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- Illinois’ Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the Dec. 26, 2025 edition of Outdoor News. The post Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar ap...
- Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Know your rifle before heading into the deer woodsIllinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police Officers. These reports are from the Dec. 26, 2025 edition of Outdoor News. The post Illin...
- Illinois Mixed Bag: Youth goose hunt Jan. 19 in Fulton CountyYouth between the ages of 10 and 17 are invited to participate in the annual Central Illinois Youth Goose Hunt, scheduled for Jan. 19 in Fulton County. The post...
- Illinois DNR investigating the killing of trumpeter swan near KinmundyIllinois DNR law enforcement began investigating the unlawful take of a trumpeter swan that was found deceased near Kinmundy in Marion County on Dec. 5. After x...
- Year one of Illinois CWD pilot ends; Iowa and Missouri adjust plansAs Illinois wraps up the first year of its 5-year CWD Pilot Program, neighboring states Iowa and Missouri are also altering their management approaches – incl...
- Illinois Letters to the Editor: We need to realize that more predators are not the answerReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 26, 2025 edition of Illinois Outdoor News. The post Illinois Letters to the Editor: We need to real...
- How far is too far when it comes to long-range shots in hunting?Here we go again. I recently read an article in one of my hunting magazines titled “Is Long Range Shooting at Animals Ethical Hunting?” The author claims th...
- 2025 was another good year for Lake Ontario fishingIn looking back on the 2025 fishing season for Lake Ontario, lake managers with the New York Department of Environmental Conservation’s Lake Ontario Unit had ...
- MN Daily Update: Tips for hunting late-season pheasants in the cattailsLate-season pheasant hunting is about going after roosters in the cattail marshes once safe ice has formed. Tim Lesmeister gives his tips on getting on these la...
- Dan Ladd: Could this be the year snow creates conflict between hunters, snowmobilers during New York’s Holiday Week Hunt?My wife’s biggest hobby is crafts, particularly Christmas crafts, and each year in early December our house turns into a Christmas craft store for a very popu...
- Making it to a 64th Wisconsin deer camp is a win in itselfIf November played football, it would be a pulling guard leading the ground attack, flattening the first defender and telling the rest of them to get out of the...
- Trappers anticipate prices, eye upcoming fur marketsNew York State trapping seasons are in full swing and trappers and fur hunters are piling up hides. The outlook for this season has a few bright spots and a few...
- WI Daily Update: Tips for hunting late-season pheasants in the cattailsLate-season pheasant hunting is about going after roosters in the cattail marshes once safe ice has formed. Tim Lesmeister gives his tips on getting on these la...
- Illinois Farm Bureau puts beavers, groundhogs, skunks on noticeA proposal for the Illinois Farm Bureau to support supplemental feeding of deer in Illinois as a way to ease crop damage fell flat at the organization’s annua...
- Fate of a Lake Michigan fishing haven in question in IllinoisAnglers, charter boat captains, boaters, and village officials are left scrambling for a solution to avoid “significant” negative impacts after the operator...