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- Ducks Unlimited, NRCS partner on Illinois wetlandsThe USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has announced a new partnership with Ducks Unlimited to reduce sedimentation on Illinois properties i...
- Osprey banded in Cook County, Ill., found in Colombia after 2,500-mile flightFor more than 30 years, Cook County wildlife biologist Chris Anchor and his colleagues have been attaching metal ID bands to the legs of various birds – thous...
- Illinois Letters to the Editor: To keep balance in state’s deer, turn to hunters to control herdReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Nov. 29, 2024, edition of Illinois Outdoor News. The post Illinois Letters to the Editor: To keep balanc...
- Illinois Mixed Bag: Mentored deer hunts coming up at Fox Ridge, KickapooParticipating hunters will be provided access to sections of the recreation area otherwise closed to archery deer hunting. Adult and youth hunters with less tha...
- One fatality, several injuries reported so far during the 2024 Illinois deer seasonA bowhunter in Wayne County, Ill., apparently fell asleep in his treestand Nov. 10 and fell to the ground. According to DNR, the hunter, who was not wearing a s...
- 17-year-old Illinois bowhunter gets the buck he’s been after through many zigs and zagsHis history with the deer includes a missed shot, a long period of “ghosting” and tons of evidence suggesting that even celebrities can turn camera shy. Kel...
- Stid Hill Wildlife Management Area worth the effort for New York huntersWhen you visit Ontario County’s Stid Hill Wildlife Management Area, you’ll quickly see the WMA’s name is well deserved. About 150 acres of the WMA along R...
- New York Cuffs & Collars: Six ticketed on party boatNew York cuffs and collars are field reports from New York DEC Officers. These reports are from the Nov. 29, 2024, edition of Outdoor News. The post New York Cu...
- New York’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across New York published in the Nov. 29, 2024, edition of New York Outdoor News. The post New York’s Outdoor ...
- New York 2024 rut tracker: End of the trailA trickle rut could produce an early December breeding period as bucks pursue fawns and does that did not come into estrus ipn November. Photo by Oak Duke. The ...
- Bill Hilts, Jr.: Opening day memories from New York’s Southern Zone on opening dayNew York’s Southern Zone big game season opened on Nov. 16 this year and I found myself just a few miles from where I spent more than 50 years of opening days...
- Notes off a soiled cuff: Reader offers an interesting reason for Pa. leading the country in deer/vehicle collisionsDriving home from a great nephew’s birthday party recently – deep in thought, pondering what I might write this column about – a big doe burst from brush ...
- Dean Bortz: Campbellsport, Wis., citizens look ahead after poaching, animal-cruelty case rattles communityI bet the fabric of the Fond du Lac County town of Campbellsport, Wis., can be found in every small Wisconsin community. That fabric is woven, over time, by the...
- WI Daily Update: Good season for many bear huntersWisconsin bear hunters had a good 2024 season compared to 2023. Here are the details. The post WI Daily Update: Good season for many bear hunters appeared first...
- Pennsylvania reader stories: Bird dog saves the day by finding a buckOct. 30 was my grandson’s 15th birthday, it was also one of my most wild days of emotion, but not because of my grandson’s birthday. I was up at my cabin in...