Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- Anglers reminded of shelter removal deadline, season closure on Iowa Great LakesThe walleye fishing season on Spirit, East and West Okoboji lakes is open through Feb. 14. It will close after that date and reopens on May 3. These are the onl...
- Walleyes favored at Fox Chain’s Pistakee Lake in IllinoisDNR’s reports on the Chain do not typically specify individual lakes, but Pistakee’s varied depths and populations of walleyes, white bass, and channel catf...
- Illinois’ Outdoor CalendarHere's a look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the Feb. 7, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Illinois’ Outdoor Cale...
- Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Enforcement action needed for hunter stopped walking along busy road in Gruncy CountyIllinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police CPOs. These reports are from the Feb. 7, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Illinois ...
- Four Chicago teens charged in coyote killingFour Chicago teens have been charged in the killing of a coyote last month near the Mount Greenwood neighborhood, according to Illinois DNR. CPOs investigated t...
- Illinois Mixed Bag: Nominations sought for Outdoor News Person of the Year AwardIllinois Outdoor News once again is seeking nominations for its annual Person of the Year Award. We’re looking for people who have worked on behalf of hunting...
- Illinois DNR assumes two acres vital to carp projectThe Environmental Protection Agency published a notice of a proposed settlement with the Illinois DNR concerning property at the heart of the Brandon Road Inter...
- Hunters harvesting bucks may be helping CWD battleA study by USGS and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, points to hunting as a tool that might reduce the number of infected animals within a population and s...
- Illinois Letters to the Editor: Nest predators need to be dealt with to save game birdsReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Feb. 7, 2025, edition of Illinois Outdoor News. The post Illinois Letters to the Editor: Nest predators ...
- Ralph Loos: Illinois hunters have mixed opinions on timing of spring light goose seasonI spent a few days in late January at my family’s farm in Perry County, Ill., where I once again found several 40-acre corn stubble fields filled with snow ge...
- Here are basic fire-starting tools to carry in the fieldReliably starting a fire in any conditions can mean the difference between comfort and misery, safety and danger. From the rugged mountain country of the West t...
- MN Daily Update: New research on how CWD impacts deer populationsThe Wisconsin DNR announced the preliminary results of a chronic wasting disease deer and predator study that should interest deer hunters across the region. He...
- WI Daily Update: New research on how CWD impacts deer populationsThe Wisconsin DNR announced the preliminary results of a chronic wasting disease deer and predator study that should interest deer hunters across the region. He...
- Commentary: When it comes to access, anglers are sometimes our own worst enemyRecently, I was scanning articles on IceShanty.com when I came across a thread titled – “Nys Locks To Be Posted” The claim (and it’s true) is New York S...
- Bear Lake has big fish in an overlooked, small package in New York’s Chautauqua CountyIt’s probably no surprise that Bear Lake is often overlooked as a quality angling destination in Chautauqua County. After all, at the other end of the county ...