Hunting

Ogle County had the state's second-highest harvest of wild turkeys.

The hunt was reserved for hunters with physical challenges, including those with paraplegia, missing limbs and other disabilities.

Reports after the first weekend of deer hunting with firearms shows decline in all four Sauk Valley counties.

A total of 129 deer were taken down in McHenry County compared to 181 over the same period in 2021 and 172 in 2020, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources reported.

Illinois Department of Natural Resources schedules informational sessions.

Hunters in Illinois harvested about 147,000 deer this season, with most of those numbers coming during the archery and firearm periods

IDNR program uses lottery to determine licenses for hunting on private land