Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- Leave deer, birds, rabbits – and of course, skunks – alone during springThe Illinois DNR’s annual reminder to leave baby birds and young animals alone as spring settles in across the state also serves as a reminder about a specifi...
- Illinois Mixed Bag: Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area to host spring wingshooting clinicYouth age 10 and older and adults can register online now for the introductory wingshooting clinic scheduled for May 3-4 at Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area ...
- Waterfowl seasons, zones among topics at Illinois DNR’s ‘open house’ eventsHave an opinion about the Illinois waterfowl seasons or the hunting zones? Maybe there’s something on your mind only a biologist could answer. DNR wants you t...
- CWD found in four additional Illinois countiesIllinois DNR has announced that CWD was detected in Putnam, Marshall, Adams, and Peoria counties, expanding the number of counties the disease has infected deer...
- Illinois Letters to the Editor: Muzzleloader hunt needs to be stretched out a little longerReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 18, 2025, edition of Illinois Outdoor News. The post Illinois Letters to the Editor: Muzzleloader ...
- Ralph Loos: DNR deer managers still mulling more Restricted Archery Zones in IllinoisMeasures to significantly change the way deer are hunted in Illinois aren’t getting much traction at the Capitol this session, as pieces of legislation aimed ...
- Illinois bill would alter landowner permit structure, sharpshooting programHunting-related legislation shifted into overdrive this past winter in Illinois, but little has moved so far in the spring. There is still time for action on so...
- Wisconsin 10-year-old finds success during his first spring turkey huntWhile Zach Swanson is only 10 years old and still has plenty of hunting opportunities in his future, his first experience will be one that he will never forget....
- White bass fill the void after Ohio’s spring walleye runWhite bass migrations occur throughout Ohio. The average migration varies with location (river or lake tributary) and latitude. It starts as a trickle. Catchabl...
- WI Daily Update: Hunters ready for another spring turkey seasonWisconsin’s 2025 turkey hunting season starts on April 16. Here are more details about some great turkey hunting opportunities in the state. The post WI Daily...
- Legislative inaction leaves crab fishery unprotected in New YorkAn ongoing dispute with the New York legislature over the commercial horseshoe crab fishery has resulted in the Department of Environmental Conservation losing ...
- Cohos are again top fish for Illinois charter boat anglers on Lake MichiganIllinois anglers accounted for nearly 75% of the 12,031 charter boat trips last year targeting salmon and trout on the state’s portion of Lake Michigan. A tot...
- New York DEC changing St. Lawrence River walleye management, causing concern for some anglersThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is changing the way it manages the walleye fishery in the St. Lawrence River, but not everyone is ha...
- Minnesota’s trout and conservation community mourns loss of clean water champion Jeff BrobergJeff Broberg, 71, a clean water and trout fishing advocate and a giant on Minnesota’s conservation scene, died Saturday, April 12 from complications of pancre...
- New York’s Dutch Hollow Brook a solid Owasco Lake tributaryIt’s not easy being a rainbow or brown trout in Owasco Lake. It’s been that way for about 20 years now, as Owasco’s lake trout and walleye populations soa...