A total of 31 hunters harvested 12 deer – including seven bucks and five does – during the 19th annual Lost Mound deer hunt for hunters with disabilities at the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife
DNR sent as reminder to firearm deer hunters that mandatory check stations will be open this year in counties where chronic wasting disease has been detected.
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Nov. 28, 2025 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Now and then we stumble upon something that makes us recall something else that reminds us of another thing that brings to mind Brent Manning, the former Illinois DNR director who passed away last year.<br
Coyotes are expertly adapting to areas where humans live and recreate, leading researchers in Chicago to offer what not many years ago would’ve been surprising advice.
Get used to it. Focused on 54 coyotes
It’s been three years since Illinois Conservation Police issued 29 citations and 22 written warnings to eight people – including a village mayor and a former Major League Baseball player – for alleged hunting violations
Diving ducks finally showed up, but mallards remain somewhat shy. That’s basically how Josh Osborn summed up his recent waterfowl aerial census report on the Illinois River.
The stretch drive of the Illinois duck
White bass, largemouths taking fall feasts. Here’s a look at the Illinois fishing report across the state on Nov. 21, 2025.
I was thinking about the shotgun that I have and love. It is sitting in a gun safe, locked up and secure. It has not been touched in more than a year.
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