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.
Illinois
Bass, blue cats heralded as Braidwood Lake in Illinois opens for season
Ralph Loos
March 8, 2023
An alarming aside to DNR’s most recent report on Braidwood is that the top largemouths caught the previous year, in 2021, were 7.8 and 7.25 pounds, respectively.
Dan Dobrinich named Illinois Recreational Access Program Landowner of the Year
Staff Report
March 8, 2023
Dan Dobrinich, a Montgomery County resident and an advocate for youth hunting and fishing, is the Illinois Recreational Access Program Landowner of the Year for 2022.
Boat launch uncertainty at Little Grassy Lake in Illinois
Les Winkeler
March 8, 2023
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge is in a state of limbo over the condition of the dam on Little Grassy Lake. A routine inspection of the dam several
Deer harvest shifts upward in Illinois
Ralph Loos
March 6, 2023
Illinois bowhunters fell just short of the coveted 70,000 mark this season, but it appears they have managed to rebound from a slight hiccup in arrowing deer last year.
Numbers tell the story.
Managing lake trout in Illinois requires ‘acts of agedness’
Ralph Loos
March 5, 2023
More older lake trout were collected by DNR in its 2022 sampling of Lake Michigan, providing biologists some insight into how lakers – both stocked fish and wild fish – are developing in Illinois waters.<br
Is nocturnal feeding to blame for duck slump during the Illinois season?
Les Winkeler
March 4, 2023
Horseshoe Lake in Illinois held large numbers of ducks, but hunters still had little success. For years, hunters have floated a theory that ducks are becoming nocturnal feeders as a way to escape hunting pressure.<br
Illinois Outdoor News fishing and hunting report
Staff Report
March 4, 2023
Largemouth bass bite snaps awake as spring nears.
Spring scout for whitetails and reap the benefits in the fall
Eric Morken
March 4, 2023
It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about does or bucks, the majority of the deer I put a bow tag on stem in some way from scouting. Ahead of spring green-up, the forest floor is
