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A father and son take a selfie while the son holds up a trout in both hands. In the background is a pond under a overcast sky.

Autumn on the Line: Fall Fishing Traditions in Illinois

November 3, 2025 by Steven Beltran

Recreation | Fisheries Pick | Fishing

A mother helps her young boy up the stairs of a yellow school bus.

Now that School is in Session the Fishing Season is Over…NOT!

November 3, 2025 by Steven Beltran

Recreation | Fishing

A reddish orange ring-necked pheasant stands alert on frosty grassy area.

The 2025-2026 Upland Hunting Forecast

November 3, 2025 by Don Kahl

Recreation | Birds | Hunting | Regulations

Under a bright blue sky, a group of people stand outside a red barn. A man presents to the group about fur handling while trapping. All are wearing warm sweatshirts or hoodies to stay warm in the chill fall air.

Gardner Camp’s Kid’s Trapping Camp Helps Ensure Trapping’s Future

November 3, 2025 by Tim Kelley

Recreation | Regulations | Trapping | Youth

Two ducks flying over a wetland. One duck is gray and had a green head. The other duck is brown and gray. Both ducks have orange legs and feet and iridescent blue patches on their wings.

Illinois Waterfowl Hunting 2025-2026 Forecast

November 3, 2025 by Doug McClain

Recreation | Hunting | Regulations | Waterfowl

A young girl smiles excitedly while standing next to a man who is holding a large gray fish with both hands. Both are wearing wet weather jackets. The girl is wearing a life-vest. In the background is a wooden dock over lake with many sail boats anchored nearby.

Lighting a Spark for Nature – Hooked by a First Fish

November 3, 2025 by Michael Kamp

Recreation | Fish | Fishing | Youth

A group of women stand on the shoreline of a bottomland wetland in early spring. A hillside of trees surrounds the wetland on the left side. In the far background is a grassland and a woodland.

The Culture, History and Values of Modern Trapping

November 3, 2025 by Kathy Andrews Wright

Recreation | Mammals | Trapping | Wildlife

A wooded bottomland during winter. A tree-stand is installed a on a tree in the foreground. Overlapping the photo in the top right is the Illinois Department of Natural Resources 100th Anniversary Celebratory logo.

Public Lands Dedicated to Illinois’ Hunting Heritage for a Century

November 3, 2025 by Kathy Andrews Wright

Recreation | 100th Anniversary | Hunting | Places to Visit | Trapping | Wildlife

An adult male white-tailed deer with large antlers in velvet stands on the edge of a prairie.

2025-2026 Illinois Hunting and Trapping Digest

August 1, 2025 by Kaleigh Gabriel

Recreation | Regulations | Wildlife

A gray and brown fox walks along the edge of a woodland.

Gray Fox Season Closed in Response to Decline in Population

August 1, 2025 by Kaleigh Gabriel

Recreation | Furbearer | Hunting | Regulations | Trapping

A gray adult male white-tailed deer walks along the edge of a woodland. The deer points its nose up to the wind to catch the scent of a female deer in heat.

Planning a Hunt on Public Land 2.0

August 1, 2025 by Kaleigh Gabriel

Recreation | Hunting | Trapping

A close-up of a gray, silver fish with its mouth wide open. There are whiskers around its mouth.

Cookin’ for Catfish

August 1, 2025 by Frank Sladek

Recreation | Fisheries Pick | Fishing

A group of people pose together in front of a conference room doorway. There three rows of people standing and one row kneeling.
A group of people stand in front of a tent with the Illinois department of Natural Resources "Everyone Belongs in Nature logo on the canopy of the tent. A mother holds a little boy and next to her stands her little girl. A woman sitting under the tent bring hers hands together in the shape of a heart. In the background people gear up to fish at a lake.

Everyone Belongs in Nature: Where access meets intention

August 1, 2025 by José Burgos

Recreation | Fishing | Youth

At night while kneeling on a concrete sidewalk, a male angler holds up with both hands a large green fish. Overlapping the man holding the fish on the top right is the Illinois Department of Natural Resources 100th Anniversary logo.

A Century of Record Pole and Line Catches in Illinois

August 1, 2025 by Nerissa McClelland

Recreation | 100th Anniversary | Fish | Fishing

A group of adults and children visit a row of tables with an assortment of hunting gear displayed on top. The children feel and explore the different animal pelts. In the background a metal roof extends over the tables and people mill around under the shade of the roof.
A group of white-tailed deer graze in a mowed grassy area.

Mentored Archery Deer Hunts at State Sites, Making Access Easier for New Hunters

August 1, 2025 by Kaleb Wood

Recreation | Deer | Hunting | Learn to Hunt

A young woman stands near a pond during a summer day under a partly cloudy blue sky and poses with her large fish just caught on a fishing line. Her fishing rod rests by her side. In the background is an agricultural field against a horizon line of trees.

Why Fly Fish for Bass and What Do You Need?

August 1, 2025 by Tom Yocom

Recreation | Fishing

A orange-brown squirrel pauses at the base of a tree trunk. The squirrel is surrounded by dry tan grasses.
A fall scene of a lake under a bright partly cloudy sky. In the foreground are grasses along the shoreline of the lake. In the background trees fill the shoreline.

Understanding the Finances of Conservation: How the Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson Acts Provide Funding Through Hunter Purchases

May 6, 2025 by Kaleigh Gabriel

Recreation | Fishing | Habitat Management or Enhancement | Hunting | Learn to Hunt | Wildlife

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A link the Wildlife Illinois web site with advertisements for its four sections: Help, Sightings, Wildlife Identification, and Prevent Problems.
A link the Hunt Illinois web site.
A link the CICADA web site.
A link the Living with White-tailed Deer web site with advertisements for its three sections: ecology, management, and history.