muskie’
Jack Pertz and Jeff Blanck are the newest members of the Illini Muskies Alliance Hall of Fame, both inducted Jan. 21 at the IMA meeting in St. Charles.

Jack Pertz and Jeff Blanck are the newest members of the Illini Muskies Alliance Hall of Fame, both inducted Jan. 21 at the IMA meeting in St. Charles.

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
One of the best ways to combat that early spring sluggishness from a winter full of soups, stews, high-fat foods, and lazing around by the fire is to get out, move around a bit and

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 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.

Janice Enos’ research broadly focuses on how social interactions influence nesting ecology and habitat selection in songbirds.
Following is a Q and A with Enos.

The mottled sculpin is a rarely-seen fish inhabiting small streams of the Rock River, Fox River, and Vermilion River.

The thought of introducing muskies into Illinois’ lakes began in the early 1980s when muskie fishing enthusiasts vacationing in the Northwoods began talking to administrators and fisheries biologists from DNR about introducing muskies.
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Field reports from Illinois Conservation Police CPOs published in the March 10, 2023 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
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