Outdoor News
Earlier this week
- Illinois DNR’s fiscal year for monitoring CWD in deer herd endsDNR’s annual CWD Deer Report is not due to be released until later this summer – it is based on the fiscal year that just ended June 30 – but there is ple...
- Here’s the origin of Bimbo Skunks — the trusty lure that catches multiple fish speciesDan “Bimbo” Gifford shipped the oars, let his johnboat drift with the current, and retrieved his cellphone from the cooler tray it shared with two half pint...
- Disabled access to New York’s Camp Santanoni increasesThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has released a Request for Public Comment on Accessibility Options at Great Camp Santanoni located i...
- Dean Bortz: A close look inside Wisconsin’s ruffed grouse, pheasant surveysA press release last week from the Wisconsin DNR on ruffed grouse and pheasant spring survey results took me back a few (as in many) years to the days when wild...
- MN Daily Update: Conservation groups object to rescinding the roadless ruleThe Trump administration announced in late June that it plans to rescind a nearly quarter-century-old rule that blocked logging on national forest lands. Listen...
- Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – July 8, 2025It feels like more trolling anglers are out now, and they are having better success. The post Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – July 8, 2025 a...
- Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – July 8, 2025If you’re looking for hot colors this week, try pink/gold, blue/white, gold/red, or orange/chartreuse. The post Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – July...
- South Dakota Fishing Report – July 8, 2025 – videoA lot of walleyes being caught pulling cranks, bottom-bouncing, and snap-jiggin’. The post South Dakota Fishing Report – July 8, 2025 – video ap...
- Iowa pheasant hunters bagged more than 460,000 roosters in 2024Iowa’s 2024 estimated pheasant harvest was the second highest in nearly two decades, coming in at more than 460,000 roosters last fall, surpassed only by the ...
- Rebuilding bass population remains a Du Quoin City Lake priority in southern IllinoisThe effort to boost Du Quoin City Lake’s largemouth bass population continues, with a new regulation put in place last spring and 115 bass in the 8- to 10-inc...
- Illinois’ Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the July 11, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar a...
- Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Don’t overload your watercraftIllinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police Officers. These reports are from the July 11, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Illi...
- University of Illinois team discovers new crayfishResearchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign identified two new species of crayfish in the Pacific Northwest. Long mistaken for the Signal Crayfis...
- Illinois Mixed Bag: Illinois Outdoor Hall of Fame nominations soughtChampaign, Ill. — A former research technician at the University of Illinois’ Sam Parr Biological Field Station received the Norman S. Baldwin Fishery Scien...
- Chicago pet treats being made from river’s silver carpThe experiment of feeding invasive carp to humans – Illinois DNR’s rebranding of the fish now known as “Copi” – continues to gain slow footing across ...