Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 11, 2025, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
A lot of attention given to catfish in Illinois is focused inland – on the hundreds of lakes and farm ponds that hold channel cats, blue cats, and flatheads.
The Mississippi, Illinois, and Ohio
The DNR has records going back to the mid-1970s that show more than 10,000 gray fox marketed each season by hunters and trappers across Illinois.
In 2024, that number was zero – not a
A southern Illinois hunting club that described itself as the top waterfowl harvesting commercial club over a 15-year stretch and claimed to hold the state record for Canada goose harvests has been ordered to close
Crappie bite hanging on into summer, bass slower. Here’s a look at the Illinois fishing report on July 3, 2025.
Many fathers across the Midwest celebrated Father’s Day with barbeques, boating or other family-oriented activities outside. Personally, I had a fishing and kayaking clinic on Saturday, then spent Sunday at home with my family, although
As I write this article, it is Father’s Day. My wife, Joyce, and I are proud to acknowledge that we have three wonderful adult children, a daughter-in-law and a son-in-law. We have one grandchild, the
Deer hunters across Illinois remain curious about what the 2025 season will look like after lawmakers this spring pushed through measures to rejigger the permit process for taking nuisance whitetails and restructured landowner permit allocations.<br
I realize that Father’s Day will have come and gone by the time you read this, but it is Father’s Day when I sit down to pen my upcoming column on an early Sunday morning.
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