Payments in lieu of taxes to local governments offset property tax losses due to public land ownership in counties. (Stock ...

For those interested in the challenge of bow hunting as a means of sourcing their own meat, this program provides the ...

Keeping the routes and conditions consistent provides more reliable data,” said Jace Elliott, state deer biologist with the ...

Muskies are being thrust onto the stage as Heidecke Lake opens in 2025. But there are a handful of species threatening to ...

Two national conservation groups have filed suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over what they call a “blanket ...

Illinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police Officers. These reports are from the April 4, 2025, ...

A mix of outdoors stories from Illinois, including information on the spring trout fishing season that opens April 5.

The map is part of NDA’s effort to help deer hunters maintain adequate national deer harvests, especially of antlerless deer.

People in Illinois who don’t fish or hunt aren’t likely to be as disturbed as the rest of us about the state handing over ...

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 4, 2025, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.

It would take every page of the next three issues of this newspaper to fully tell readers of the contributions made to ...

Many of these puppy training mistakes are common but easily avoidable. They almost all stem from a lack of consistency.