Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- Black vulture depredation permits again available for Illinois farmersAbove: A “wake” of black vultures feeds on a dead animal in an Illinois farm field. Right: A map depicting the home range of black vultures in Illinois. The...
- Walleye season opens May 3 on Iowa’s Great LakesThe 150th walleye fishing season officially opens May 3rd at Iowa's Spirit Lake, East and West Okoboji lakes. “A very robust and healthy walleye population wa...
- Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – April 29, 2025One tactic for brown trout anglers is to work the stained Oak River plume when everything else is clear. The post Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – April...
- Outdoors policy provisions in Minnesota remain in legislative limboAs the state Senate’s environment bill approached the Senate Finance Committee in Minnesota, it was stacked with both policy and budgetary recommendations. Ho...
- Black bear sightings on the rise in Northeast IowaThe Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has been meeting with officials from local conservation boards, police departments, sheriff’s offices and dispa...
- Rice Lake summer fishing can be an ‘adventure’ in Fulton County, Ill.Predators create an attraction at the Rice Lake complex, with both northern pike and alligator gars swimming – and eating – in the collection of lakes and b...
- Illinois’ Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the May 2, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar app...
- Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Improper tagging of whitetails in Fayette CountyIllinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Illinois CPOs. These reports are from the May 2, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Illinois Cuffs & Coll...
- Migration of monarch butterflies hits IllinoisAfter stalling in Oklahoma in early April as they waited for milkweed to emerge, the butterflies have now crossed into Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois, according...
- Camera capture of Pike County mountain lion confirmed by Illinois DNRIllinois DNR has confirmed a mountain lion sighting by a turkey hunter searching his trail camera for turkey action in Pike County. Photos and video clips from ...
- Illinois Mixed Bag: Fish salvage declaration at Little Grassy LakeIllinois DNR issued a fish salvage declaration for Little Grassy Lake in response to rehabilitation plans for the Little Grassy Lake dam and spillway. Salvage m...
- Illinois Letters to the Editor: Time to create dedicated funding for hunting and fishingReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 2, 2025, edition of Illinois Outdoor News. The post Illinois Letters to the Editor: Time to create d...
- Ralph Loos: Be it a fox, a rabbit, a fish or a bird, tracking for research makes for ‘a good day’Two of the most enjoyable days of my career involved topics covered in a pair of stories that appear in this issue of Illinois Outdoor News. The article about t...
- Illinois research looks deep into how social lives of deer spread diseaseWildlife researchers at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale are using cameras and videos to take a closer look at how deer socialize to better understand ho...
- Lake Michigan coast focus of Prairie Research Institute researchPrairie Research Institute scientists are conducting a $2.3 million project to support the protection and restoration of part of the Illinois Beach State Park c...