
Beavers, bobcats most active in sluggish fur trade
Unfortunately, things have not gone well in the fur trade in 2023. Prices on most items, while up from 2022 sales, started from such a low value that the increases don’t seem like much –

Unfortunately, things have not gone well in the fur trade in 2023. Prices on most items, while up from 2022 sales, started from such a low value that the increases don’t seem like much –

Retired Illinois CPO Michael Lyne writes the piece, which focuses on the history of hunting and fishing law enforcement in the state.

There is an incredible amount of sun-resistant clothing on the market. If you didn’t read the label, you’d never know it was sun-resistant. The clothing is very stylish.
It doesn’t have to be scorching

It’s miserably dry near my home in southwestern Illinois. Scary dry.
I repeatedly check the NOAA drought information, hoping to see some change and hope on the horizon. I spend too much time on

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Illinois DNR, and the Chicago Park District this month released federally endangered piping plover chicks back into the wild at Lake Michigan’s Montrose Beach.
The July 13 release

Reports have been shared about the recent success of the fundraising efforts by the Currents of Kankakee for the East Riverwalk project, the $3.25 million development.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 28, 2023 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
An agency with “hands in many pots,” the Illinois DNR not only maintains and manages hunting and fishing in the state, it also is in charge of state parks and regulates mines and minerals and

After an Illinois circuit court judge sided with the state that the Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) card is constitutional, the plaintiff plans to appeal.
The FOID is required for residents – including hunters and
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