ESSENTIAL OUTDOORSMAN

Illinois DNR just released the 2020-2021 Harvest Report on their website.

According to The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), "children ages 8-12 in the United States spend 4-6 hours a...

Opossums are very unique animals. They are slow moving, play dead, groom like a cat, release foul feces and gland substance when in...

When the Coronavirus crossed the ocean and caused America to enter lockdown status last March, very few people could have predicted the...

I recently came across a farmer with a terrible rat problem in his chicken coops. Of course I recommended he remove unnecessary feed and...

Photo By Ducks Unlimited Incorporated on January 27th, 1937, Ducks Unlimited began as a small group of conservationists set on protecting...

"The Illinois Learn to Hunt provides FREE education and training workshops to teach ADULT participants how to hunt deer, turkey,...

It's almost time for Spring Break! This year's school schedule is a little different than year's past with remote learning and online...

Spring is making its appearance a little more every day with later sunsets and warmer temps. For hunters, that means one thing... turkey...

In a recent article, I mentioned that while hunting license sales across the US have remained steady over the past five years, with...

The relocation of Swain County, NC residents and a broken promise by the federal government led to an expensive dead end and a $52...

I was recently asked an interesting question while at a family dinner about my thoughts on when it is acceptable for a child to start...

State fish and wildlife agencies across America rely on the sale of hunting and fishing licenses. One hundred percent of license sales,...

In 2017, Illinois Governor, Bruce Rauner signed House Bill 2893 into law allowing all archery permit holders the option to use a crossbow...

"Illinois ranks 46th in the nation for publicly-owned land with more than 97% of the land privately owned. In order to carry on our outdoo

"surely he wasn't able to wrangle a moose and train it to float him around the lake like a pool raft.."

Illinois is not well known for its publicly available hunting, fishing and outdoor recreational land. While western states have millions...