Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 18, 2025, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.

The most likely change is the addition of more Restricted Archery Zones like the one that was implemented in Champaign, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, and Piatt counties back in 2018.

House Bill 2662 calls for DNR to “only issue antlerless-only permits to first-year applicants for nonresident deer hunting permits.” ...

Zach Swanson is only 10 years old and still has plenty of hunting opportunities in his future, but his first experience will be one that he will never forget.

White bass migrations occur throughout Ohio. The average migration varies with location (river or lake tributary) and latitude.

The New York DEC’s ability to manage crabs, including horseshoe crabs, expired on December 31, 2024. Existing regulations were no longer valid.

In all, the 2024 report covered fishing efforts by 8,684 Illinois residents and 3,347 nonresidents during 2,414 charter trips.

The New York DEC is changing the way it manages the walleye fishery in the St. Lawrence River, but not everyone is happy with the overhaul.

CWD has now been detected in deer in 25 Illinois counties with the addition of Adams County in central Illinois. (Photo courtesy USFWS) Illinois DNR has announced that CWD was detected in Putnam, ...

Jeff Broberg represented the Minnesota Trout Association for years at the DNR Roundtable and other fisheries meetings.

Dutch Hollow Brook is a popular Finger Lakes tributary that sees lake-run rainbows and browns and also holds resident trout.

A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across New York published in the April 18, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.